Lead Facilities Controls Engineer — BMS & Compliance

Caris MPI, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Caris Life Sciences seeks a Facilities Control Engineer Lead to act as enterprise technical authority for Building Management Systems across regulated labs, manufacturing, and offices. You will define standards, lead validation, and ensure lifecycle management with strong focus on data integrity and audit readiness.

Partner with Quality, Facilities, IT, and Laboratory leadership, while guiding external automation vendors and internal engineers toward scalable, compliant solutions.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; progress toward advanced degree welcomed.
• Experience owning enterprise-level BMS architectures across multiple sites.
• Experience with HVAC systems, alarm management, and building automation protocols.
• Proven track record in validation, data integrity, and regulated operations.
• Ability to work autonomously and influence diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the enterprise technical authority for BMS and facilities automation.
• Define standards for BMS architecture, alarm management, data integrity, validation, and lifecycle management.
• Lead design, commissioning, qualification, and validation for facilities control systems.
• Own performance, reliability, and lifecycle of control systems across sites; support audits.
• Collaborate with Facilities, Quality, IT, and Laboratory leadership; govern vendors.

Skills

Facilities controls

BMS architecture

HVAC systems

Alarms & data integrity

Regulatory compliance

Audit readiness

Cross-functional leadership

Documentation

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree

Professional Engineer (PE) license

Certified Building Commissioning Professional (CBCP)

Certified Automation Professional (CAP)

Tools

Siemens

Johnson Controls

Honeywell

BACnet

Modbus

OPC

PLC programming

Microsoft Office

Job description

Caris Life Sciences seeks a Facilities Control Engineer Lead to act as enterprise technical authority for Building Management Systems across regulated labs, manufacturing, and offices. You will define standards, lead validation, and ensure lifecycle management with strong focus on data integrity and audit readiness.

Partner with Quality, Facilities, IT, and Laboratory leadership, while guiding external automation vendors and internal engineers toward scalable, compliant solutions.