Critical Facilities Specialist – Data Center Cooling

Equinix; Slough; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

15% bonus (non-contractual)

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Income protection

Critical illness insurance

Gymflex membership

Company pension plan

Job summary

Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company, is seeking a highly capable Critical Facilities Specialist for our UK Operations team in Slough. You will maintain and optimise cooling infrastructure, contribute to incident response and RCA, and drive continuous improvements at our most critical data centre across the Slough campus.

The role suits a technically credible professional with strong mechanical expertise in high-availability environments, collaborating with electrical, operations

Qualifications

• Strong background in mechanical engineering within a critical infrastructure environment.
• Proven experience with complex cooling systems (CRAC/CRAH, chillers, cooling towers, liquid cooling).
• Experience supporting uptime-critical environments with strict SLA requirements.
• Solid understanding of root cause analysis methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimise cooling infrastructure across data centre facilities.
• Support incident response and drive RCA-based improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure safe, high-quality delivery.
• Manage contractor support and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Cooling systems

CRAC/CRAH

Chillers

Cooling towers

Root cause analysis

High availability

Safety & quality

Tools

CAFM systems

BMS systems

Job description

Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure company, is seeking a highly capable Critical Facilities Specialist for our UK Operations team in Slough. You will maintain and optimise cooling infrastructure, contribute to incident response and RCA, and drive continuous improvements at our most critical data centre across the Slough campus.

The role suits a technically credible professional with strong mechanical expertise in high-availability environments, collaborating with electrical, operations