Data Centre Critical Environment Technician

CDC; Canberra; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

CDC Academy

CDC Day

Parental Leave

Volunteer Leave

Employee Assistance Program

CDC Social Events

Job summary

CDC Data Centres is expanding its Canberra team to operate and maintain mission-critical facilities. This site-based role focuses on planned works, maintenance, and reliable operation of electrical, HVAC and environmental controls within our data centre environments.

You will work closely with the Operations team to keep facilities safe, compliant and available during business hours, with hands-on training via the CDC Academy and opportunities for career growth in a stable, high-growth industry.

Qualifications

• Experience in critical or high-availability environments with safety and compliance requirements.
• Exposure to monitoring or control systems such as BMS, EMS, or SCADA-type platforms.

Responsibilities

• Monitoring and responding to alarms and alerts across power, cooling, and fire systems.
• Performing physical inspections to ensure equipment and infrastructure operate within defined parameters.
• Responding to faults and incidents, prioritising actions, and determining escalation or contractor support.
• Carrying out operational switching and control activities to prevent unplanned outages.
• Supporting planned maintenance and monitoring contractors on site, ensuring safety procedures and approved methods of operation.
• Documenting incidents, maintenance activities, and observations to support continuous improvement.

Skills

Critical infrastructure experience

HVAC

Electrical trades

Tools

BMS

EMS

SCADA

Job description

CDC Data Centres is expanding its Canberra team to operate and maintain mission-critical facilities. This site-based role focuses on planned works, maintenance, and reliable operation of electrical, HVAC and environmental controls within our data centre environments.

You will work closely with the Operations team to keep facilities safe, compliant and available during business hours, with hands-on training via the CDC Academy and opportunities for career growth in a stable, high-growth industry.