Onsite Data Center BMS/EPMS Commissioning Lead

BW Design Group; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

BW Design Group in North America leads data center development projects and seeks an Automation and Control System Commissioning Manager to oversee BMS/EPMS commissioning onsite. You will coordinate across design, integration, and field teams to meet schedule, cost, and safety goals.

The role requires extensive onsite presence, relocation or travel, and working with clients, GC, and project teams to ensure standardization and quality across deployments.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in industrial control systems or building automation system troubleshooting and/or startup.
• 4+ years’ experience overseeing the installation, starting up and commissioning of automation and control systems with significant onsite time.
• Strong communicator with the ability/desire to work within large teams made up of Design Group professionals, the trades, a GC and the client.
• The Commissioning Manager must reside in the vicinity of the data center campus and should expect to have a high level of site presence to be successful in this role.
• Relocation timing negotiable, dependent on location and opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as onsite main point of contact for the overall DG BMS/EPMS site commissioning activities with the client, general contractor, and installation trade management.
• Lead commissioning status reviews and executive‑level discussions with clients, commissioning agents, and general contractors regarding schedule, risks, resource needs, and issue resolution.
• Represent DG at all site commissioning, site design reviews, change management, and commissioning scope meetings and reviews.
• Attend daily commissioning review meetings with client, GC, and commissioning agent.
• Attend internal DG project and review meetings.
• Provide overall management of BMS/EPMS commissioning system issue resolution (including but not limited to): review issues, respond and assign to appropriate parties, track issue status and completion, update issue statuses as appropriate (re‑assignment, completion, close out).
• Create or provide input as required, to support change order development.
• Manage onsite BMS/EPMS commissioning staffing plans, resource allocation, scheduling, workload balancing to support project objectives.
• Work closely with DG project management, DG design and Dev Ops teams to manage CG scope changes and deviations.
• Promote and enforce site safety expectations and ensure commissioning activities are executed in accordance with client, contractor, and Design Group safety requirements.

Skills

Industrial control systems

Building automation

Onsite commissioning

Team leadership

Relocation willing

Job description

BW Design Group in North America leads data center development projects and seeks an Automation and Control System Commissioning Manager to oversee BMS/EPMS commissioning onsite. You will coordinate across design, integration, and field teams to meet schedule, cost, and safety goals.

The role requires extensive onsite presence, relocation or travel, and working with clients, GC, and project teams to ensure standardization and quality across deployments.