Data Center Senior Critical Facilities Engineer

Who are we?

Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary
Leads repairs, corrective maintenance, and complex installations. Guides others in resolving incidents, and recommends new procedures to resolve faults.

Responsibilities
Facility/Infrastructure Maintenance

• Performs site inspections and monitors the building and Data center alarms

• Performs preventative maintenance on site infrastructure (e.g. maintenance of primary infrastructures), or manages vendors

• Leads repairs and corrective maintenance

• Advises other team members on repairs and preventative maintenance

• Leads and coordinates critical infrastructure operations

Site Administration

• Completion of site logs and issuing of permits, such as MOPs and scripts

Incident Management

• Instructs on-site staff during incidents

Work Orders

• Leads others with work requests and circuit installations

• Performs capacity management

Collaboration

• Identifies and understands underlying issues probes the facts

• Can identify component level faults and provide recommendations for new procedures

• Utilizes resources outside of the department as necessary

Additional Projects

• Leads infrastructure project activities

• May recommend infrastructure projects

Qualifications / Requirement

• 5+ years’ experience in a facilities engineering role in a critical environment like Data Center preferred

• Education background in Electrical Engineering is preferred

• Ability to perform hands-on installation/troubleshooting activities in tight spaces or at height

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