Senior BMS Commissioning Engineer - Data Centres

About FPC Global

Role Overview

BMS and IST Assurance

• Act as Commissioning Authority for BMS and integrated monitoring systems.
• Define and enforce BMS commissioning strategies, acceptance criteria, and readiness milestones.
• Review BMS-led IST methodologies and scripts and validate failure-mode, redundancy, and fault-tolerance testing.
• Confirm BMS supports operator situational awareness during degraded and fault conditions.

Systems Integration and Acceptance

• Validate BMS integration with chillers, CRAH/CRAC units, AHUs, pumps, valves, heat rejection plant, UPS, generators, switchgear, PDUs, and STS.
• Verify sequences of operation, interlocks, alarms, trending, and control logic accuracy.
• Own client-side acceptance of access control, CCTV, fire alarm monitoring, network resilience, and other ELV interfaces.
• Validate water leak detection, rodent detection, and environmental risk monitoring systems.

Design, Vendors, and Handover

• Review BMS, controls, and ELV architectures, control philosophies, points lists, network topologies, graphics standards, and vendor submittals.
• Provide vendor and contractor oversight, identify non-conformances, and drive corrective actions to closure.
• Review commissioning plans, test procedures, IST scripts, test evidence, configuration baselines, as-built records, and acceptance reports.
• Support operator training, handover, and transition to steady-state operations.

Compliance and Readiness

• Ensure alignment with Uptime Institute Tier Standards, ASHRAE, IEC, ISO, local codes, client standards, and operational playbooks.
• Confirm closure of critical items before RFS and RFO milestones.

Qualifications and Experience

• Degree in engineering, such as mechanical, electrical, controls, or an equivalent discipline.
• At least 8–12 years of BMS or controls commissioning experience.
• At least five years in a client-side, CxA, or independent assurance role within data centres or mission-critical facilities.
• Advanced knowledge of data centre BMS architectures, hyperscale operating models, integrated monitoring environments, IST, operational readiness, resilience, redundancy, and cybersecurity considerations.

Documentation and Tools

• Authoring and review of commissioning strategies, acceptance criteria, test scripts, cause-and-effect matrices, and control philosophies.
• Production of formal CxA reports, issue logs, and acceptance recommendations.
• Experience with enterprise BMS platforms such as Schneider, Siemens, Honeywell, or Johnson Controls is listed.
• AutoCAD, BIM, or Visio experience is listed.
• Direct experience supporting Uptime Tier Certification of Constructed Facility is required.
• FDD and automated commissioning experience is advantageous.