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⚡ Critical Facilities / Controls Technicians Wanted - AWS Data Centers
📍 North Carolina: Hamlet + Northeast Charlotte / I-485 area
🔧 Fully Onsite | 12-Month Contract | Multiple Positions

If your background is in controls, electrical systems, HVAC automation, instrumentation, commissioning, SCADA, or critical facilities, this could be a strong transition into the data center industry.

We're hiring technicians to support AWS data center controls infrastructure across multiple sites in Virginia and North Carolina.

You don't need to come directly from a hyperscale data center.

We're looking for hands-on technicians who understand how electrical, mechanical, and control systems interact and who are comfortable troubleshooting equipment in environments where uptime and safety matter.

Relevant experience could include:

🔹 Building Automation / BAS / BMS
🔹 HVAC controls
🔹 Instrumentation & Controls
🔹 E&I / Electrical Controls
🔹 SCADA
🔹 Commissioning
🔹 Critical facilities
🔹 Electrical maintenance
🔹 Industrial controls
🔹 Low-voltage systems
🔹 Power generation / utilities
🔹 Hospital facilities
🔹 Nuclear facilities
🔹 Water / wastewater
🔹 Oil & gas
🔹 Military electronics, electrical, HVAC, power production, or controls

What you'll be doing

You'll support the deployment, commissioning, troubleshooting, and maintenance of systems responsible for monitoring and controlling cooling and electrical infrastructure inside AWS data centers.

That can include:

* Sensors, relays, controllers, and HMIs
* Point-to-point checks
* BMS / BAS systems
* Electrical power monitoring
* Troubleshooting communication issues
* BACnet / Modbus / MQTT
* Low-voltage copper and fiber
* Reading electrical and mechanical drawings
* Supporting commissioning and system testing
* Following MOPs, procedures, and change-control processes
* Working with vendors and low-voltage contractors

This is a technician-level, hands-on role rather than a design-engineering or pure programming position.

We're especially interested in people who have worked in environments where equipment reliability, operating procedures, and safety are critical.

📍 Fully onsite in either the Fredericksburg / Stafford / Louisa, VA market or the Hamlet / Northeast Charlotte I-485, NC market.

If your experience sits anywhere around controls + electrical + mechanical + critical infrastructure, reach out!

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🚨 Hiring: Data Center Controls Technicians - BMS / EPMS
📍 North Carolina: Hamlet + Northeast Charlotte / I-485 area
🏢 Fully Onsite | 12-Month Contract | Multiple Openings

We're supporting AWS with multiple openings for hands-on Data Center Controls Technicians across critical data center environments in Virginia and North Carolina.

This role sits right at the intersection of building automation, electrical monitoring, mechanical systems, and controls.

You'll be working directly with the systems that keep data centers powered, cooled, monitored, and operating safely.

What you'll work on

🔹 BMS / BAS systems supporting chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAHs, economizers, temperature sensors, and humidity sensors
🔹 EPMS environments monitoring generators, UPS systems, switchgear, PDUs, VFDs, ATS and STS equipment
🔹 Controllers, HMIs, IPCs, sensors, relays, and field devices
🔹 Point-to-point checkout and commissioning
🔹 Loading software and configurations onto controllers and HMIs
🔹 Sensor installation, replacement, calibration, and validation
🔹 Troubleshooting controls and communication issues
🔹 BACnet, Modbus, MQTT, and related protocols
🔹 Low-voltage copper and fiber environments
🔹 Supporting commissioning, testing, contractors, ticketing, MOPs, and change management

Backgrounds that translate well

We're interested in people coming from:

✅ BMS / BAS / building automation
✅ HVAC controls
✅ Controls commissioning
✅ Instrumentation & Controls (I&C)
✅ Electrical & Instrumentation (E&I)
✅ Critical facilities
✅ Data centers
✅ Hospitals
✅ Utilities / power generation
✅ Nuclear
✅ Water / wastewater
✅ Oil & gas
✅ Military electronics, HVAC, controls, or power systems

Experience with platforms such as Niagara, Tridium, Schneider Electric, Siemens, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, Automated Logic, Ignition, or similar systems is relevant.

You do not need previous hyperscale data center experience.

The strongest candidates understand the interaction between mechanical systems, electrical systems, controls, and basic networking and are comfortable troubleshooting equipment hands-on in a critical environment.

📍 Must be able to work fully onsite in the assigned Virginia or North Carolina market and float between nearby AWS sites when required.

If you've worked hands-on with BMS, BAS, EPMS, controls commissioning, HVAC controls, or critical-facility automation, I'd be interested in speaking with you.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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Job Description

We are seeking Controls Engineering Technicians (L4/L5) to support the deployment, commissioning, operation, and maintenance of mission-critical control systems within large-scale data center environments.

This role supports the systems responsible for monitoring and controlling critical infrastructure, including cooling, environmental, and power distribution equipment. Technicians will work across Building Management Systems (BMS), Building Automation Systems (BAS), and Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (EPMS) in both new construction and operational facilities.

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in electrical, mechanical, and networking principles, along with hands-on troubleshooting experience in critical environments where reliability, safety, and procedural compliance are essential.

Key Responsibilities

Commissioning & Deployment

Configure, provision, and validate controllers, industrial PCs (IPCs), HMIs, and related control system hardware.Install software, apply configurations, and support system startup activities.Perform point-to-point verification of sensors, controllers, and field devices.Validate communications between field equipment, control systems, and operator interfaces.Support commissioning and startup activities for new data center facilities.Develop and maintain control system graphics and operational displays.Maintain inventories, asset records, and configuration documentation.Execute deployment and commissioning procedures in accordance with established standards and processes.

Operations & Maintenance

Troubleshoot control system, networking, communication, and field device issues.Investigate alarms, faults, and performance issues across BMS and EPMS platforms.Diagnose issues involving sensors, relays, controllers, and monitoring systems.Escalate complex issues and implement corrective actions as directed by engineering teams.Document troubleshooting activities, system changes, and resolutions.Support preventive maintenance and reliability initiatives.Adhere to safety, change management, and operational procedures within mission-critical environments.

Required Qualifications

Alternatively, 3+ years of directly relevant experience without formal technical credentials.4+ years of experience in controls, building automation, HVAC controls, instrumentation, commissioning, or a related field with a degree, certification, trade credential, or military technical training.Alternatively, 6+ years of directly relevant experience without formal technical credentials.

Technical Qualifications

Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and networking fundamentals.Experience supporting control systems, instrumentation, field devices, and industrial communication networks.Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics, wiring diagrams, control drawings, and technical documentation.Experience troubleshooting sensors, relays, controllers, communication networks, and monitoring systems.Proficiency using diagnostic and testing equipment, including multimeters and network troubleshooting tools.Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured troubleshooting approach.Experience following commissioning processes, operational procedures, and change management requirements.

Critical Facilities Experience

Experience working in environments where reliability, safety, and operational continuity are critical.Understanding of operational risk and the importance of procedural compliance in live facilities.Ability to maintain accurate documentation and execute work with a high degree of attention to detail.Experience with low-voltage copper and fiber infrastructure.ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST) certification.Military technical experience in electronics, HVAC, controls, instrumentation, or power systems.Previous data center experience.

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