Engineer, Data Center Facilities

Responsibilities

• Gain a complete understanding of the following site related items:
• Facility layout and operation of MEP systems and the ability to illustrate site specific system one-lines with good accuracy.
• Equipment nomenclature standards and equipment locations.
• Facility drawings and equipment specifications.
• Equipment sequence of operations (SOO’s), standard operating procedures (SOP’s), and emergency operating procedures (EOP’s).
• Customer SLA’s and engineering specific lease obligations critical to data center operations.
• Environment monitoring functionality, alarm escalation/acknowledgement, and ability to extract data and trends.
• Create/edit/resolve/close incident reports following a site incident.
• Maintain and Operations Standards.
• Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards.
• Gain a complete understanding of all aspects of data center operations including the operation, maintenance and repair of all mission critical equipment and systems supporting a 24x7 data center operation to achieve 100% uptime and 100% compliance.
• Supervision of construction activity and installations as required.
• Ability to be the executor in the site-specific change management processes including the creation of Method of Procedures (MOPs) for preventative maintenance and repairs as well as the oversight of those maintenances as they are carried out.
• Ability to effectively troubleshoot site mechanical and electrical systems.
• Ability to respond to unplanned events without immediate supervision.
• Ability to efficiently complete rounds/inspections and to detect anomalies during those rounds.
• Develop or improve SOPs for site specific equipment.
• Gain a good understanding and knowledge of the local customers business and datacenter operation.

Qualifications

• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds regularly.
• Comfort working with heights 16 feet on a ladder regularly to reach plenum spaces.
• Work under a raised data center floor.
• 4-8 years of experience, preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred.
• At least 4 years’ experience in mission critical facilities operating / engineering or equivalent equipment experience including assets associated with mission critical engineering relevant to the specific site preferred. (UPS, HVAC, generators, fire/life safety systems).
• Hands-on electrical or mechanical skill and competence in the area of non-expertise preferred (for example, electrical expertise with mechanical competence, or vice-versa).
• Strong knowledge of various UPS Systems and architectures preferred.
• Strong knowledge of various cooling systems and architectures preferred.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure redundancy configurations and equipment and their risks preferred (N+1, 2N, ATS/ STS, Failover Scenarios).
• Strong knowledge of energy efficiency principals preferred.
• Basic understanding of emergency situations and escalation processes preferred.
• Available for On-call schedule preferred.