Facilities Controls Engineer (Experienced or Senior)

Job Description

At Boeing, we innovate and collaborate to make the world a better place. We’re committed to fostering an environment for every teammate that’s welcoming, respectful and inclusive, with great opportunity for professional growth. Find your future with us.

Boeing’s Enterprise Services organization is currently looking for a Facilities Controls Engineer to join our Global Real Estate & Facilities (GREF) team located in North Charleston, South Carolina. Our team is hiring for a broad range of experience levels including Experienced and Senior Engineer.

This role primarily supports the Boeing South Carolina site’s facilities operations, equipment maintenance, reliability engineering, and future site development. This role will partially support Ridley Park, PA; Huntsville, AL and Heath, OH sites with up to 15% travel.

In this role, you will support enhancements to site infrastructure, with emphasis on Building Automation Systems, industrial environmental controls and lighting controls. You will have the opportunity to work with an exceptional facilities operation, contribute to the enterprise GREF Engineering team, and collaborate with colleagues from various technical backgrounds.

This position installs, analyzes, diagnoses, and resolves building automation system and device issues that are building-wide in scope and configures the system and devices to optimize performance in that building. Work involves programming, configuring, and testing controllers and sensors; programming and installing graphics and sequence of operations; and downloading, testing, and communicating firmware updates. Work includes commissioning building-wide building automation systems, maintaining documentation on changes and enhancements, and developing standard and ad hoc reports to monitor system performance. Work may involve monitoring, testing, and adjusting pneumatic controls; and providing building automation user and software training to trades and maintenance employees.

Boeing South Carolina fabricates the 787 Dreamliner airplane and is home of the DreamLifter.

Position Responsibilities:

• Administrates and troubleshoots Building Automation Systems including physical components, servers, software, and network communications.

• Analyzes building environmental control problems such as temperature, humidity, static pressure, air flow, noise, and air quality, and recommends solutions for implementation.

• Modifies, configures, programs, and tests controllers and sensors to ensure functionality within a larger building automation system network.

• Designs, modifies, calibrates, and programs features such as temperature, humidity, pressure, time, and on/off set points.

• Troubleshoots system and equipment failures; determines root cause; and develops work-arounds and corrective actions.

• Develops plans for system and equipment improvements.

• Specifies system and equipment preventative maintenance.

• Integrates with internal and business customers.

• Manages special projects related to Building Automation Systems.

• Supports new asset commissioning.

• Identifies automation or technology recommendations and system integration for infrastructure equipment.

• Ensures compliance with safety, producibility, maintainability, reliability, ergonomic factors and regulatory requirements.

• Translates customer requirements into design options with documents and estimates. Assists in the creation of contract scopes.

• May be required to perform other job-related duties as assigned

• Position requires up to 15% travel

This position is expected to be 100% onsite.  The selected candidate will be required to work onsite in North Charleston, SC.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skill/Experience):

• Bachelor, Master or Doctorate of Science degree from an accredited course of study, in engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics or chemistry

• 5+ years of experience with building electrical and/or mechanical systems

• 3+ years of experience working in a facilities engineering role in a manufacturing or industrial environment

• 3+ years of experience with one or more of the following Building Automation Systems: Trane, Honeywell and/or Johnson Controls Metasys.

• 3+ years of experience supporting building environmental controls

• Ability to travel 15%

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Degree in the following disciplines: Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Robotics Engineering

• Level 4: 9+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Level 3: 5+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• 9+ years of experience maintaining facilities equipment

• ​5+ years of experience with PLC (programmable logic control) hardware

• 5+ years of experience with equipment reliability or machine troubleshooting

• 5+ years of experience supporting crane systems

• 5+ years of experience supporting building lighting controls

• 5+ years of experience supporting building environmental controls

• 5+ years of experience modifying computer programs

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and a number of programs that provide for both paid and unpaid time away from work.

The specific programs and options available to any given employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

Pay is based upon candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Summary Pay Range for Experienced Level: $96,050 - $129,950

Applications for this position will be accepted until Oct. 08, 2025

Export Control Requirements: This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Export Control Details: US based job, US Person required

Education

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Required

Relocation

This position offers relocation based on candidate eligibility.

Visa Sponsorship

Employer will not sponsor applicants for employment visa status.

Shift

This position is for 1st shift

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Experience Level
Individual Contributor
Contingent Upon Program Award
No, this position is not contingent upon program award

Schedule
Full time

Boeing is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic factors, military/veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.