Job Description
Building tomorrow's digital planet.
We are a team of digital building specialists who connect technology, engineering, and data to create smarter, more efficient, and resilient environments for our clients globally.
Our core purpose is to elevate the performance of the built environment. We see buildings as dynamic systems that should learn, adapt, and perform — not just operate. We recognize the growing need for secure, sustainable, and integrated digital infrastructure that enhances user experience, deepens operational insight, and optimizes energy performance.
What We Deliver:
We deliver expert consultancy, design, and systems integration that enable intelligent building outcomes — from strategy to implementation and managing the complete life cycle. We combine technical excellence with clear, pragmatic advice to help clients realize value from digital building technology and data-driven performance.
The Senior Digital Buildings Consultant drives digital transformation across building portfolios, blending deep systems engineering expertise with consultative leadership.
This role translates client challenges into measurable performance outcomes — improving energy, reliability, cybersecurity, and user experience across complex, multi-stakeholder environments.
As part of the FPC Technology Advisory team, the role focuses on the successful delivery of projects and services for real estate clients across global markets — ensuring excellence, innovation, and alignment with client business objectives.
This position acts as both technical lead and project manager, guiding multidisciplinary teams to fulfil the agreed Scope of Work and deliver measurable outcomes in performance, efficiency, and integration. The role represents FPC with professionalism and integrity, maintaining the highest standards of technical and ethical conduct in all client and partner engagements.
Beyond project delivery, the Senior Digital Buildings Consultant contributes to the continued growth and development of FPC’s Digital Building Services capability — shaping best practices, mentoring team members, and advancing our global leadership in intelligent and sustainable building systems.
Key Responsibilities
The responsibilities for this role may include, but are not limited to, the following:
Project Delivery & Client Management
* Program and Project Management: Lead and deliver consultancy and systems engineering projects in Digital Building technologies, ensuring successful fulfillment of the Scope of Work (SoW) and client objectives.
* 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.
* Provide technical leadership and mentorship to project teams, ensuring deliverables adhere to client standards
* Expertly manage complex, multi-stakeholder programs to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and to the highest quality and reliability standards
Digital Building Design & Engineering
* Services and Solutions Delivery: Provide support, advice, and collaborate on Digital Building and IoT systems integration, technologies, initiatives, and solutions, processes, and standards.
* Demonstrate strong technical expertise in Digital Building technologies including Digital Building Systems Integration design, development, and implementation.
* Focus on Digital Building Controls Systems including BMS, Automation Systems, Lighting Controls Systems (LCS), and Energy Management systems.
* Work with various Controls Strategies and Protocols (e.g., BACnet, MQTT, Modbus, LON, DALI), Systems Specifications and Architectures, Schematic Drawings & Wiring Diagrams, and Description of Operations.
* Vendor-agnostic approach, specializing in custom engineering and open protocol systems.
Sustainability and Energy Efficiency Focus
* Performance Optimization: Utilize digital building systems, controls (BACnet, MQTT), and data analytics to optimize building performance, reduce energy consumption, and identify faults.
* Secure Sustainable Design: Consult on integrating sustainable design into all Digital Building architectures and standards. This ensures new and retrofit projects use technology for a lower carbon footprint and high operational efficiency.
Cybersecurity and Operational Technology (OT) Governance
* Secure Integration and Risk Management: Implement cybersecurity best practices through system audits, secure OT/IT integration, threat identification, incident response, and risk mitigation for Digital Building systems.
* Technical Governance and Compliance: Govern technology solutions to align with goals, manage risks, and ensure quality and compliance. Support OT system and device management, including updates and vendor engagement.
Industry & Business Growth
* Industry Expertise: Maintain expertise, knowledge, and understanding of industry trends, developments, and initiatives.
* Identify, develop, deliver, and support opportunities for continuous improvement and innovation for FPC.
* Business Development: Identify potential revenue opportunities for the FPC business line, communicate them to FPC management, and support the business development activity where required.
FPC & Team Responsibilities
* FPC Responsibilities: Represent FPC in a professional manner, achieve a high level of customer satisfaction, and contribute to the development of the Digital Building Services team and the FPC business.
* Report to line manager, manage own workload, and act in accordance with all FPC policies and procedures.
* Team Management: Mentor and contribute to the professional development of Team Members, including developing client/project specific knowledge, technical and industry expertise, together with non-technical soft skills such as communication, presentation skills, stakeholder engagement, etc.
* Carry out any other duties reasonably requested by FPC Management
Qualifications
The Digital Buildings Consultant should possess experience and qualifications in the following:
Required
* Experience: Minimum 7 years of Digital Building and IoT industry experience with a proven track record in related roles (Consultant, Designer, Project Manager, or Engineer).
* Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Controls, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
* Core Technical Knowledge: Strong technical expertise in Digital Building Systems Integration design, development and implementation in areas like
o Cybersecurity best practices
o IP Networking (IPV4, IPV6, Switching, Routing, DHCP, WiFi)
o System Audits
o Site Surveys
o Controls Strategies (Systems Specifications and Architectures, Schematic Drawings & Wiring Diagrams, Des. of Operations, Point Naming and Addressing, Asset Records of BMS, LCS, EMS)
o Protocols (e.g., BACnet, Modbus. LON, DALI, MQTT).
* Consulting Skills: Effective Stakeholder Management and communication skills, including attending project, client, and team meetings, document writing, and presentation skills.
* High Priority Tactical problem solver:. Experienced in developing technical solutions aligned to client objectives and bringing client and project teams through a process of evaluation and recommendation in a consultative, clear and concise manner.
* Competent using Google Suite and/or Microsoft Office software applications.
Desirable
* Experience with the use of Cloud Platforms (Google, Microsoft, Amazon) and Data Analytics.
* Familiarity with Systems Testing & Commissioning, FDD (Fault Detection & Diagnostics), and Automated Commissioning Systems.
* Knowledge of interoperability challenges and solutions across OT & IT
* Knowledge of RIBA Stages of Work or international equivalents.
Additional Information
Location/Region
This role is remote however it will also involve working either at client premises or at our London office as required. It may also require international travel and working across time zones where necessary for project delivery.
Key Performance Indicators
KPI’s will require to be discussed and developed in more detail with you and your Line Manager so they can be measured as OKRs. In principle, KPI’s will be broken down into key areas such as team leadership, project delivery performance, personal development, teamwork, and client relationships/satisfaction.