Senior Manager, Data Center Controls

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $200k - $240k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Keel Infrastructure

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201 - 500 employees

⚡ Energy

🏠 Real Estate

🤝 B2B

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $458M Post-IPO Debt on 2026-06

Energy • Real Estate • B2B

Keel Infrastructure is a digital and energy infrastructure company that develops and owns the critical infrastructure supporting high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. It provides secured power, land, and connectivity so customers (hyperscalers and enterprises) can deploy compute at scale across multi-campus sites. Keel emphasizes strategic sites in cool climates and constrained markets—anchored in Pennsylvania—with a multi-gigawatt development pipeline and campuses like Panther Creek, Moses Lake, Sharon, Scrubgrass and Sherbrooke.

📋 Description

• Define, own, and continuously advance EPMS and BMS controls engineering standards across data center projects • Establish controls architecture criteria for monitoring, metering, SCADA, mechanical plant control, VFDs, environmental monitoring, and fire/life-safety interfaces • Define OT network architecture standards, including segmentation, redundancy, cybersecurity hardening, and IT integration • Improve data center automation, remote monitoring, and alarm management • Evaluate and standardize controls platforms, PLCs, RTUs, sensors, and software • Provide controls engineering leadership and technical review from feasibility and schematic design through construction and commissioning • Review and approve EPMS/BMS design packages from engineers of record and systems integrators • Oversee points lists, sequences of operation, network architecture diagrams, and alarm matrices • Lead controls value engineering and support RFPs, bid evaluations, and vendor selection • Oversee construction administration, submittals, RFIs, points-to-device verification, startup, and energization coordination • Build, mentor, and lead the internal controls engineering team • Manage relationships with systems integrators, vendors, cybersecurity consultants, and utility contacts • Collaborate with electrical, mechanical, commissioning, and IT/OT security teams • Present controls strategy, architecture decisions, and cybersecurity posture to executives, customers, and investors • Develop AI/HPC-ready controls, DCIM integration, digital twin, analytics, grid resiliency, demand response, and sustainability roadmaps • Monitor evolving controls protocols and cybersecurity requirements and update company standards • Participate in industry organizations and contribute to thought leadership

🎯 Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive controls or instrumentation engineering experience, focused on mission-critical or data center facilities • Experience leading EPMS/BMS design on hyperscale, colocation, or enterprise data center projects • Experience as a technical owner or discipline lead on large capital projects • Experience managing or mentoring engineering staff and external systems integrators • Deep knowledge of EPMS architecture, including power monitoring, metering, protective relay integration, and historian/trending platforms • Deep knowledge of BMS architecture, including DDC controls, sequences of operation, and alarm management • Proficiency with BACnet, Modbus, OPC UA, SNMP, and IEC 61850 • Experience integrating EPMS/BMS with SCADA, DCIM, and building automation front-ends • Familiarity with OT cybersecurity, network segmentation, and NIST/IEC 62443 frameworks • Experience with functional performance testing and commissioning of controls systems (L0–L5) • Ability to explain complex controls engineering concepts to executives and investors • Ability to manage multiple projects and competing priorities • Excellent written and verbal communication; experience authoring design standards and technical specifications • Collaborative experience in fast-paced development environments • Bachelor's in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Controls/Instrumentation Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field • Professional Engineer (PE) license a plus • Professional certifications such as CAP, Tridium Niagara certification, CDCDP, or PMP are a significant asset

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary • End of year cash bonus • Equity opportunities / yearly equity grant • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits • Retirement savings with company contribution • Employee referral program • Occasional travel to other Keel sites or vendor/partner locations as required

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