Manager, Data Center Building Automation - Michigan

You will manage engineers and technical partners supporting automation systems across one or more regions, while partnering closely with facilities operations, design, commissioning, construction, IT, and cybersecurity teams. This role is responsible for translating automation standards into executable programs, supporting major initiatives, improving operational consistency, and developing technical talent within the building automation function. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead building automation, controls, and OT engineering resources supporting one or more sites, campuses, or regions.  

• Manage the day-to-day execution of BMS, controls integration, OT network support, alarm management, and automation-related operational initiatives.  

• Ensure building automation systems are designed, implemented, commissioned, and maintained in a way that supports safe, reliable, and efficient facility operations.  

• Partner with design, construction, and commissioning teams to review controls architecture, integration requirements, points lists, sequences of operation, alarming, and handoff expectations for new builds and retrofits.  

• Oversee troubleshooting and escalation support for complex automation, controls, and OT system issues affecting facility operations.  

• Ensure documentation quality and configuration control across BMS graphics, network diagrams, control narratives, sequences, device inventories, and change records.  

• Support OT cybersecurity compliance by partnering with security and infrastructure teams on segmentation, patching coordination, device visibility, access control, and applicable standards.  

• Drive consistency in alarm philosophy, monitoring expectations, system performance reporting, and change management practices across supported sites.  

• Manage vendors, system integrators, and service providers to ensure quality delivery, technical compliance, and sustained supportability.  

• Coach and develop automation engineers and technical staff in troubleshooting rigor, documentation discipline, cybersecurity awareness, and operational support practices.  

• Contribute to automation roadmaps involving analytics, smarter alarming, remote support capabilities, and improved visibility into facility performance.  

Ideal Candidate Profile 

• 5–8 years of experience in building automation, industrial automation, controls engineering, OT systems, or mission-critical facility automation; data center experience preferred, though adjacent experience in health