Data Center Controls Technician

GCS Recruitment; Hamlet (NC); On-site; USD 34,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

GCS Recruitment is seeking Data Center Controls Technicians for onsite roles in North Carolina (Hamlet and Northeast Charlotte), this is a 12-month contract with multiple openings. You will work at the intersection of building automation, electrical monitoring, mechanical systems, and controls, ensuring data centers are powered, cooled, monitored, and operating safely.

Experience with Niagara, Tridium, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic or Ignition is

Qualifications

• Experience with BMS/BAS and building automation systems.
• Hands-on experience in critical facilities or data centers.
• Ability to troubleshoot controls and field devices in live environments.
• Familiarity with commissioning and change management workflows.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and monitor BMS/BAS systems for chillers, pumps, and AHUs.
• Support EPMS environments monitoring generators, UPS, switchgear, and PDU equipment.
• Configure controllers, HMIs, sensors, and field devices; load software.
• Perform point-to-point checkout and commissioning activities.
• Troubleshoot controls and communications issues; support change orders and MOPs.

Skills

BMS/BAS

HVAC controls

Controls commissioning

I&C instrumentation

Tools

Niagara

Tridium

Schneider Electric

Siemens

Honeywell

Johnson Controls

Automated Logic

Ignition

Job description

Hiring: Data Center Controls Technicians - BMS / EPMS
North Carolina: Hamlet + Northeast Charlotte / I-485 area
Fully Onsite | 12-Month Contract | Multiple Openings

We're supporting AWS with multiple openings for hands-on Data Center Controls Technicians across critical data center environments in Virginia and North Carolina.

This role sits right at the intersection of building automation, electrical monitoring, mechanical systems, and controls.

You'll be working directly with the systems that keep data centers powered, cooled, monitored, and operating safely.

What you'll work on

• BMS / BAS systems supporting chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAHs, economizers, temperature sensors, and humidity sensors
• EPMS environments monitoring generators, UPS systems, switchgear, PDUs, VFDs, ATS and STS equipment
• Controllers, HMIs, IPCs, sensors, relays, and field devices
• Point-to-point checkout and commissioning
• Loading software and configurations onto controllers and HMIs
• Sensor installation, replacement, calibration, and validation
• Troubleshooting controls and communication issues
• BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, and related protocols
• Low-voltage copper and fiber environments
• Supporting commissioning, testing, contractors, ticketing, MOPs, and change management

Backgrounds that translate well

We're interested in people coming from:

• BMS / BAS / building automation
• HVAC controls
• Controls commissioning
• Instrumentation & Controls (I&C)
• Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I)
• Critical facilities
• Data centers
• Hospitals
• Utilities / power generation
• Nuclear
• Water / wastewater
• Oil & gas
• Military electronics, HVAC, controls, or power systems

Experience with platforms such as Niagara, Tridium, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic, Ignition, or similar systems is relevant.

You do not need previous hyperscale data center experience.

The strongest candidates understand the interaction between mechanical systems, electrical systems, controls, and basic networking and are comfortable troubleshooting equipment hands‑on in a critical environment.

Must be able to work fully onsite in the assigned Virginia or North Carolina market and float between nearby AWS sites when required.

If you've worked hands-on with BMS, BAS, EPMS, controls commissioning, HVAC controls, or critical‑facility automation, I'd be interested in speaking with you.