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Iron Mountain is seeking an authoritative Principal BMS & Controls Engineer to join our Design & Engineering team.
In this role, you will serve as the regional technical authority shaping the next generation of control systems, instrumentation, and automation architectures across our expanding data centre portfolio. You’ll have the opportunity to set engineering standards and govern complex designs that directly safeguard operational resilience and platform reliability. Here, your senior technical leadership and engineering judgement will turn forward-thinking concepts into scalable, mission-critical infrastructure.
What You’ll Do (Responsibilities) In this role, you will:
- Set regional technical direction: Define design principles, basis-of-design requirements, and performance outcomes for BMS, EPMS, plant PLCs, operational technology (OT), and DCIM integrations.
- Govern standards and architecture: Maintain discipline assurance frameworks, approved specifications, and technical standards across new builds, customer expansions, and operational upgrades.
- Resolve systemic technical risk: Act as the final authority on precedent-setting or high-impact engineering decisions, deviations, and root-cause reliability investigations.
- Drive product and vendor strategy: Partner with Supply Chain and strategic equipment manufacturers to establish technical requirements for owner-furnished controls equipment.
- Foster engineering capability: Cultivate a regional community of practice, mentoring senior engineering colleagues and advising executive leadership on long-term technology roadmaps.
What You’ll Bring (Skills & Qualifications) The ideal candidate will have:
- 15+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated technical leadership across large-scale data centres or complex mission-critical environments.
- Strong knowledge of data centre BMS, EPMS, plant PLC sequencing, OT cybersecurity, and DCIM architectures.
- Proven ability to set regional technical governance, reconcile global requirements with local codes, and resolve ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges.
- Exceptional stakeholder leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, equipment vendors, and executive leadership without formal authority.
- University degree in Controls, Automation, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or equivalent practical experience (Professional Engineering license or chartership strongly preferred).
What We Offer (Benefits)
- Location: UK | NL | DE | ES - Remote Contract
- Shifts: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week.
- Competitive compensation and benefits aligned with experience.
- Generous paid time off and holiday allowance.
- Flexible work options/alternative work options to support work–life balance.
- Comprehensive health, wellness, and retirement plans.
- Opportunities for continuous learning and professional growth.
If you are ready to bring your deep technical authority to a high-impact engineering environment, apply today to start a conversation with our team.
Skills Required
- 15+ years of relevant experience, including technical leadership across large-scale data centres or complex mission-critical environments
- Strong knowledge of data centre BMS, EPMS, plant PLC sequencing, OT cybersecurity, and DCIM architectures
- Ability to establish regional technical governance, reconcile global requirements with local codes, and resolve high-impact technical challenges
- Exceptional stakeholder leadership and communication skills, including influence across cross-functional teams, vendors, and executive leadership
- University degree in Controls, Automation, Electrical, Mechanical, or Systems Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Professional Engineering license or chartership
Iron Mountain Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Inclusive Benefits Coverage — Inclusive, modern offerings are emphasized, including support for mental health, gender‑affirming care (with travel/lodging where needed), and family‑planning benefits. Recognition for disability inclusion is also highlighted, which aligns with accessible benefits and leave support.
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Retirement Support — A formal 401(k) program is described with automatic enrollment and a clear employer match structure, with immediate vesting referenced in the materials. Access to supporting infrastructure and guidance is noted through dedicated benefits portals and administrators.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple national medical plan options are outlined, along with care navigation, virtual primary care, and pharmacy coverage. Additional wellbeing support is described via EAP services and structured wellbeing programming.
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What We Do
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM) is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 220,000 organizations around the world, Iron Mountain boasts a real estate network of more than 80 million square feet across more than 1,350 facilities in 45 countries dedicated to protecting and preserving what matters most for its customers. Iron Mountain’s solutions portfolio includes records management, data management, document management, data centers, art storage and logistics, and secure shredding help organizations to lower storage costs, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and better use their information. Founded in 1951, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of information assets, including critical business documents, electronic information, medical data and cultural and historical artifacts.
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