Senior Facilities Controls Engineer - BMS & Compliance Lead

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

Job summary

SST Direct is seeking a Facilities Control Engineer in Phoenix, AZ, to drive design, governance, reliability, and lifecycle management of Building Management Systems across regulated labs, manufacturing, and office spaces.

You will own BMS architecture, validation strategies, and lifecycle stewardship, collaborating with Quality to meet GxP, data integrity, and audit expectations while leading cross-site improvements.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma is required.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in facilities controls, automation engineering, or BMS ownership within regulated life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, or clinical laboratory environments.
• Experience owning enterprise-level BMS architectures across multiple facilities or complex regulated sites.
• Strong expertise in HVAC systems, environmental control strategies, alarm management, and building automation protocols.

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

Facilities controls

BMS ownership

HVAC systems

Data integrity

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Tools

BACnet

Modbus

OPC

PLCs

Siemens

Johnson Controls

Honeywell

Job description

SST Direct is seeking a Facilities Control Engineer in Phoenix, AZ, to drive design, governance, reliability, and lifecycle management of Building Management Systems across regulated labs, manufacturing, and office spaces.

You will own BMS architecture, validation strategies, and lifecycle stewardship, collaborating with Quality to meet GxP, data integrity, and audit expectations while leading cross-site improvements.