Senior Controls Engineer

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Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary

Effectively interacts with other internal and external teams, including the design engineering, regional/site critical facilities engineering teams, onsite support vendors and consultants on projects, and policies/procedures to resolve complex matters.

Responsibilities

Technical Expertise

• Has thorough understanding of advanced electrical, fire protection, and HVAC systems operation including advanced optimization strategies and deficiencies

• Has expert controls system knowledge sufficient to rapidly comprehend new systems

• Expert operating knowledge of control systems to include advanced diagnostics and repairs

• Ability to apply knowledge of Equinix process and procedure and industry standards to resolve complex issues

• Is a subject matter expert to others inside and outside of the group

• Extensive knowledge of multiple facets of controls engineering

• Develops and executes projects

• Is responsible for the delivery of projects across multiple functional groups

• Map infrastructure objects into the Equinix Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) system for monitoring using BACnet, Modbus, OPC and other industry standard communications protocols.

• Work with local and regional critical facilities engineering staff, equipment vendors and software development team to coordinate DCIM monitoring of site infrastructure.

• Identify and/or develop solutions for integrating infrastructure monitoring systems into DCIM where required.

• Assure adherence to developed standards as DCIM systems is deployed. 

• Troubleshoot all elements of the controls system, including field devices, controllers, network components and software systems.

• Assist on-site IBX Critical Facilities Engineering personnel in working with local controls vendors.

Internal/External Contact

• Contributes to mentoring junior team members

• Directs internal and external project team members

Develop Policy/Methods

• Participates in review of and contributes to development of policy and procedure documents

Qualifications

• Proven years of experience in a critical facility environment preferred, including operations and design.  Emphasis & special focus on controls and DCIM.

• Strong knowledge of the BACnet, Modbus, and OPC communications protocols, including protocol definition, implementation strategie,s and troubleshooting.

• Experience with one or more brands of control systems ,including: Aveva, Siemens, Automated Logic Corporation (ALC), Johnson Controls, Rockwell Controllogix, Metasys, Honeywell, Schneider Electric, Delta Controls, Delta-V, or Andover

• Able to program and troubleshoot Direct Digital Control (DDC) systems, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and/or Distributed Control Systems (DCS).

• Able to understand control strategies and architecture using Sequence of Operation and P&ID drawings

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