Critical Facilities Engineer, EMEA

Vantagedc; Newport; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage is seeking a dedicated Critical Facilities Technician to join our Site Operations Department. You will be responsible for monitoring and maintaining critical data center infrastructure, ensuring uptime and reliability for customer environments in a fast-paced facility.

You will work with a team of electrical and mechanical engineers, perform preventive and corrective maintenance, and coordinate with contractors to minimize risk while maintaining high service continuity across our data

Qualifications

• Technical education (advanced technician or engineer level) in electricity or electrical systems.

Responsibilities

• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in facility systems.
• Ensure the completion of maintenance activities to the highest quality level of planification, preparation, execution, and reporting.
• Ensure the full reliability of the infrastructures with the focus on continuity of services and energy efficiency.
• Use the Building Management System (BMS) and all available systems to monitor the site including regular walkthroughs verifying the good working condition.
• Work in shifts, per assigned shift pattern and wear personal protecting clothes depending on the work to be performed.
• Within applicable interventions according to local regulation and up-to-date certifications, manipulate/activate electrical and/or mechanical and security infrastructures to protect people and property and maintain service continuity.

Job description

About Vantage

Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Site Operations Department

The Site Operations Department is responsible for the overall health of all mechanical and electrical systems, building maintenance, and performance of all data modules in our data centers. The team is staffed 24 x 7 onsite with Critical Facilities Engineers (CFEs) working on shift and reporting to a Chief Engineer. This team is the face of Vantage to our customers and the guarantee of business continuity and excellence of Operations of our campus as well as the performance of our customer installations. Using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to plan and track maintenance activities, the Site Operations Department is responsible for all preventative and corrective maintenance. Our culture expects and rewards team performance that engages directly with the customers and the facility infrastructure.

Position Overview

The successful candidate for this Critical Facilities Technician role knows what best-in-class data center service looks like and can make that a reality. This role is an important member of our Operations team where we manage some of the most efficient and cost-effective data center facilities in the industry.

Persons this role will work with a team of other electrical and mechanical-focused engineers performing maintenance and repair for our data center infrastructure. We take our customer requirements for uptime seriously and keep our facilities maintained to a very high standard to insure uninterrupted service for our customers.

If you enjoy working on critical data center systems (UPSs, PDUs, Diesel Generators, ATS equipment, and Building Controls), as well as industrial electrical equipment and systems that include power distribution components/wiring, electronic components, and lighting systems. If you know the importance of getting it right the first time and not disrupting mission-critical data centers. If you enjoy delighting customers with superior service and you have the desire and ability to do so, then please read on!

Essential Job Functions

Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in facility systems. Areas includes: Electrical, mechanical, building monitoring, and control

Ensure the completion of maintenance activities to the highest quality level of planification, preparation, execution, and reporting

Ensure the full reliability of the infrastructures with the focus on continuity of services and energy efficiency

Use the BMS (Building Management System) and all available systems to appropriate monitoring the site including regular walkthroughs verifying the good working condition

Duties

Work in shifts, per assigned shift pattern and wear personal protecting clothes depending on the work to be performed

Within applicable and authorized interventions according to the local regulation and the up-to-date certification(s) of the Critical Facilities Technician, be capable of manipulating / activating certain electrical and or mechanical and or security infrastructures for the purpose of protecting people and property and / or maintaining service continuity on the site

Use of the Building Management System (BMS) and regular onsite checks

With the assistance of the IT and Controls departments, ensure the proper operation of the site BMS

In close collaboration with the contractors, participate in the drafting of the preventive maintenance schedule for the site infrastructures and implement it in collaboration with all service providers concerned. Closely monitor the operations with a continuous concern for minimizing risks during interventions, and ensure the reporting of this activity

Operational management of suppliers and service providers, to document and plan preventive maintenance and or repair activities. Using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) and the Change Management Process.

Closely monitor the work of vendors with a continuous concern for minimizing risks during interventions, ensuring cleanliness standard, and ensure proper reporting of the performed activity

Perform repair and maintenance activities as required

Implementation of improvement plans and small projects

Participate in the implementation of the site-specific crisis management plan and in the tests and implementation exercises concerning this plan

Participate in regular site audits and reviews, which are designed to assess the level of service continuity and analyze risks

Job Requirements

Technical education (advanced technician or engineer level) in one of the following areas: Electricity (generators, UPS