Validation Engineer

Insight Global; Abilene (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a BMS Validation Engineer to verify building management system readiness for data center deployments, expansions, and operational handoffs. The role focuses on BMS points, sequences, alarms, trends, graphics, integrations, and documentation, with emphasis on risk-based handoff and issue tracking.

Qualified candidates should have 5+ years in BMS or commissioning in high-availability environments, and be comfortable working in Abilene, TX or Shackelford, TX areas.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in BMS, validation, or commissioning for data centers or critical facilities.
• Experience validating BMS/controls in high-availability environments.
• Working knowledge of BMS platforms, control sequences, alarms, trends, and graphics.

Responsibilities

• Validate BMS readiness for new data centers, expansions, and handoffs.
• Review commissioning evidence, test records, and turnover docs.
• Verify monitoring covers critical mechanical, electrical, environmental, and safety systems.
• Track findings, risks, actions, and readiness status using project tools.
• Create checklists, acceptance criteria, logs, dashboards, and summaries.

Skills

BMS validation

controls validation

commissioning

data center operations

critical facilities

building automation

facilities engineering

construction support

mission-critical delivery

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

Primavera

Jira

ServiceNow

Job description

• 5+ years of experience in BMS, controls validation, commissioning, data center operations, critical facilities, building automation, facilities engineering, construction support, or mission-critical infrastructure delivery
• Experience validating BMS or building automation systems in data centers, industrial facilities, colocation environments, utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, aviation, or other high-availability environments.
• Working knowledge of BMS/controls platforms, control sequences, alarm management, trending, graphics, point naming, equipment integration, and functional performance testing.

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience with hyperscale data centers, cloud infrastructure, colocation, critical facilities, or large-scale commissioning programs.
• Familiarity with BMS, EPMS, SCADA, DCIM, CMMS, ticketing systems, commissioning platforms, Smartsheet, MS Project, Primavera, Jira, ServiceNow, or similar tracking tools.

Job Description

The BMS Validation Engineer will validate building management system readiness for data center deployments, expansions, and operational handoffs. This role focuses on BMS points, sequences, alarms, trends, graphics, integrations, controls documentation, commissioning evidence, issue tracking, readiness decisions, and risk-based operational handoff. Qualified candidates must be comfortable working within the Abilene, TX or Shackelford, TX areas for this assignment. Relocation assistance will be provided for selected out-of-market individuals.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate BMS readiness for new data centers, expansions, retrofit programs, infrastructure readiness milestones, and operational transition activities.
• Review BMS commissioning evidence, functional test records, point-to-point verification, sequence validation results, graphics packages, alarm matrices, trend logs, and turnover documentation.
• Verify that BMS monitoring and control coverage supports critical mechanical, electrical, environmental, and safety systems required for reliable data center operations.
• Track BMS validation findings, risks, dependencies, corrective actions, acceptance exceptions, and readiness status using approved project management and deployment tracking tools.
• Translate validation requirements into checklists, acceptance criteria, issue logs, dashboards, and readiness summaries for deployment and leadership review.