Data Center Facility Engineer, Data Center Engineering Operations

Amazon; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in London is looking for a Data Center Facility Engineer to manage and maintain the electrical and mechanical infrastructure for their data centers. The ideal candidate will possess strong troubleshooting skills and experience in facility operations, with a focus on safety and collaboration across teams. This role is essential in delivering AWS's global infrastructure standards.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of data center engineering operations experience is preferred.
• Knowledge of mechanical systems and key electrical competencies is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the operation and maintenance of electrical and mechanical infrastructure for Data Centers.
• Follow and maintain the highest safety standards.
• Supervise contractors performing servicing or preventive maintenance.

Skills

Operational experience and familiarity with electrical and mechanical equipment

Troubleshooting skills

Manual handling and lifting of equipment

Education

High school or equivalent diploma

City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical or equivalent engineering

Job description

Data Center Facility Engineer, Data Center Engineering Operations

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. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.

The successful candidate will oversee the operation and maintenance of the electrical and mechanical infrastructure for Data Centers (DC) in Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud regions. Our technicians are operating and maintaining AWS DCs’ world-class mechanical and electrical infrastructure. In addition to technical operations and maintenance, the successful candidate will oversee facility operations and ensure the implementation of safety procedures.

The role requires a motivated, self-managed individual who demonstrates initiative and proactively seeks solutions to problems while striving for operational excellence. The work follows a process-oriented approach: the individual needs a strong willingness to learn new processes and adapt to rapidly changing operational scenarios with conflicting priorities.

Key job responsibilities include:

• Safety - Follow and maintain the highest safety standards and diligently encourage a world-class safety culture.
• Engineering & Facility Operations and Maintenance - Operational experience and familiarity with electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Troubleshoot events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA’s)
• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment through routine rounds/log-taking (temperatures, voltages, currents, etc.)
• Supervise contractors who perform servicing or preventive maintenance
• Manual handling and lifting of equipment may be required
• Ability to work shifts (morning, late and night)
• On-call rotation reaction to off-duty emergency calls

Basic Qualifications

• High school or equivalent diploma
• City & Guilds/NVQ Level 3 in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• Knowledge of mechanical systems (Mechanical, HVAC systems, Controls), or knowledge of key electrical competencies and theory

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in data center engineering
• 2+ years of data center engineering operations experience
• Bachelors degree in electrical, mechanical or equivalent engineering

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