Senior BMS & Facilities Controls Engineer

SST Direct; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 135,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Medical

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401K match

Job summary

SST Direct in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Facilities Control Engineer to design, govern, and sustain Building Management Systems across regulated environments. You will own BMS architecture, validation strategies, and lifecycle management while coordinating with Quality, IT, and Lab leadership to ensure GxP compliance and data integrity.

The role requires leadership during audits and a proactive approach to risk management, cybersecurity, and business continuity.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in facilities controls or BMS ownership in regulated life sciences environments.
• Experience owning enterprise-level BMS architectures across multiple sites.
• Strong HVAC and building automation protocol knowledge (BACnet, Modbus, OPC, PLCs).
• Proven experience leading validation and compliance including audits.
• Deep understanding of GxP, data integrity, and regulated lab operations.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the enterprise technical authority for Building Management Systems (BMS) and facilities automation supporting regulated and non-regulated environments.
• Define, implement, and maintain standards for BMS architecture, alarm management, data integrity, validation, and lifecycle management.
• Lead the design, commissioning, qualification, and validation strategy for facilities control systems, ensuring consistency and regulatory alignment.
• Own performance, reliability, and lifecycle sustainability of facilities control systems across sites.
• Partner with Quality to ensure control systems meet GxP, data integrity, and audit expectations.
• Act as the controls engineering subject matter expert during audits, inspections, and investigations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks related to environmental control failures, system obsolescence, cybersecurity, and business continuity.
• Collaborate with Facilities, Quality, IT, and Laboratory leadership to align control strategies with operational and regulatory needs.
• Govern external automation vendors and provide technical leadership to internal engineering resources.
• Communicate complex technical issues, risks, and recommendations clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

BMS ownership

Facilities controls

GxP compliance

Audits

Data integrity

Stakeholder comms

Documentation

Project leadership

Regulatory alignment

Autonomous work

Education

High School Diploma

Master's Degree (preferred)

PE license (preferred)

Tools

Siemens BMS

Johnson Controls BMS

Honeywell BMS

MS Office

Job description

SST Direct in Phoenix, AZ seeks a Facilities Control Engineer to design, govern, and sustain Building Management Systems across regulated environments. You will own BMS architecture, validation strategies, and lifecycle management while coordinating with Quality, IT, and Lab leadership to ensure GxP compliance and data integrity.

The role requires leadership during audits and a proactive approach to risk management, cybersecurity, and business continuity.