Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Smart Tech Contracting, LLC is a company delivering turnkey BAS & EPMS solutions for mission-critical data centers. They are seeking an Engineering Manager – Critical Infrastructure to lead hardware engineering for large-scale projects, ensuring engineering excellence, quality control, and resource alignment.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior hardware engineering leader for the Critical Infrastructure department, with primary accountability for PLC / SCADA-based engineering execution across CI projects
- Establish, maintain, and improve department standards, design practices, workflows, and deliverable expectations for mission critical control systems, industrial control panels, field integration, and related hardware engineering
- Provide technical leadership for complex control system applications supporting central utility plants, technical water systems, airside systems, heat rejection systems, EPMS integrations, and other mission critical infrastructure
- Partner with software engineering leadership to ensure alignment between hardware design and software implementation, while maintaining clear ownership of hardware engineering standards and deliverables
- Provide senior engineering leadership to ensure CI projects are set up for success, including technical strategy, review structure, resource alignment, and early identification of engineering risk
- Lead or support engineering strategy for first-of-a-kind programs, new client standards, and highly complex projects where execution depends on development of new frameworks, technical approaches, and repeatable delivery methods
- Maintain accountability for the overall quality, consistency, and completeness of hardware engineering deliverables across the CI department
- Ensure quality control processes and technical reviews are clearly defined and executed by Level 5 lead engineers and other designated reviewers
- Intervene as needed on high-risk, technically complex, or strategically important projects requiring senior-level engineering leadership
- Assign engineering resources based on project size, technical complexity, client requirements, schedule demands, and staff development needs
- Partner with the Director of Engineering and Director of Critical Infrastructure on hiring, staffing strategy, organizational planning, and capability development for the CI engineering team
- Develop technical leaders within the department and establish training priorities related to PLC platforms, SCADA systems, industrial control panels, mission critical applications, engineering standards, and review practices
- Build department capability through standardization, mentoring, and continuous improvement to support large-scale and mega-scale CI growth
- Support business development, preconstruction, and department leadership on upcoming opportunities by providing technical input on control architecture, engineering risk, staffing, and delivery approach
- Participate in client-facing discussions for major pursuits, first-of-a-kind opportunities, and strategic programs requiring deep PLC / SCADA and mission critical engineering expertise
- Coordinate with project management, construction leadership, BIM / VDC, procurement, commissioning, software leadership, and executive leadership to align engineering priorities with project and business objectives
- Communicate engineering risks, quality concerns, staffing needs, and technical priorities clearly across the organization
Skills
- Expert knowledge of PLC and SCADA systems used in building automation and mission critical infrastructure applications, including industrial-grade architectures, RIOS, DLRs, and best practices
- Expert knowledge of hardware engineering for BAS and EPMS solutions in large, complex mission critical environments
- Expert knowledge of industrial control panel design practices, component selection, layout considerations, panel integration, and constructability
- Skilled in developing and enforcing engineering standards, review processes, and quality expectations across multiple concurrent projects
- Skilled in leading engineering teams responsible for complex control system deliverables
- Skilled in assigning resources and matching technical talent to project complexity and delivery needs
- Skilled in navigating clients through BAS / EPMS project designs including identification of standards, needs, options, and tradeoffs
- Skilled in evaluating first-of-a-kind project requirements and establishing engineering strategies that reduce execution risk
- Knowledge of construction design process, stakeholders, deliverables, and mission critical project execution workflows
- Knowledge of data center HVAC applications, chilled water plants, heat rejection systems, airside systems, and associated control strategies
- Knowledge of instrumentation, sensors, actuators, valves, and field devices used in industrial and mission critical control systems
- Knowledge of control system networking including addressing, VLANs, LANs, switches, routers, firewalls, and IT / OT interface requirements
- Knowledge of OT protocols including BACnet, Modbus, SNMP, MQTT, and related industrial / building systems integrations
- Knowledge of EPMS integration requirements and the relationship between BAS, PLC, SCADA, and power monitoring systems
- Knowledge of code requirements, safety considerations, and energy guidelines relevant to controls engineering designs
- Working knowledge of Revit and AutoCAD and the engineering coordination required with BIM / VDC resources
- Skilled at using MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams), along with exceptional organizational skills for file management
- Ability to analyze engineering organizations, identify capability gaps, and implement improvements in staffing, process, and training
- Ability to mentor Level 5 lead engineers and build technical leadership capacity across the department
- Ability to communicate effectively in both oral and written form with technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to communicate directly with clients and represent the department in strategic and high-visibility discussions
- Ability to work successfully in a remote environment through effective communication, self-motivation, proactiveness, and resourcefulness in a distraction-free workspace
- Ability to leverage AI and emerging technologies to streamline workflows, improve quality, optimize engineering operations, and contribute to company-wide innovation
- Ability to follow company and site safety requirements
- Ability to work under pressure and meet close deadlines
- Ability to achieve certification for NFPA70E and / or OSHA training as / if required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction, or related discipline
- Eight years of experience with hands-on installation, testing, validation, troubleshooting, or field leadership of controls infrastructure
- Minimum ten years of additional experience with BAS, EPMS, PLC, and / or SCADA controls engineering
- Significant experience leading engineering execution for large-scale mission critical, industrial, or hyperscale data center projects
- At least half of this experience should be with hyperscale or colocation data center projects or other critical infrastructure markets
- Prior experience leading engineering teams, technical standards, staffing decisions, and quality oversight across multiple concurrent projects is strongly preferred
Benefits
- Choice of comprehensive medical plans (including two PPO-style plans and a HDHP w/ HSA option)
- Dental and vision plans
- Comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits extended to spouse / domestic partner and dependent children up to age 26
- 401k with company match and self-directed brokerage account option
- PTO including additional paid time off during the last week of the year
- Company paid life insurance coverage for employees and their eligible dependents
- Short and long-term disability, AD&D coverage
- Professional development opportunities, tuition reimbursement and professional licensing assistance
- Paid parental leave after one year of employment
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