Subject Matter Expert - Building Automation Systems
Full-TimePosted on 10/28/2026
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Marble, NC, USA+1 moreMore locations: Dalton, GA, USA
In PersonOnsite role overseeing Dalton, GA and Marble, NC sites; travel as needed.
Facilities OperationsFacilities Management
About the job
Requirements
A bachelor's degree (BA or BS) or equivalent experience is required.
Five to seven or more years of experience in mission-critical environments, with a strong emphasis on building controls and monitoring, are required.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills are required for interacting with internal employees and leaders, and external contractors and customers.
Exceptional analytical and decision-making skills are required to understand and evaluate complex problems, analyze problems, identify solutions, and select the best solution.
Ability to prioritize workload based on business and customer demands.
Ability to work within all levels of the organization.
Ability to articulate concepts and ideas to a non-technical audience.
Ability to understand and train others on building controls and monitoring systems, connected systems, and components.
Ability to read and understand complex drawings, systems, and other documentation.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, climb, and balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl using both arms and legs; reach with both hands and arms; grasp, push, and pull objects; smell, talk, and hear; use hands and arms to reach, handle, feel, and type; see at close and distance ranges and correctly distinguish color; and work inside and outside.
Willingness to travel as needed.
Responsibilities
Support in-house quality procedures, standards, and specifications related to building automation system controls.
Assess internal customer building management system and electrical power monitoring system requirements and ensure they are met.
Assist the critical facilities manager with establishing and enforcing internal customer building management system and electrical power monitoring system service standards.
Monitor quality requirements for building management system and electrical power monitoring system services provided by suppliers, vendors, and system integrators.
Follow safe work practice standards related to building management system and electrical power monitoring system practices.
Ensure building management system and electrical power monitoring system new construction and upgrade installation practices comply with national and international standards at both sites.
Work with facilities operations teams to establish proper building management system and electrical power monitoring system issue tracking and resolution through warranty and post-warranty periods.
Maintain technical reports based on issue tracking and resolution.
Drive change and improve performance and quality standards through continuous improvement and adoption of the latest technology opportunities.
Troubleshoot and document controls and monitoring system objectives to maximize energy efficiency.
Record, analyze, and distribute statistical information related to building management systems and electrical power monitoring systems as needed.
Monitor system integrator performance through the final phase of data center construction activities related to building management system and electrical power monitoring system commissioning.
Attend continuing education seminars as needed to stay current with industry standards, trends, and practices in the building automation systems industry.
Oversee work across the Dalton, Georgia and Marble, North Carolina sites.
Desired Qualifications
Technical school training emphasizing building controls and monitoring, mission-critical operations, high-performance manufacturing, or relevant military operations is preferred.
The SME- Controls (BAMS) is a quality assurance role focused on providing guidance through a single point of in-house contact for matters related to building automation systems (BAS). The successful candidate will establish portfolio training guidelines, perform BAS PM activities, and assist local site team (when needed) with break/fix support
This role will oversee both Dalton, GA and Marble, NC sites.
RESPONSIBILITIES • Supporting in-house quality procedures, standards and specifications as they relate to BAS controls • Assessing internal customer BMS/EPMS requirements and ensuring that these are met • Assist the CFM with establishing and enforcing internal customer BMS/EPMS service standards • Monitoring quality requirements of BMS/EPMS related services with suppliers, vendors and system integrators • Follow standards for safe work practices in relation to BMS/EPMS practices • Ensuring that BMS/EPMS new construction and upgrade installation practices comply with standards at both national and international level • Working with facilities operations teams to establish proper BMS/EPMS issue tracking and resolution thru warranty and the post-warranty period • Maintain technical reports based on issue tracking and resolution • Act as a catalyst for change and improvement in performance and quality standards through continuous improvement in latest technology opportunities • Troubleshoot and document controls and monitoring system objectives to maximize energy efficiencies • Recording, analyzing and distributing statistical information related to BMS/EPMS as needed • Monitoring performance of system integrators thru final phase of any data center construction activities as it relates to BMS/EPMS commissioning • Attends continuing education seminars as needed to stay abreast of latest industry standards, trends and practices in the BAS industry
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE • Bachelor’s Degree (B.A. or B.S.) or equivalent experience, required • 5-7+ years’ experience in mission critical environments with a heavy emphasis on building controls and monitoring, required • Technical school with an emphasis on building controls and monitoring, mission-critical operations, high- performance manufacturing, or relevant military operations, preferred
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES, AND COMPETENCIES • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills required for interacting with internal employees and leaders, and external contractors and customers • Exceptional analytical and decision-making skills required for understanding and evaluating complex problems, including analyzing a problem, identifying solutions, and selecting the best solution • Able to prioritize work-load based on business and customer demands • Able to work within all levels of the organization • Able to articulate concepts and ideas to a non-technical audience • Able to understand and train others on building controls and monitoring systems and connected systems and components • Able to read and understand complex drawings, systems and other documentation
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS The physical demands described here are representative of those that should be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. • Ability to stand, walk, sit, climb, and balance • Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl using both arms and legs • Ability to reach with both hands and arms • Ability to grasp, push, and pull objects • Ability to smell, talk and hear • Ability to use hands and arms to reach, handle, feel, and type • Ability to see at close and distance ranges and the ability to see and correctly distinguish color • Ability to work inside and outside • Willing to travel as needed