Senior Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer V

Equinix

The Role

Overview

Perform specialized maintenance, monitoring, and incident response for critical data center facilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • bms monitoring
  • plumbing systems
  • energy efficiency
  • rca
  • vendor coordination
  • preventive maintenance

Tasks

-Responds to all on-site incidents, including failures, significant problems and delays -Operates and maintains plumbing, fire suppression, and life-safety systems -Implements energy efficiency measures -Performs moderately difficult repairs, maintenance, installations and on-site inspections to critical facility systems -Supports life cycle maintenance/end of life. infrastructure projects and critical replacements -Tracks and implements the work approval process for service providers for critical maintenance (including briefing at the start of work, control of work during the day workday/shift, final review of the work carried out) -Carries out more complex infrastructure projects -Monitors the Building Monitoring System (BMS) and resolves alarms for specialized issues requiring considerable judgement and implications to resolve; follows guidelines on standard procedures and makes recommendations for solutioning -Performs specialized site logs and data gathering for issuing of permits, such as Maintenance Operation Protocol (MOPs) and scripts -Coordinates and directs vendors on skilled tasks to ensure that maintenance activities are carried out per standards and requirements -Performs advanced troubleshooting and maintenance of office equipment (if necessary); supports auxiliary equipment and machines with problem solving and repairs to avoid/minimize downtime -Completes skilled work requests and circuit installations -Makes moderate changes to mechanical, electrical and specialized systems, as directed -Informs stakeholders of inventory needs to maintain optimal stock levels of critical parts and equipment, may support in coordinating processes for maintaining inventory. -Collaborates with others to resolve difficult facility incidents. -Identifies Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) and makes recommendations for solutions -In cooperation with the vendors, changes/updates technical files for plants and equipment ensuring files and builds are up-to-date -Performs Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and make recommendations for solutions -Supports the on-site staff during incidents -Assists team members on coordinating critical infrastructures -Acts as a mentor to others in resolving incidents. -Effectively collaborates within the department; may mentor team members on skilled maintenance activities. -Performs specialized preventative and corrective maintenance on-site to critical facility components and/or systems -Assists with the creation and submission of scripts for maintenance

Requirements

  • 3+ years
  • process compliance
  • initiative
  • critical path
  • single line
  • engineering diploma

What You Bring

-3+ years experience -Demonstrates and supports processes and procedures are followed and adhered to -Works on assignments requiring considerable judgment and initiative. Understands implications of work and makes recommendations for solutions -Preferably has understanding of typical Electrical Critical Path of a Data Center -Able to interpret Electrical Single Line Diagram -Diploma in Engineering, preferably Electrical or Facilities Engineering

The Company

About Equinix

-World’s largest provider of data center and interconnection services. -Offers cutting-edge solutions that enable businesses to scale and adapt to the digital age. -Facilitates high-performance connections for industries like cloud computing, telecommunications, and finance. -Provides services including hybrid cloud solutions, network and application performance optimization, and interconnection for business ecosystems. -At the forefront of advancing global digital transformation through strategic partnerships with leading companies. -Innovative business models drive enterprise infrastructure modernization, ensuring security and compliance.

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