Capacity Engineer Senior Associate (m/f/d)

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Job Summary

The Capacity Engineer is a seasoned experienced professional with a full understanding of data management, design and design drawings for installations within a diverse scope. Collaborates with others to maintain data consistency and integrity.

Responsibilities
Space Planning & Design

• Creates various/experienced Cage-Cabinet design options that respond to customer requirements, Equinix requirements and physical site constraints within a diverse scope

• Prepares notional Cage-Cabinet layouts, area calculations and diagrams for each individual data center and specializes in more complex, larger sites

• Maximizes space utilization to develop the best design solution for the Data Center and the customer                  

• Acts as a mentor to more junior members

Engineering

• Utilizes experienced knowledge of electrical/mechanical infrastructure to notionally attribute complex Cage-Cabinet designs against Data Center infrastructure within a diverse scope

• Participates in high-density review cases, seeking opinions of SME's or local sites where required

• Performs the validation and updating of Data Center infrastructure data within capacity systems in a diverse scope

• Identifies issues or constraints in infrastructure capacity and may prepare notional solutions for review by management

• Acts as a mentor to more junior members

Problem Solving

• Solves various/complex, cross-functional issues that span multiple groups

• Uses experienced skills to identify and understand underlying issues

• Understands when and to whom to escalate, but tries to solve problem first

Data & Drawing Management

• Works with site operations to address discrepancies with documentation of facility infrastructure and installation of customer cages

• Ensures that AutoCAD drawings and capacity systems correctly represent existing status of the Data Center

• Identifies and makes corrections as necessary

• Identifies and leads the investigation of experienced data issues without support

• Produces drawings and space plans for use by Sales, Site operation and other teams

• Creates diverse 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 manager

• 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 diverse scope

Collaboration

• Collaborates with various teams to identify any power/cooling issues that affect space capacity

• Answers experienced 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 diverse scope

• Where planning decisions are in dispute between sales and operational needs, the engineer is expected to escalate to the right level

• Coordinates with various departments for the monthly reporting of capacity trends, availability and accuracy of records for the site

Capacity Feasibility & Optimization

• Works with Capacity and/or site engineers to identify power and cooling limitations, discuss potential modifications, and develop experienced solutioning

• Acts as 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 diverse scope

 Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience

• Accomplishment to work and integrate in a diverse team where people appreciate and support each other

• Ability use AutoCAD 2D

• Driver to understand the background and consequences of actions in a bigger picture

• Motivation to directly engage with different stakeholders  

• Identify, analyse, prioritize and solve challenges where different stakeholder needs are competing

• Above all, a great willingness to learn more and grow in this role and as a person

• Good English language communication and writing skills

• Basic understanding of the data center business & technical knowledge

• Knowledge to handle databases & CRM software

• Ideally knowledge in agile working & agile working tools (optimally Jira)

• Ideally knowledge in CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics)

• Knowledge and experience with excel, PowerPoint and outlook

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