Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I

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

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I based in Wakefield. This role involves operating and maintaining critical electrical and mechanical systems within a data center, ensuring high safety standards. Candidates should be adept in troubleshooting and technical support with a focus on equipment performance and safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience with electrical and mechanical equipment maintenance.
• Possess knowledge of data center operations and safety protocols.
• Ability to perform technical support and incident management.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Perform troubleshooting within internal SLAs and ensure safety procedures.
• Take daily readings of all equipment and manage workflows via CMMS.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Root Cause Analysis

Safety Procedures

Job description

Role Title: Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I

Location: Wakefield, United Kingdom

Type: Contract

Client: Apex Systems

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Views: 4

Posted: 31.05.2025

Expiry Date: 15.07.2025

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 including: 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