Reliability Engineer, Mechanical Systems, NA

About the role

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Responsibilities

• Ensure newly built systems meet design intent and perform without issue during the facility acceptance testing phases of new construction.
• Review commissioning plans and ensure the thoroughness of startup testing.
• Attend factory witness testing to verify and validate equipment functionality.
• Design maintenance programs to enhance equipment operability and efficiency while minimizing life cycle costs.
• Design maintenance programs to minimize maintenance complexity and reduce maintenance downtime.
• Understand potential equipment failures and provide full technical support to Facility Operations teams in the event of a critical system failure.
• Perform system component upgrades as required to ensure reliability and combat obsolescence.
• Validate maintenance performance by analyzing trends, operational history, and maintenance data.
• Provide systems reliability and maintainability feedback to the Design Engineering teams for future design considerations.
• Work with Design Engineering and Construction teams to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
• Review construction equipment submittals, identify potential deficiencies, and evaluate maintenance feasibility.
• Develop risk management plans that will anticipate reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
• Perform Root-Cause Failure Analysis and facilitate corrective action.
• Conduct Critical System Availability and Capacity Analysis, Critical Spare Parts Analysis, Equipment Life Cycle Costing, and End of Useful Life Analysis.
• Support and train Facility Operators.
• Ensure Site Teams are proficient in system operation and maintenance techniques.
• Work with Site Operations to perform analyses of Asset Utilization, Overall Equipment Efficiency, and Remaining useful life.
• Design appropriate site response procedures based on potential critical system failures.
• Perform Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Analysis to improve system performance.

Requirements

• Full familiarity with mechanical systems arrangements, equipment types, system automation and control components.
• Understanding of component failures and the extended effects of those failures on the larger cooling system as well as appropriate mitigating actions.
• Understanding of cooling system theory.
• Ability to read drawings and schematics.
• Ability to identify likely failure points in design.
• Experience in critical facility operations and maintenance (2-3 years).
• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Able to multitask and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Travel required is expected to be up to 25% but may increase over time as the business evolves.

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.