BMS Controls Project Manager
About The Position
The BMS Project Manager manages Building Management System (BMS) projects from contract award through closeout, ensuring work stays within budget, on schedule, and aligned with contractual commitments. The role manages risk, project financial performance, and change orders to protect margin and prevent scope creep. It requires working knowledge of BMS platforms such as Tridium Niagara and Distech Controls, controls infrastructure, and integration protocols, with responsibility for coordinating engineering, field technicians, subcontractors, procurement, and clients. The project manager oversees project scope, design coordination, procurement, scheduling, commissioning, system checkout, and turnover. The role partners with controls engineers and technicians to support technically sound implementation and communicates project status, risks, financial performance, and expectations to clients, contractors, and internal leadership. The position is hybrid across office and field environments and requires travel based on the project portfolio.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of project management experience in BAS/BMS Controls, Building Automation, low-voltage systems, or related technical construction environments.
- Working knowledge of BMS platforms such as Tridium Niagara and Distech Controls, controls architecture, and protocols such as BACnet and Modbus.
- Experience managing project budgets, forecasts, schedules, and overall financial performance.
- Ability to read and interpret contracts, electrical drawings, control schematics, construction documents, and technical project plans.
- Familiarity with commissioning processes, controls networks, and building automation infrastructure.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management software.
Nice To Haves
- PMP certification.
- N4 Certification.
- Working experience in a data center environment.
Responsibilities
- Manage BMS projects from contract award through closeout, aligning controls design, system architecture, client requirements, and contractual commitments.
- Lead execution across scope, procurement, scheduling, subcontractor coordination, commissioning, and closeout.
- Maintain working knowledge of BMS platforms and controllers, including Tridium Niagara and Distech Controls, and integration protocols such as BACnet and Modbus.
- Partner with Controls Engineers and Technicians to interpret sequences of operation, system design intent, and field implementation requirements.
- Review project scope for alignment with controls deliverables, programming, graphics, commissioning, and turnover requirements.
- Develop and maintain project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and resource plans across project phases.
- Own change order identification, pricing, and approval to support scope recovery and margin protection.
- Track project financial performance, including technical scope drivers such as controls hardware, integration complexity, commissioning effort, and labor utilization.
- Coordinate commissioning activities, system checkouts, and point-to-point testing conducted by engineering and field teams.
- Resolve or support issues related to BMS troubleshooting, integration risks, commissioning activities, and field constraints.
- Execute project closeout, as-built documentation, commissioning signoff, and final turnover packages.
- Communicate project status, risks, financial performance, and escalation items to clients, contractors, and internal leadership.
- Coordinate technicians, subcontractors, engineering, and procurement teams to deliver project milestones on time.
- Translate controls concepts into clear project updates and expectations for clients.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Health savings account (HSA)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick leave
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid short-term and long-term disability
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible hybrid work schedule for office-based employees
- Professional development opportunities
- Two discretionary bonus opportunities for Controls employees, tied to performance and estimated as a percentage of base salary
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
