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

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

kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP company, is a high-performance, fast-paced consulting engineering firm designing data centers and mission critical environments worldwide. We hire smart, responsive team players to work in collaborative and mentoring office settings. Our mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, controls, telecommunications, and security building system designs keep many of the world's top Fortune 100 financial, technology, enterprise, hyperscale, and colocation companies up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

This Opportunity

kW Mission Critical Engineering, a WSP USA company, is recruiting a Lead Building Automation and Controls Engineer for our Milwaukee, WI office. In this role you will work with senior engineers to design automation control and monitoring systems for data centers, including heat rejection systems such as industrial air handling units and chilled water plants, and integration to intelligent HVAC and electrical power monitoring systems (EPMS). Design activities include drawing and specification development for control products, points lists, and sequences of operations.

Your Impact

• Work independently or in a team, planning and executing engineering tasks within projects.
• Demonstrate a deep understanding of the services provided by the kW MCE engineering teams and related practices.
• Support the team during proposal design and construction stages of projects under general supervision.
• Execute controls design of complex projects.
• Develop drawing and specification documents for 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 mechanical and electrical engineering requirements into larger facility controls and monitoring designs.
• Maintain and develop client relationships.
• Review controls contractor and system integrator shop drawings and product details to ensure project delivery meets or exceeds design requirements.
• Survey and evaluate existing conditions.

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

Equal Opportunity Employer

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race, Age, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Disability or Protected Veteran Status. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

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