Data Center Controls Engineer – BMS/EPMS Expert

Amazon Inc.; New Albany (OH); On-site; USD 111,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in the United States seeks a Controls Engineer to troubleshoot, design and optimize BMS and EPMS across AWS data centers. You will work with a global controls team, handling commissioning, operation and life-cycle support.

Responsibilities include project scoping, scheduling, procurement assistance, and coordinating with operations and vendors, while aligning with local codes and safety requirements. Travel to in-operation data centers is expected.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of engineering documentation, electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures.
• Experience with power management and power monitoring systems.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or an equivalent engineering science plus 5 years of relevant controls experience, OR 10 years of relevant controls experience in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of experience with industrial controls in critical environment (data center, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, oil & gas, petrochemical, laboratory, power, water etc.).
• 4+ years of general project or vendor management experience (request for proposals, bidding, change orders, quality control, and RFI and submittal tracking) associated with construction and project execution.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis or Corrective Action for BMS and EPMS related issues in AWS data centers.
• Train and assist internal customers and stakeholders with the creation, design, configuration, validation, installation, commissioning and operation of BMS and EPMS systems.
• Provide technical assistance and support to operations during life cycle of the data center.
• Review results and action items from the quarterly maintenances for BMS and EPMS and take actions to get them resolved.
• Develop BMS & EPMS projects scope of work, schedule, budget, and level of efforts (LOE) to projects requested by customers and stakeholders.
• Manage scope, schedule, finance and execution of BMS & EPMS improvement projects in AWS data centers.
• Assist in procurement related activities including request for quotation/proposals, responding to request for information, review of vendors proposal and issuance of purchase orders.
• Participate in AWS global on-call schedule to provide immediate BMS & EPMS technical support to in-service data centers.
• Attend project related meetings, coordinate with project leaders and regularly report status to Controls and stakeholders management.
• Support Controls projects related commissioning activities in the data centers.
• Review, implement, troubleshoot and iterate on the controls sequence of operation (SOO) and provide necessary feedback to the design team.
• Develop and modify controls logic programming and graphical user interfaces.
• Manage multiple stakeholder deliverables, requirements and navigate challenging situations.
• Financially manage BMS and EPMS service contracts.
• Frequently visit (locally) assigned in-operation data centers to troubleshoot, meet customers, supervise vendor’s work to ensure compliance with the scope, design, SOO and applicable local codes.

Skills

Engineering documentation

Electrical diagrams

Power management

Power monitoring systems

Project management

Vendor management

Data center controls experience

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in the United States seeks a Controls Engineer to troubleshoot, design and optimize BMS and EPMS across AWS data centers. You will work with a global controls team, handling commissioning, operation and life-cycle support.

Responsibilities include project scoping, scheduling, procurement assistance, and coordinating with operations and vendors, while aligning with local codes and safety requirements. Travel to in-operation data centers is expected.