Data Centre BAU Engineer | Flexible Hours & On-Call

North; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday entitlement

Contributory pension scheme

Healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Professional development and training

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

North is seeking an experienced Data Centre BAU Engineer to support critical data centre infrastructure across two sites in Barnsley and Wakefield. You will lead day-to-day maintenance, install and connectivity tasks, ensuring safety and customer standards are met.

You will work with customers, technical teams and engineers to deliver BAU activities, respond to faults, and document all work. On-call rota and travel between sites are required.

Qualifications

• Experience in data centre environments.
• Strong structured cabling experience (copper and fibre).
• Experience installing and connecting network equipment.
• Knowledge of data centre platforms including I-Series, Z-Series and SAN.
• Good IT skills (Microsoft Office).
• Strong health and safety understanding.
• Excellent communication with customers.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain copper and fibre structured cabling in line with required protocols.
• Install and connect network equipment within the data centre environment.
• Respond to incidents, faults and infrastructure requests.
• Carry out cable recovery and removal works when required.
• Manage and update client IT systems and change records.
• Liaise with customers to ensure work is delivered on time and communicated.
• Attend and manage change requests where required.
• Provide support as part of the on-call rota.
• Work across Barnsley and Wakefield data centre sites.

Skills

Data centre experience

Structured cabling

Network equipment installation

IT literacy (Microsoft Office)

Health and safety awareness

Customer communication

Attention to detail and reliability

Education

ECS/SSSTS/IOSH certification

Tools

Manufacturer accreditations in structured cabling

Job description

North is seeking an experienced Data Centre BAU Engineer to support critical data centre infrastructure across two sites in Barnsley and Wakefield. You will lead day-to-day maintenance, install and connectivity tasks, ensuring safety and customer standards are met.

You will work with customers, technical teams and engineers to deliver BAU activities, respond to faults, and document all work. On-call rota and travel between sites are required.