Capacity Engineer, Senior Associate

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Job Summary:

The Capacity Engineer Senior Associate resolves a variety of data management, design, and drawings for installations within a moderate scope.

Responsibilities

Space Planning & Design

· Creates standard Cage-Cabinet design options that respond to moderate customer requirements, Equinix requirements and physical site constraints
· Prepares notional Cage-Cabinet layouts, area calculations and diagrams for each individual standard data center within a moderate scope                                                                

· Maximizes space utilization to develop the best design solution for the IBX and the customer

Engineering

· Utilizes developed knowledge of electrical/mechanical infrastructure to notionally attribute standard Cage-Cabinet designs against IBX infrastructure within a moderate scope
· Utilizes developing skills in preparing high-density review cases
· Works with more senior members in the validation and updating of IBX infrastructure data within capacity systems

Problem Solving

· Solves standard, cross-functional issues that span multiple groups
· Uses developing skills to identify and understand underlying issues
· Understands when and to whom to escalate

Data & Drawing Management

· Works with site operations to address discrepancies with documentation of facility infrastructure and installation of customer cages within a moderate scope
· Ensures that AutoCAD drawings and capacity systems correctly represent existing status of the IBX within a moderate scope
· Identifies and make corrections as necessary
· Identifies and leads the investigation of moderate data issues with the support of senior staff
· Produces developed drawings and space plans for use by Sales, Site Operation and other teams
· Creates spatial layouts of each customer cage which are used by the other capacity teams for their reviews, and by the Sales Engineers and site teams for customer installations
· Drawing and inventory preparation, which may be reviewed by more senior members
· Creates numbering plans for new sites, compiling inventory list, and preparing the drawings files used to track assignments
· Compiles as-built underground utility drawings as required to create a comprehensive record drawing for each site within a moderate scope

Collaboration

· Collaborates with various teams to identify any power/cooling issues that affect space capacity
· Answers standard inventory-related questions from cross-functional departments
· Ability to engage and gather input from appropriate stakeholders to reach the right solution for the company and the customer within a moderate scope
· Where planning decisions are in dispute between sales and operational needs, the engineer is expected to escalate to the right level
· May require supervision in answering more complex questions

Capacity Feasibility & Optimization

· Works with Capacity and/or site engineers to identify power and cooling limitations, discuss potential modifications, and develop moderate solutioning
· Acts as a the first point of contact for the CFR process to ensure that space is being assigned maximizes the value of our data centers by optimizing the efficiency of our space within a moderate scope
· May require supervision for more complex solutions
 

Qualifications

· 3+ years experience preferred
· Bachelor's preferred

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