Data Center Automation and Controls Engineer, Lead Consultant

Accelerate possibilities. The WSP Data Center CoE (Center of Excellence) is growing, and we’re looking for smart, responsive, collaborative people to join us. Our CoE is 100% focused on data centers—supporting the world’s leading AI and cloud infrastructure companies. You’ll work to help tackle our clients’ biggest challenges: Where to build? How to secure power and water? How to develop responsibly and become a valued part of the community? AI is transforming life from scientific discoveries to smarter transportation and more sustainable communities. Data centers make it possible.

With us, you can build impact, deliver remarkable projects, and grow your career while shaping the future of the data center industry.

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Building Automation and Controls Engineer, Lead Consultant to work at hybrid schedule out of our Milwaukee, WI office.

As a Building Automation Controls Engineer with us, you will work with senior engineers to design automation control and monitoring systems serving data centers. Applications include heat rejection systems such as industrial air handling units and chilled water plants as well as integration to intelligent HVAC and electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS). Design activities include drawing and specification development for control products, points lists, and sequence of operations.

Your Impact

• Work in a team or independently, planning and executing engineering tasks within projects
• Demonstrate significant understanding of the range of services provided by the WSP engineering teams & related practices
• Independently, under general supervision, support the team during proposal, design, and construction stages of projects
• Execute controls design of complex projects
• Work within multi-discipline project teams to develop drawing and specification documents for issuance to architects, contractors, and building owners
• Attend client meetings and contribute to discussions
• Collaborate and coordinate with internal project discipline team members and external equipment vendors and manufacturers
• Communicate complex control and monitoring concepts and decisions to clients and stakeholders
• Integrate complex mechanical & electrical engineering requirements into larger facility controls and monitoring designs
• Interact regularly with clients, which includes maintaining current relationships and developing new relationships
• Perform all aspects of controls designs, review systems, and drawings prior to issuance
• Survey and evaluate existing conditions
• Review controls contractor and system integrator shop drawings and product details to ensure project delivery meets or exceeds design requirements

Who You Are

The ideal candidate will possess experience with building type HVAC systems or process control applications from a controls systems vendor, commissioning agent, or design consultant. Candidates should have strong communication skills, and an interest in liaising with internal and external design, client, and construction team members.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or relevant work experience
• 7+ years of experience in designing building automation control systems for commercial, industrial, or mission critical facilities
• EIT or Registered Professional Engineer (PE), or the ability to become licensed
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with applicable software packages including AutoCAD, Revit
• Knowledge of building, mechanical, electrical and energy codes
• Ability to organize and present design information to project staff
• Attention to detail, highly organized, self-starter
• Ability to travel to project sites

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• Mission Critical/Data Center experience highly preferred
• Experience with international projects is beneficial

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