Data Center Chief Engineer in Frankfurt am Main

Energy Jobline ZR; Frankfurt; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon AWS in Frankfurt seeks a Data Center Chief Engineer to oversee electrical, mechanical and fire/life safety systems, ensuring peak efficiency and 100% availability. You will lead planned maintenance, respond to incidents, and act as the central point for facility operations across data centers.

Join a cross-functional team, manage large-scale projects from conception to completion, coordinate with engineering, automation, procurement and finance, and document results for future facilities

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in a data center or other critical environment.
• Experience in data center engineering or operations.
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
• Ability to follow support procedures, system documentation, and issue tracking entries.

Responsibilities

• Implementation and execution of site/equipment-specific training exercises for critical data center equipment.
• Oversee day-to-day operations and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in data centers.
• Act as escalation point for facilities-related issues and support OT hours as needed.
• Troubleshoot and report facility and data center events within internal SLA.
• Create and deploy standard practices for Engineering Operations and vendor support teams.
• Work in a noisy environment with ear protection.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Project Management

Data Center Operations

Troubleshooting

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Office Suite

Job description

Amazon is looking for an energetic, detail-oriented individual to join our Data Center Engineering Operations Team in Frankfurt. This committed group works to maintain the critical physical infrastructure that supports Amazon Web Services. Specifically, this team works to ensure that the data center's MEP operates at 100% availability while maintaining first-class customer service to the teams and groups within the data centers.

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The Data Center Chief Engineer (CE) is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response. They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations and to support Amazon within its owned and operated data centers.

Also expected from the CE is the ability to manage large scale impacting projects and new region support from conception to completion. These projects involve large amounts of independent work as well as collaboration with external support groups including engineering, automation, procurement, and finance in both local and global settings. The CE will be tasked with creating and delivering on key milestones, obtaining and tracking quotes for all necessary costs, and documenting project results for future implementation at other facilities. The goals of such projects are for the CE to drive innovation and resiliency while reducing operational costs in the facilities.

Train and support Engineering team in their role of providing hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operations.

• Implementation and execution of site/equipment-specific training exercises includes, but not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPSs, PDUs, AHUs, chillers etc.
• Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of mechanical and electrical equipment in data centers
• Act as an escalation point for all facilities-related issues within the data center region and work OT hours as needed to support site stability
• Troubleshoot and report of facility and data sever-level events within internal SLA
• Create and deploy new standard practices for Engineering Operations Technicians, Chief Engineers, and vendor support teams
• Work in a noisy environment with ear protection

Ability to follow support procedures, system documentation, and issue tracking entries into a trouble ticket system.

• AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. You'll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience in a data center or other critical environment
• Experience in data center engineering or operations
• Experience with Microsoft Office including Outlook, Word, and Excel

Experience in construction or project management

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