Manager, Building Automation and Controls

Manager, Building Automation and Controls

The Company: STACK INFRASTRUCTURE (STACK) provides digital infrastructure to scale the world’s most innovative companies. We are an award-winning industry leader in building, owning, and operating highly efficient, cost-effective wholesale, colocation, and cloud data centers. Each of our national facilities meets or exceeds the highest industry standards in all operational categories of availability, security, connectivity, and physical resilience. STACK offers the scale and geographic reach that rapidly growing hyperscale and enterprise companies need.

The world runs on data. Data runs on STACK.

STACK is seeking a Controls Project Manager to lead a critical initiative supporting the development of our new data center facilities in New Mexico. This role will oversee all building automation and controls‑related aspects of the project, including design, implementation, and commissioning, while ensuring alignment with STACK’s fleet‑wide standards for quality. The Manager, Building Automation and Controls will work closely with engineering, design, and construction teams to deliver a state‑of‑the‑art facility that meets STACK’s operational, reliability, and efficiency standards.

This is a unique opportunity to take ownership of a high‑impact project from preconstruction through delivery.

• Lead project management of building automation and controls for a new data center, from early design through commissioning and handover.
• Attend design meetings, reviewing contract drawing packages, collaborating with OFCI vendors on controls related items.
• Own and maintain project specifications, ensuring consistency and scalability across the new campus.
• Oversee project execution, ensuring that schedules, budgets, and performance standards are met.
• Serve as the subject matter expert (SME) for building automation and controls throughout the project lifecycle.
• Drive commissioning and validation processes, ensuring controls systems operate to design intent prior to facility launch.

• Location:
  
  Plano, TX
• Travel: 10%
• Compensation: $165,000 to $175,000 USD with 10% annual bonus potential
• Benefits:
  Healthcare, Dental Care, Vision Insurance, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, Paid Leave Programs
• Must be eligible to work in the United States
• Must pass comprehensive background screening

• 5+ years of project management experience in controls systems, building automation, or MEP systems with proven ability to lead large‑scale, complex projects through all phases of delivery.
• Strong technical understanding of controls design, installation, and integration.
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with a collaborative approach.
• Experience with data center or mission‑critical facility controls.
• Experience in developing and maintaining enterprise‑level specifications across multiple projects or sites.
• Ignition Certification or experience preferred.

• We offer a competitive compensation package with strong benefits, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program, flexible spending accounts – even a cell phone subsidy.
• We foster a culture of appreciation, including peer‑to‑peer recognition and rewards programs.
• Fun is part of our DNA, with events, game nights, happy hours, and barbecues.
• We’re growing – this is a great time to join and make an impact!

Please submit your application no later than November 27, 2025.

STACK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, national origin, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by federal, state, or local law.

Note to external agencies:
We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/cvs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to STACK Infrastructure will not be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.