Senior Consultant – Smart Buildings

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October 7

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CannonDesign

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Enterprise • Real Estate • Non-profit

CannonDesign is a forward-thinking design firm dedicated to creating impactful solutions that enhance people, organizations, society, and the planet. With capabilities in designing buildings and spaces, fostering cultural and strategic transformations, creating immersive and branded experiences, and promoting sustainable futures, CannonDesign helps clients seize significant opportunities. Their projects range from designing spaces for innovation and healthcare to creating immersive environments that promote inclusion. Committed to advancing the world's infrastructure, CannonDesign operates with a mission to implement strategic plans and frameworks that uplift environments and communities. Recognized as one of the most innovative companies globally, they drive initiatives towards sustainability, equity, and transformation across various sectors.

1001 - 5000 employees

🏢 Enterprise

🏠 Real Estate

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• Facilitate early-stage stakeholder workshops to define project vision, outcomes, and smart building use cases. • Translate operational and facility goals into actionable smart building strategies and technical roadmaps. • Develop and deliver executive-level briefings and decision support materials to align client teams around key milestones. • Cultivate long-term client relationships, providing ongoing support beyond project closeout. • Lead the development of smart building Basis of Design (BoD) documents, integrating input from IT, facilities, operations, and design teams. • Collaborate with architects, engineers, and low-voltage/system designers to ensure smart building strategies are fully embedded into design documentation. • Develop system-level integration strategies and detailed design requirements for technologies such as BMS, lighting controls, RTLS, access control, audiovisual, scheduling, laboratory monitoring, IoT platforms, and workplace experience solutions. • Translate use cases into technical and integration requirements for each system, ensuring interoperability and data alignment. • Deliver design work in standardized formats, including project tools, processes, and deliverables. • Support the development of project budgets and cost models related to smart building systems and integrations. • Support clients in developing RFPs and evaluating vendor proposals for smart building platforms, applications, and point solutions. • Provide technical guidance during the selection process, including proposal reviews, interview facilitation, and scoring. • Align vendor scopes of work with project goals and integration requirements to minimize gaps and overlaps. • Track project execution across trades and technology vendors to ensure solutions are delivered as designed. • Review submittals, shop drawings, and integration strategies, providing feedback aligned with BoD and client expectations. • Facilitate coordination between IT, contractors, and platform providers during commissioning and system integration phases. • Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT) processes and work with vendors to resolve issues prior to handover. • Provide post-occupancy support, including onboarding of facilities, operations, and IT teams to smart platforms. • Define operational KPIs and display them on dashboards, supported by alerting protocols and workflows. • Guide clients in long-term roadmap planning, system upgrades, and use case expansion. • Maintain ongoing relationships to support continuous improvement and long-term platform value.

🎯 Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Systems, Mechanical, Computer, Technology, or related discipline) required. • Minimum 5+ years of experience delivering smart building, technology integration, or digital infrastructure projects required. • Demonstrated experience in the design and implementation of technology within the built environment. • Familiarity with building systems and digital technologies such as BMS, RTLS, access control, scheduling, environmental monitoring, IoT platforms/devices, and user experience tools. • Strong project management skills, including the ability to manage timelines, budgets, and multiple stakeholders. • Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with experience engaging diverse client audiences—from operations teams to IT directors. • Ability to develop technical requirements, interface diagrams, and deliverables aligned with regulatory, compliance, and security standards. • Experience with procurement processes and vendor coordination. • Willingness to travel for key client meetings and site visits. • Experience working in Healthcare or Science & Technology environments, with familiarity in clinical workflows, laboratory systems, or research facility operations is preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• medical, dental and vision coverage • flexible spending account options • voluntary insurances • paid time off • flex-time schedules • remote work options • 401k plan • employee perk programs