Lead Controls and Automation Engineer (Mission Critical / Data Center)

Lead Building Automation And Controls Engineer

kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP USA company, is currently initiating a search for a Lead Building Automation and Controls Engineer for our kW Atlanta 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 kW MCE engineering teams & related practices
• Independently 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

Preferred Qualifications :

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.