Controls Design Manager – Data Center Construction

Job overview

The Controls Design Manager – Data Center Construction role is listed as onsite in Concord, NC; onsite requirements may change with client needs. The annual salary range is $170,000–$210,000. The manager partners with Turner & Townsend’s client and project teams on new and existing construction, with a focus on data center development. The role leads controls design, integration, and automation strategy across project phases, helping ensure critical facility systems meet operational and reliability requirements. It also supports commissioning and operational readiness while identifying solutions that improve efficiency, resilience, monitoring, and lifecycle costs.

What you'll do

• Support project managers through design and construction, emphasizing controls design, integration, and automation strategy
• provide technical guidance on BMS, EPMS, SCADA, and critical-facility controls architecture
• prepare and maintain project documentation, controls sequences, standards, points lists, network drawings, and specifications
• maintain basis-of-design materials and templates
• review design RFPs and develop controls scopes
• manage controls consultants, commissioning providers, and systems integrators
• coordinate project meetings and communicate requirements to project partners
• support procurement reviews, factory witness testing, integrated systems testing, commissioning, startup, and turnover
• lead reviews of sequences, alarms, trends, integrations, and monitoring requirements
• apply relevant automation, cybersecurity, and data-center practices.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

controls design manager

data center construction

building automation systems

bms

epms

scada

plcs

commissioning

concord nc

turner & townsend

$170k–$210k/year

full-time

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Flexible working environment
• the posting describes a healthy, productive work environment that respects work-life balance.

Why this role

Requires a bachelor’s degree in a related engineering field and 8+ years of relevant controls, automation, or mission-critical facilities experience, including BMS, EPMS, SCADA, PLCs, and networked control systems.

About the employer

Turner & Townsend is hiring for this role. Industry: Engineering Services. Sector: 54.