Control Systems Designer, Data Centers at AECOM — NeverHard

Job Description AECOM is seeking a Control Systems Designer to join our growing Canadian Data Center practice. This role will support the design and delivery of hyperscale, colocation, and other mission-critical facilities across North America. This is a newly created position. The successful candidate will contribute to the design and integration of resilient automation, monitoring, and control systems while collaborating with experienced multidisciplinary Data Center teams across Canada, the U.S., and globally. This is an opportunity to develop specialized expertise in a rapidly growing sector while working on complex, high-performance facilities. Responsibilities Design building automation, PLC, SCADA, and Electrical Power Monitoring Systems (PMS/EPMS) for data centers and mission-critical facilities. Develop control sequences, system diagrams, network architectures, points lists, equipment schedules, and technical documentation. Coordinate with mechanical teams to develop controls for HVAC, heat-rejection, hydronic, and related building systems. Coordinate with electrical teams to develop monitoring and control requirements for power distribution and critical electrical infrastructure. Develop Basis of Design documentation and technical specifications for controls, instrumentation, automation, power monitoring, and system integration. Design resilient operational technology networks using Ethernet, fibre, copper, wireless, and serial communications. Apply control-system protocols including BACnet, Modbus, and EtherNet/IP. Coordinate control panels, instrumentation, field devices, structured cabling, and equipment-mounted controls with ICT and other disciplines. Support design criteria addressing reliability, redundancy, resiliency, maintainability, monitoring, alarming, and cybersecurity. Participate in multidisciplinary design reviews, quality reviews, construction-phase services, commissioning, and resolution of technical issues.