Controls Engineering Manager in London

As Controls Engineering Manager, you will be accountable for defining, governing and assuring Global Switch’s controls engineering approach across the data centre estate. You will provide technical authority over the design, integration and commissioning of control systems, ensuring consistency, resilience and compliance with Tier 3+ requirements, regulatory standards and internal engineering governance. Operating as a core member of the Delivery team, you will work closely with consultants, contractors, Delivery Engineers and Operations to ensure controls solutions are robust, scalable and fit for long-term operational performance across all campuses.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the basis of controls design for Global Switch, ensuring standardisation across all data centre facilities.
• Analyse and approve controls-related design documentation, including specifications, sequences of operation, points lists, bills of materials (BoMs), test scripts, panel drawings and operation manuals.
• Track, evaluate and provide guidance on new technologies, industry trends and sustainable engineered solutions relevant to data centre controls.
• Prepare and maintain controls fit-out guides for new and existing data centres.
• Support commissioning activities, including bench tests, FATs and FWTs, working with suppliers and system integrators to ensure correct configuration and performance.
• Review and evaluate controls designs and monitor technical works for compliance with codes, standards and accepted engineering practices.
• Identify key controls design and technical risks, ensuring they are captured, managed and mitigated within the project risk register.
• Implement contingency plans and support recovery actions where project slippage or technical issues arise.

About You

You’re a highly experienced controls engineering professional with deep technical expertise in data centre environments and a passion for delivering resilient, standardised, and future‑ready control systems. Trusted as a technical authority, you bring strong judgement and rigour to the design, integration, and commissioning of complex controls solutions, ensuring compliance with Tier 3+ requirements, regulatory standards, and internal engineering governance. You thrive working across the full project lifecycle, partnering closely with consultants, contractors, delivery engineers, and operations teams to ensure controls systems are robust, scalable, and fit for long‑term operational performance.

Analytical and solutions‑focused, you’re confident reviewing complex design documentation, identifying and mitigating technical risk, and supporting commissioning and incident resolution when issues arise. You balance engineering excellence with commercial awareness, ensuring optimal outcomes without compromising reliability or compliance. As a leader, you communicate clearly, influence effectively across multidisciplinary teams, and are committed to continuous improvement capturing lessons learned, adopting innovation, and raising technical standards across the data centre estate.

Key Requirements

• Strong expertise in data centre controls systems, including PLCs (controllers), HMIs (operator interfaces), BMS platforms, control networks and associated field devices.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex control system faults under operational and incident conditions.
• Strong understanding of engineering standards, codes, compliance and permitting requirements.
• Experience with commissioning, FATs, FWTs and system integration.
• Ability to critically analyse complex design documentation and technical proposals.
• Strong risk identification and technical risk mitigation capability.
• Proven ability to lead, manage and develop technical teams.

Global Switch is a trusted name in the industry, with over 20 years of experience and a commitment to long-term partnerships and sustainability. We value excellence and teamwork, and we always strive to deliver the best customer service and satisfaction. We are a team of skilled and passionate professionals, proud of who we are and what we do. Joining us means becoming part of a team that values learning and growth.

As an equal-opportunity employer, Global Switch is committed to providing a working culture that values diversity and inclusion and is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a barrier-free recruitment process and working environment.

Global Switch owns and operates 4,200,000 sq ft (388,000 sq m) of exceptional large-scale, multi customer, carrier and cloud neutral data centre space across Europe and Asia-Pacific. Established in 1998 our longevity in the market place and impressive track record prove we deliver best in class solutions. Global Switch data centres are operated to a Tier III standard or higher and provide resilient and secure solutions to customers who include global system integrators, telecommunication and cloud providers, enterprises, financial institutions, government organisations, managed service providers and other hosting businesses.