Controls Engineer

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

Responsibilities

• System Operation and Work Practices
• Strong understanding of critical facility systems, including chillers, CRAHs, cooling towers, UPSs, generators, switchboards, fuel systems, and associated monitoring platforms.
• Support live operational environments through maintenance, incident response, troubleshooting, commissioning, and continuous improvement activities.
• Analyse alarms, trends, control sequences, and system performance to identify opportunities for optimisation, reliability improvements, and risk reduction.
• Review and support project design documentation, Sequences of Operation (SOO), Methods of Procedure (MOPs), scopes of work, and commissioning documentation to ensure alignment with operational requirements and standards.
• Participate in Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT), Site Acceptance Testing (SAT), Integrated Systems Testing (IST), and commissioning activities.
• Problem Solving and Internal/External Engagement
• Lead root cause investigations relating to operational incidents, equipment failures, and control system issues.
• Act as an escalation point for complex BMS, PLC, SCADA, integration, and controls-related matters across the Australian portfolio.
• Work closely with Site Operations teams to improve alarm quality, system visibility, asset data integrity, and overall reliability.
• Provide technical guidance and support during commissioning, upgrades, equipment replacements, expansions, and retrofit projects.
• Training and Knowledge Sharing
• Provide subject matter expertise, coaching, and technical mentoring to Facility Engineers, Operations teams, and project stakeholders on BMS operation, alarm management, fault finding, and controls best practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years' experience in Building Management Systems (BMS), facility controls, DDC, PLC systems, industrial automation, or critical environment operations.
• Experience supporting mission-critical environments such as data centres, healthcare, utilities, mining, manufacturing, or industrial facilities.
• Strong understanding of HVAC controls, electrical monitoring systems, chilled water systems, and critical facility operations.
• Experience with industry protocols such as BACnet, Modbus, SNMP, OPC, MQTT, and EtherNet/IP.
• Demonstrated experience troubleshooting integrated control systems in live operational environments.
• Understanding of commissioning processes, Integrated Systems Testing (IST), Functional Performance Testing (FPT), change management, and operational risk management.
• Experience with SCADA, historian, and data integration platforms such as Kepware, TOP Server, AVEVA, PI System, Matrikon, or equivalent.
• Ability to interpret control drawings, electrical schematics, network architectures, and Sequence of Operation documentation.
• Data centre or industrial automation experience is highly regarded.
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