Digital Buildings Consultant (Building Controls Engineer)

Summary

Consultant designs and advises on smart building systems for global clients, integrating BMS, IoT, and analytics while developing digital building strategies.

What you'll be doing

You'll work alongside some of the industry's leading Digital Buildings consultants on projects ranging from global technology companies and data centres to commercial real estate and complex smart buildings.

Typical work includes:

  • Supporting digital transformation projects

  • Working directly with global clients

  • Reviewing existing building systems and identifying improvements

  • Governing the delivery of Digital Building solutions

  • Developing smart building strategies

  • Integrating BMS, IoT and enterprise systems

  • Producing technical designs and documentation

  • Helping shape future smart building standards

What makes this role different?

This isn't another service engineer position.

You'll move beyond commissioning and maintenance into consulting, design and client advisory work.

You'll learn how global organisations design, standardise and deploy Digital Buildings across entire property portfolios.

You'll work with experienced consultants who will help accelerate your technical and professional development.

We're looking for people who have experience with some of the following

You don't need everything on this list. If you've worked in several of these areas we'd love to hear from you.

Building Controls

  • Building Management Systems (BMS)

  • Building Automation

  • HVAC Controls

  • Lighting Control Systems

  • Energy Management Systems

Controls & Integration

  • BACnet

  • Modbus

  • MQTT

  • DALI

  • M-Bus

  • LON

  • Niagara

  • Tridium

  • Smart Building integrations

Design & Engineering

  • Controls design

  • System architecture

  • Functional specifications

  • Points schedules

  • Wiring diagrams

  • Network architecture

  • Technical documentation

Digital Buildings & IoT

  • Smart Buildings

  • Connected Buildings

  • IoT devices

  • Building Analytics

  • Digital Twins

  • Cloud-connected building systems

You might currently be working as a

  • BMS Engineer

  • Controls Engineer

  • Building Automation Engineer

  • Smart Buildings Engineer

  • Digital Buildings Engineer

  • Building Controls Designer

  • Technical Consultant

  • Systems Integrator

  • IoT Engineer

  • Commissioning Engineer

You probably have around 3-8 years' experience and are looking for the next step in your career.

What you'll bring

  • Around 3-8 years' experience in Digital Buildings, BMS or Controls

  • Strong communication skills

  • A genuine interest in technology

  • A collaborative attitude

  • The ability to work with clients and multidisciplinary teams

A degree is welcome but not essential if you've built strong industry experience.

We'd particularly like to hear from people who enjoy

  • Solving technical problems

  • Learning new technologies

  • Working with customers

  • Improving building performance

  • Thinking beyond individual systems

  • Understanding how complete smart buildings operate

Why FPC Global?

You'll be joining a specialist consultancy recognised internationally for Digital Buildings expertise.

You'll work on projects that most engineers never get access to.

You'll receive mentoring from industry experts.

You'll build skills that will accelerate your career into consulting, solution architecture and technical leadership.

Interested?

If you're looking for more than another engineering job and want to help shape the future of intelligent buildings, we'd love to hear from you.