Staff Controls Operator — Data Center Operations
$310,000–$378,000 year
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States or Seattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Run building management and controls systems (BMS, SCADA, EPMS) to keep gigawatt-scale data centers cooling and powered in real time. Own real-time load and thermal control across sites coming online in pieces, maintaining flawless operation while construction continues. Write operating procedures, alarm response runbooks, and control sequences that become the standard for every site. Diagnose and resolve controls faults on the floor, from misbehaving chiller sequences to breaker mis-operations, before they impact live loads. Tune control sequences and setpoints to hold PUE and reliability targets as load ramps and hardware generations change. Catch drifting sensors or wrong setpoints before they become outages. This role requires experience operating controls for live mission-critical facilities, deep knowledge of BMS/SCADA/EPMS platforms, and the ability to write procedures others actually run.
Required Qualifications
- You've operated the controls for live mission-critical facilities, data center, industrial, or power, and kept them running through faults, ramps, and construction next door.
- You know BMS, SCADA, and EPMS platforms deep enough to diagnose a bad sequence or a misconfigured point, not just read the alarm.
- You've written operating procedures and alarm response runbooks that other operators actually run.
- You've resolved a real controls fault under pressure, on a live floor, with load on the line.
- You tune control sequences and setpoints and can explain the tradeoff between reliability, efficiency, and cost.
- You catch the drifting sensor or the wrong setpoint before it becomes an outage.
Desired Qualifications
- Bonus: Hyperscale or colocation data center operations.
- Bonus: Liquid cooling controls.
- Bonus: Electrical power monitoring systems.
- Bonus: Behind-the-meter generation.
- Bonus: Building the controls standards for a new fleet.
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