BMS & EPMS Specialist (SME)

Location: Based at the London head office with a hybrid home-working arrangement and frequent travel across hirify.global sites in the UK and Europe; on-site presence is required for critical activities.

Company

hirify.global Europe operates hyperscale data centres across major European markets and serves leading hyperscale and enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Own the technical standards, roadmap, lifecycle planning, and governance for BMS and EPMS platforms across the European data centre portfolio.
• Review and approve designs, control philosophies, points schedules, alarm strategies, metering requirements, network architectures, vendor submissions, and commissioning plans.
• Lead or support FAT, SAT, and integrated systems testing, validating control sequences, alarms, failover, redundancy, metering accuracy, permissions, and integrations.
• Oversee installation, commissioning, handover, documentation, and operational readiness across new-build, expansion, and live-site projects.
• Act as a Level 3 escalation point for incidents, recurring alarms, control and communication failures, data loss, integration issues, and system availability problems.
• Work with Operations, IT, Cyber Security, vendors, contractors, and clients to improve monitoring, resilience, data quality, reporting, and energy performance.

Requirements

• 8–10 years of experience in BMS, EPMS, controls, or automation for critical infrastructure, preferably in data centres or other mission-critical environments.
• Experience designing, installing, commissioning, integrating, operating, and supporting BMS and/or EPMS platforms.
• Strong knowledge of monitoring critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure, including cooling systems, LV/MV systems, UPS, generators, switchgear, meters, and environmental systems.
• Experience with Windows workstations and servers, LAN administration, network architecture, remote access troubleshooting, and protocols including TCP/IP, Modbus RTU, Modbus TCP, BACnet, and OPC.
• Experience reviewing control philosophies, points schedules, SOO, DesOps, cause-and-effect documentation, alarm strategies, graphics, network diagrams, and commissioning scripts.
• Experience managing staff and multiple project workstreams across sites and countries, with strong communication, organisation, vendor-management, and change-control skills.

Nice to have

• B.S. degree in a computer-related field; equivalent work-related experience may substitute for the degree.
• Advanced project management skills.
• Visio or network diagramming experience.
• Experience with high-availability or mission-critical systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining home working with the London head office and site travel.
• Exposure to a European hyperscale data centre portfolio and multiple concurrent critical-environment projects.
• Cross-functional collaboration with European and US-based Facilities Operations, Design & Construction, IT, and Cyber Security teams.
• Equal opportunity employment and reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.