BMS Engineering & Transition Lead
Job Summary
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What you will do:
The Controls Technical Manager & Project Engineering Governance Manager BMS is responsible for ensuring technical compliance engineered solution accuracy BOQ alignment and execution readiness for Building Management System (BMS) projects.
The role acts as a technical bridge between Sales Engineering and Project Delivery governing the transition from tender award to project execution while ensuring BMS engineering deployment aligns with contractual technical and commercial commitments.
What you will do:
Key Responsibilities
1. PreSales Technical Compliance (BMS)
- Review tender specifications Employers Requirements (ER) and drawings related to BMS IBMS HVAC controls and system integration
- Prepare and validate BMS Technical Compliance Matrices (TCM) against tender specifications
- Verify compliance with:
- Open protocol requirements (BACnet Modbus LonWorks IP)
- Network architecture and integration scope
- Control strategies sequences of operation and system performance criteria
- Identify technical gaps risks exclusions and deviations during presales stage
2. BMS Material Selection & BOQ Validation
- Verify BMS hardware and software selections including:
- DDC controllers (Plant Field Application Specific Controllers)
- BMS servers workstations network equipment
- Field devices: sensors transmitters actuators valves dampers
- Ensure selected materials:
- Meet technical specification and compliance requirements
- Align with BOQ quantities line items and cost assumptions
- Validate:
- Points list assumptions
- Panel counts and controller distribution
- Network topology and licensing requirements
- Highlight mismatches between specification BOQ drawings and proposed solution
3. PreBid & Tender Stage Support
- Participate in prebid meetings technical clarification meetings and tender presentations
- Prepare and review:
- Technical queries (TQs)
- Compliance deviations and alternative proposals
- Valueengineering options (where applicable)
- Provide technical inputs to Sales for accurate tender submissions and risk evaluation
4. Sales to Project Engineering Transition
- Govern the handover from Sales to Project Delivery / Engineering teams
- Ensure handover includes clear definition of:
- Contractual scope and technical commitments
- Approved makes models and system architecture
- BOQ assumptions and exclusions
- Integration responsibilities and thirdparty interfaces
- Support project kickoff meetings to ensure engineering teams fully understand tender intent
5. Project Engineering Governance (BMS)
- Monitor and govern BMS project engineering deployment across multiple projects
- Review key engineering deliverables for alignment with tender design including:
- System architecture and network diagrams
- Control panel GA drawings and wiring diagrams
- Control philosophies and sequences of operation
- Points list and integration mappings
- Ensure consistency and standardization in:
- BMS design approach
- Controller distribution
- Network performance and cybersecurity best practices
6. Documentation & Project Operations Support
- Support preparation and review of project documentation such as:
- Technical submittals
- Method statements
- Testing & Commissioning (T&C) procedures
- Engineering document registers
- Support submissions to:
- Clients and consultants
- Authorities (where applicable)
- Internal project governance platforms
7. Stakeholder Coordination
- Act as a key technical interface between:
- Sales and Business Development
- BMS Engineering & Design teams
- Project Managers and Site Teams
- Procurement and Commercial teams
- Support coordination with HVAC contractors and thirdparty system integrators (chillers AHUs lighting energy meters etc.)
Key Systems & Technologies
- Building Management Systems (BMS / IBMS)
- DDC Controllers & Field Level Controls
- Open Protocols: BACnet IP/MSTP Modbus TCP/RTU LonWorks
- HVAC systems integration (AHU Chiller Plants FCU VAV)
- SCADA / FrontEnd Workstations
- Network & IT integration fundamentals
What we look for:
- Degree / Diploma in Electrical Electronics Automation or Mechanical Engineering
- 812 years experience in BMS presales engineering or project delivery
- Strong experience in:
- Technical compliance checks
- BOQ verification
- BMS engineering design and project transition
- Handson understanding of BMS products architectures and site execution realities
- Strong BMS technical knowledge with commercial awareness
- Excellent attention to technical and contractual detail
- Ability to operate across precontract and postcontract phases
- Clear communication and stakeholder coordination skills
- Risk identification and mitigation mindset
What we offer:
- Competitive salary
- Paid vacation/holidays/sick time
- Comprehensive benefits package
- On the job/cross training opportunities
- Encouraging and collaborative team environment
- Dedication to safety through our Zero Harm policy
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Required Experience:
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