Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I

JR United Kingdom; Telford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the data center industry is seeking a Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I for its Telford location. The role involves maintaining critical infrastructure, including mechanical and electrical systems, ensuring safety compliance, and providing operational support. This position offers an opportunity to collaborate with a diverse team while delivering high standards of safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical and mechanical systems is essential.
• Familiarity with data center operations and supporting technologies is preferred.
• Strong troubleshooting skills in a technical environment.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Perform troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events according to internal SLAs.
• Respond to emergency calls as required for multiple sites.

Skills

Troubleshooting

HVAC maintenance

Electrical equipment operation

Mechanical equipment operation

Root cause analysis

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Role Title: Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I

Location: Telford, United Kingdom

Type: Contract

Job Description:

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 to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers.

This engineering operations technician position serves as the on-site maintenance technician and operator for data centre.

The Data Centre Engineering Operations Technician (EOT) is responsible for operating and maintaining all electrical, mechanical, emergency generator, and fire/life safety equipment within the data centre. The EOT serves as a technical resource to support within its data centres. Data centre equipment that supports mission-critical servers.

Key job responsibilities

• Responsibilities:
• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment
• Troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal SLAs
• Perform limited maintenance tasks to include: filter changes, HVAC PMs, rack power installs, rack PDU, and rack ATS replacements
• Provide support to Data Centre Operations technicians
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures
• Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work
• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment through routine rounds/log taking (temperatures, voltages, currents, etc.)
• Utilise internal CMMS to manage building workflows and spare part inventory
• Supervise contractors who perform servicing or preventive maintenance
• Respond to off hour emergency calls per on call rotation for any one of the region’s sites
• Fully comply with all physical security procedures and policies