Senior Digital Buildings Consultant

At FPC Global, we’re not just shaping the future—we’re building it. Our mission, "Building Tomorrow’s Digital Planet," reflects our unwavering commitment to transforming industries, creating smarter spaces, and driving sustainable progress.

Since our founding in 2014, we have grown into a global leader with over 140 exceptional professionals, operating across the Americas, EMEA, APAC, and with our headquarters in London. We specialize in delivering integrated, cutting-edge consultancy services that span the entire facility lifecycle, ensuring that every project we undertake sets a new standard for innovation and excellence.

Our business thrives on three dynamic pillars:

• FPC Global: Offering expert guidance in Technical Program & Project Management, Building Performance, Sustainability, and Cybersecurity, we ensure that every project succeeds and fulfills stakeholder aspirations.

• FPC Digital: Revolutionizing Digital Building Design and Operations, we create spaces that are not only efficient but also frictionless and forward-thinking.

• FPC Life Sciences: Empowering life sciences and pharmaceutical clients to deliver game-changing capital projects with precision and expertise.

The role of Senior Digital Buildings Consultant is to both lead teams of consultants and deliver consultancy and systems engineering projects in the field of Digital Building technologies, applications, process, and standards. Working as a part of the FPC Digital Buildings Group, the role will be responsible for delivering projects and services to FPC’s clients in order to successfully fulfil the project scope objectives, together with any other relevant client-side documents such as Business Requirements Document (BRD), policies, standards, and processes.  

The Senior Digital Buildings Consultant represents FPC in delivering services to our clients and when working with industry partners and suppliers, so will maintain the highest standards of technical and professional performance, and conduct themself with honesty and integrity at all times. 

In addition to client-facing role and delivery responsibilities, the Senior Digital Buildings Consultant is expected to be a technical lead on project delivery, an effective Team Leader, to provide day-to-day mentoring & support in the development of other team members, and an active member of the Digital Building Services team. This includes making a positive contribution to the development of the team and wider FPC business, as well as working effectively with all FPC colleagues to successfully deliver projects and support FPC’s business objectives.

Key Responsibilities

The responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to, the following:  

• Extensive experience and ability to act as the design authority and technical lead of Digital Buildings projects across engineering systems, digital infrastructure and digital solutions

• Program and Project Management: Delivery of consultancy and engineering services in complex project environments with large client organisations

• Client Management: Understand and develop customer requirements and business objectives and work proactively with FPC, the client, and other stakeholders to meet and deliver them. Build and manage positive client stakeholder relationships 

• Services and Solutions Delivery:

  • Provide support, advise, and collaborate on Digital Building systems integration, technologies, initiatives and solutions, processes and standards for FPC and our clients 

  • Design Digital Building systems and architectures to provide optimum performance, functionality, and value

  • Review Digital Building systems architectures and designs, identifying issues and suggesting improvements 

  • Produce service delivery, technical and project related reports as required 

• Business Development: Identify potential revenue opportunities for the FPC business line, communicate them to FPC management and, where required, support the business development activity for them 

• Industry Expertise: 

  • Maintain expertise, knowledge, and understanding of industry trends, developments, and initiatives

  • Identify, develop, deliver and support opportunities for continuous improvement for FPC

• FPC Responsibilities: 

  • Represent FPC in a professional manner internally and externally, and achieve a high level of customer satisfaction for all work performed

  • Take responsibility for internal learning and development initiatives, owning the definition, build and delivery of specific upskilling activities across team members

  • Be an effective Digital Building Services leader and team member, communicating with colleagues and working collectively to contribute to the development of Digital Building Services team and the FPC business 

  • Experience with line management, acting in accordance with FPC management and direct reports, supporting their requests and providing leadership and direction

  • Manage your project teams workload, communicating and escalating any issues to line manager accordingly 

  • Act in accordance with all FPC employment policies and procedures, including FPC Employee Handbook, Health & Safety, and Time and Expenses Reporting 

  • Carry out any other duties reasonably requested by FPC Management

Experience and Qualifications

The Senior Digital Buildings Consultant Engineer should possess experience and qualifications in the following: 

• Minimum 10 years Digital Building and IoT industry experience 

• Proven track record in Digital Building related roles e.g. Consultant, Designer, Technical Project Manager or Engineer 

• Required Bachelor's or Master's degree in Controls, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Effective Stakeholder Management and communication skills, including attending project, client and team meetings, document writing and presentation skills 

• Strong technical expertise in Digital Building technologies including some or all of the following: 

  • Digital Building Systems Integration design, development and implementation 

  • Digital Building Controls Systems including:  

    • Building Automation Systems (BAS/BMS) 

    • Automation Systems 

    • Lighting Controls Systems (LCS) 

    • Audio Visual Systems (AV)

    • Controls Strategies 

    • Control Protocols (BACnet, MQTT, Modbus, LON, MBus, DALI, Fox, SMI, etc.) 

    • Creating Coordinated Systems Specifications 

    • System Architectures IT/OT and Cloud Integrations

    • Schematic Drawings & Wiring Diagrams 

    • Description of Operations 

    • Point Naming and Addressing 

    • Asset Records 

  • Cybersecurity best practices 

  • IP Networking (IPV4, IPV6, Switching, Routing, DHCP, WiFi, Structured Cabling, etc.)

  • System Audits & Site Surveys 

• Digital Building / IoT Industry training and professional qualifications 

• Experience as working as part of a Design Team to develop coordinated designs, including: 

  • Client requirements gathering and documentation 

  • Technical Submittal Creation / Review 

  • SoW and Specification Development 

• Competent using Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office software applications 

In addition to the above, it is desirable for the Senior Digital Buildings Consultant Engineer has experience or qualifications in the design, delivery and operation of IoT Systems: 

• Use of Cloud Platforms (Google, Microsoft, Amazon) and Data Analytics  

• AutoCAD / BIM / Visio 

• RIBA/AIA Stages of Work or international equivalents 

• Construction Projects and Contracting 

• Systems Testing & Commissioning, FDD and Automated Commissioning Systems  

The role is full time remote in the US, with intermittent project and business related travel expected.