Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.
In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services, including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.
About the Role:
As a Instrumentation & Controls Systems Engineer, you will support the operation, optimization, and continuous improvement of critical infrastructure systems.
This role is responsible for ensuring the secure, reliable, and efficient performance of automated systems across complex environments. The engineer will collaborate with operations teams, maintenance personnel, contractors, and client stakeholders to troubleshoot controls issues, implement system upgrades, and deliver engineering solutions that support operational excellence.
What You’ll Do: Design, configure, program, modify, and commission instrumentation and control systems for airport facilities and critical infrastructure.
Support and maintain PLC, DDC, SCADA, HMI, and Building Automation Systems (BAS).
Analyze system performance and identify opportunities to improve reliability,



efficiency, and operational resilience.
Troubleshoot complex controls, instrumentation, and communication system issues.
Develop and review control narratives, sequences of operation, engineering drawings, and system documentation.
Perform root cause analysis on equipment and controls failures and implement corrective actions.
Provide engineering support for HVAC systems, central utility plants, electrical systems, pumps, motors, airfield infrastructure, baggage systems, and other critical assets.
Lead or support capital projects involving controls upgrades, automation improvements, and technology modernization initiatives.
Review contractor designs, programming changes, system modifications, and commissioning activities.
Ensure compliance with applicable codes, regulations, airport requirements, engineering standards, and cybersecurity policies.
Participate in commissioning, testing, start-up activities, and acceptance procedures.
Collaborate with operations and maintenance teams to optimize preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
Maintain accurate documentation including P&IDs;, control schematics, network architecture diagrams, and asset records.
Support cybersecurity best practices for industrial control systems and operational technology environments.
Provide after-hours technical support during critical system incidents as required.

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📌 Instrumentation & Controls Systems Engineer (Ontario)
🏢 CBRE Group
📍 Ontario