Controls SME, Principal

ABOUT THE ROLE
The Controls SME is Managed Services controls and automation expert embedded in a data centerbuild. The role supports design review vendor oversight and commissioning to make sure thecontrol systems are operable maintainable and trustworthy at turnover. Controls are the facilitysnervous system: when they fail or mislead operators lose sight of everything else.

Some of the key responsibilities you should expect are the following:

Operability Design Review
Review controls designs including BMS/BAS EPMS SCADA PLC-based plant controls CDU andcooling plant controls and generator UPS and switchgear controller integration through anoperations lens. Sequences of operations failure-mode and fail-safe behavior loss-of-network andloss-of-controller response manual and local override point lists and instrumentation adequacyalarm philosophy and prioritization graphics clarity and OT network architecture and accesscontrol. Push back where the design assumes an operator will understand or recover something thesystem never tells them.

Controls QA/QC and Vendor Oversight
Provide QA/QC oversight of controls scope for new construction and retrofits: review vendorproposals and programming directly oversee system configuration and component upgrades andwitness factory tests. Hold controls vendors to Hut 8 standards and to the approved sequences andmake sure every modification to a system follows change control.

Construction-Phase Verification
Walk controls installations at key milestones. Flag operability and quality issues to the MEPsuperintendent early while they are still cheap to fix.

Commissioning
Witness Level 3-5 commissioning of controls and automation: point-to-point verification sequence-of-operations testing controller server and network failover alarm verification trend validationand integrated systems testing across mechanical electrical and controls including loss-of-communication and loss-of-BMS scenarios. Review programming through the commissioningprocess drive operational findings into the Cx log with clear acceptance criteria and verify closurepersonally.

Turnover Readiness
Verify controls turnover packages: as-built sequences of operation point lists control and networkdrawings programming backups and configuration files under version control licenses andcredentials transferred to Hut 8 alarm setpoint and priority matrices trend baselines sparecontrollers and critical modules and PM program inputs such as backup routines firmwareupdates and panel power health. Confirm the backups actually restore.

Training
Provide technical controls training and support to Facility Operations staff and validate thatoperator training equips the team to use the systems not just look at them.

Program Feedback
Feed operational lessons into Hut 8 controls standards point naming and alarm conventions andthe next projects basis of design and work with other Hut 8 sites and teams to carry standardsacross the portfolio.

ABOUT YOU
What were looking for:

• 7 years of controls experience in programming start-up and commissioning of complexsystems such as central plants air handling units and evaporative cooling and humidificationsystems. A bachelors degree or trade certification in a related field plus 3 years of controlsindustry experience will be considered in lieu.
• Experience in critical environments with a working knowledge of critical facility operationsand procedure-based work.
• Theoretical and practical understanding of control equipment and systems: designmaintenance troubleshooting testing and construction.
• Working knowledge of the mechanical electrical and life safety systems found in criticalfacilities.
• Sequence-of-operations fluency: you can read one critically catch the gaps and failure modesand test whether it behaves as written.
• Experience interpreting blueprints CAD drawings and controls diagrams.
• Turnover documentation rigor especially programming backups configuration files andversion control.
• Comfortable embedded with a construction team while holding the operations line andeffective in a highly collaborative cross-functional environment.

Preferred:

• Data center experience.
• PLC programming experience
• IT or networking certification
• Equipment field service engineering or manufacturer representative experience.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools to improve workflows with measurable results such as efficiencygains or quality improvements.

ABOUT THE WORK ENVIRONMENT

- Full time on-site role.