**Data Center Controls Technician

**

**Job Title:

** Data Center Controls Technician

**Locatio:

** Austin, TX, Dallas Fort Worth, TX, San Antonio, TX

**Pay:

** $36-$55/hr. based on experience and project requirements. 

**Schedule:

** 50-60+ hours per week. Overtime may be available based on project needs.

**Assignment Type:

** W2 contract, project-based assignment, or contract-to-hire depending on client/project.

**Who We Are / Pacer Pitch

**

Pacer Data Center Solutions supports some of the fastest-growing mission-critical infrastructure projects in the country. We recruit skilled trades and technical professionals for large-scale data center construction projects involving electrical systems, power distribution, fiber, structured cabling, low voltage, HVAC, controls, commissioning, and critical facility infrastructure. 

**Role Summary

**

Pacer Data Center Solutions is hiring Data Center Controls Technicians to support installation, startup, troubleshooting, and commissioning of building automation and control systems in mission-critical data center environments. Controls systems help monitor and manage cooling, mechanical, electrical, environmental, and facility infrastructure.

This role may support BAS/BMS wiring, device installation, sensors, actuators, control panels, HVAC controls, PLC support, point-to-point checkout, functional testing, and commissioning activities.

**Levels Considered

**

• Controls Installer

• Controls Technician

• Senior Controls Technician

• Lead Controls Technician

**Key Responsibilities

**

• Install and support BAS/BMS control devices, panels, sensors, and wiring

• Perform point-to-point checkout and basic troubleshooting

• Support HVAC controls, mechanical systems, and electrical control circuits

• Assist with startup, calibration, and functional testing

• Read controls drawings, wiring diagrams, and sequence documentation

• Support commissioning teams during system validation

• Document deficiencies, test results, and punch-list items

• Coordinate with mechanical, electrical, commissioning, and client teams

**Required Experience

**

• Controls, BAS, BMS, HVAC controls, automation, or electrical troubleshooting experience

• Familiarity with sensors, actuators, panels, control wiring, and field devices

• Ability to read controls drawings or wiring diagrams

• Data center, hospital, manufacturing, or mission-critical experience preferred

• OSHA, lift, manufacturer, or controls certifications preferred

• Ability to pass client onboarding requirements, which may include background check, drug screen, and site badging

**Preferred Experience

**

• Experience with Johnson Controls, Siemens, Schneider, Honeywell, Tridium, or similar BAS/BMS platforms

• Commissioning, startup, point-to-point, or functional testing experience

**Work Environment and Physical Requirements

**

• Active data center construction, mission-critical facility, industrial, or technical infrastructure environment

• Must be able to stand and walk for extended periods in active construction or facility environments

• May require lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling materials, tools, equipment, ladders, cable, components, or job-site materials; specific lifting requirements vary by role and assignment

• May require bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching overhead, climbing stairs or ladders, and working from scissor lifts, boom lifts, or other approved lift equipment when authorized

• May require working around active construction activities, moving equipment, elevated work areas, noise, dust, temperature changes, and other job-site conditions

• May require use of PPE, tools, and site-specific safety equipment

• May require overtime, weekends, nights, or rotating schedules depending on project needs

You should be proficient in:

• PLC Troubleshooting Skills
• Troubleshooting Industrial Automation Equipment
• SCADA Experience
• Access Control Systems
• Building automation
• Building controls
• Building management
• PLC technician