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That’s why we need smart, committed people to join us. Whether you’re looking to start your career or make a change, talk to us and see how you can elevate the power of your work at Iron Mountain.\nWe provide expert, sustainable solutions in records and information management, digital transformation services, data centers, asset lifecycle management, and fine art storage, handling, and logistics. We proudly partner every day with our 225,000 customers around the world to preserve their invaluable artifacts, extract more from their inventory, and protect their data privacy in innovative and socially responsible ways.\nAre you curious about being part of our growth story while evolving your skills in a culture that will welcome your unique contributions? If so, let's start the conversation.\nIron Mountain is seeking an authoritative Principal BMS & Controls Engineer to join our Design & Engineering team.\nIn 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.\nWhat You’ll Do (Responsibilities) In this role, you will:\nSet regional technical direction: Define design principles, basis-of-design requirements, and performance outcomes for BMS, EPMS, plant PLCs, operational technology (OT), and DCIM integrations.\nGovern standards and architecture: Maintain discipline assurance frameworks, approved specifications, and technical standards across new builds, customer expansions, and operational upgrades.\nResolve systemic technical risk: Act as the final authority on precedent-setting or high-impact engineering decisions, deviations, and root-cause reliability investigations.\nDrive product and vendor strategy: Partner with Supply Chain and strategic equipment manufacturers to establish technical requirements for owner-furnished controls equipment.\nFoster engineering capability: Cultivate a regional community of practice, mentoring senior engineering colleagues and advising executive leadership on long-term technology roadmaps.\nWhat You’ll Bring (Skills & Qualifications) The ideal candidate will have:\n15+ years of relevant experience, including demonstrated technical leadership across large-scale data centres or complex mission-critical environments.\nStrong knowledge of data centre BMS, EPMS, plant PLC sequencing, OT cybersecurity, and DCIM architectures.\nProven ability to set regional technical governance, reconcile global requirements with local codes, and resolve ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges.\nExceptional stakeholder leadership and communication skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams, equipment vendors, and executive leadership without formal authority.\nUniversity degree in Controls, Automation, Electrical, Mechanical, Systems Engineering, or equivalent practical experience (Professional Engineering license or chartership strongly preferred).\nWhat We Offer (Benefits)\nLocation: UK | NL | DE | ES - 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