Digital Buildings Consultant Engineer (Us Based - Bay Area)

As Digital Buildings Engineer, you will have the opportunity to influence &
develop tools and solutions required to deploy and manage our building controls &
IoT systems on the client infrastructure. You are highly technical and are comfortable reaching out to partner teams and stakeholders to solve problems for the business and support complex engineering programs using your IoT expertise within the building controls domain.
This role requires you to be accountable as the technical partner for supporting system upgrades projects, overseeing our fleet monitoring tooling and automation and being a technical partner to our client to ensure high availability and smooth operational running of our digital building technologies.
You will partner with our program managers and operations engineers to ensure projects complete through the entire lifecycle. You will be working with business partners and external engineering stakeholders to review requirements and use technical judgements to develop solutions.
The role requires experience of commercial IoT technologies to be directly involved with developing standards, designing and implementing IoT related initiatives
The role of Digital Buildings Consultant Engineer is to provide technical related consultancy and systems engineering in the field of Digital Building technologies, applications, process, standards for FPC and our clients. Working as a part of the FPC Digital Buildings Services Group, the role will be responsible for delivering projects and services to FPC’s clients in order to successfully fulfil the Scope of Work (SoW) outlined in the Agreement, Proposal or Engagement Letter between FPC and it’s client, together with any other relevant client side documents such as Business Requirements Document (BRD), policies, standards and processes.
The Digital Buildings Consultant Engineer represents FPC in delivering services to our clients and when working with industry partners and suppliers, so will maintain the highest standards of technical and professional performance, and conduct themself with honesty and integrity at all times.
In addition to client facing role and responsibilities, the Digital Buildings Consultant Engineer is expected to be an active member of the Digital Buildings Services team, to make a positive contribution to the development of the team and wider FPC business, working effectively with all FPC colleagues to successfully deliver projects and support FPC’s business objectives.
Requirements
Provide regional coverage for upgrade programs as part of our engineering team to deliver GCP and application, hardware and OS upgrades relating to building controls/commercial IoT on client infrastructure
Work with our team to plan, design, implement and develop new functionality in existing service and be responsible for testing and implementing solutions and prototypes
Partner with our client Eng teams to develop the long-term roadmap and execution of our IoT ecosystem, so we can automate deployment and management of our solutions. Identify and drive efficiency opportunities
Ensure operational excellence and reliability of the fleet ensuring systems are operating, alerts are mitigated and there is real time visibility of the fleet on our monitoring infrastructure
The responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to, the following:
Delivery of consultancy and engineering services and projects for clients in accordance with the Proposal, Scope of Work (SoW) and/or Engagement Letter
Understand customer requirements and business objectives and work proactively with FPC, the client and other stakeholders to meet and deliver them
Provide support, advice and collaborate on Digital Building systems integration, technologies, initiatives and solutions, processes and standards for FPC and our clients
Design Digital Building systems and architectures to provide optimum performance, functionality and value
Review Digital Building systems architectures and designs, identifying issues and suggesting improvements
Produce service delivery, technical and project related reports as required
Experience and Qualifications
The Digital Building Consultant Engineer should possess experience and qualifications in the following:
Minimum 5 years Digital Building industry experience
Proven track record in Digital Building related roles e.G. Consultant, Designer, Project Manager or Engineer
Strong technical expertise in Digital Building technologies including some or all of the following:
Digital Building and IoT Systems Integration design, development and implementation
Digital Building and IoT Controls Systems including:
Building Management Systems (BMS)
Automation Systems
Lighting Controls Systems (LCS)
Audio Visual Systems (AV)
Controls Strategies
Control Protocols (BACnet, MQTT, Modbus, LON, MBus, DALI, Fox, SMI, etc.)
Systems Specifications
System Architectures
Schematic Drawings &
Wiring Diagrams
Description of Operations
Point Naming and Addressing
Asset Records
Cybersecurity best practices
IP Networking (IPV4, IPV6, Switching, Routing, DHCP, WiFi, Structured Cabling, etc.)
System Audits &
Site Surveys
Digital Building and IoT Industry training and professional qualifications
Construction Industry Health &
Safety Qualification (CSCS or equivalent) and understanding of H&
S RAMS
Effective Stakeholder Management and communication skills, including attending project, client and team meetings, document writing and presentation skills
Experience as working as part of a Design Team to develop coordinated designs, including:
Client requirements gathering and documentation
Technical Submittal Creation / Review
SoW and Specification Development
Competent using Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office software applications
Benefits
Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental &
Vision)
Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick &
Public Holidays)
Training &
Development
Work From Home