Data Centre Engineering Technician — Critical Infra, On-Call

Cpl; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CPL is seeking a hands-on Data Centre Engineering Operations Technician to support the operation and maintenance of a large-scale, mission-critical data centre environment at Heathrow. This site-based role requires experience across electrical and mechanical maintenance in high-availability facilities and a willingness to participate in an on-call rota.

You will maintain electrical, mechanical and critical infrastructure, troubleshoot incidents, perform preventive maintenance, and work with CMMS

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical and mechanical maintenance in data centres or high-availability environments.
• Proven ability to monitor and maintain critical infrastructure.
• Comfort working in mission-critical environments and on-call rotations.
• Experience with HVAC, UPS, switchgear, PDUs, ATS and related data-centre infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Operate, monitor and maintain critical mechanical and electrical infrastructure within the data centre.
• Troubleshoot facility and rack-level incidents within SLAs.
• Perform planned and preventative maintenance across critical infrastructure.
• Complete maintenance activities including HVAC servicing, filter changes, rack power installations, PDU replacements and ATS replacements.
• Monitor and maintain equipment including UPS systems, switchgear, circuit breakers, ATS, diesel generators, chillers, HVAC, VFDs and transformers.
• Carry out routine facility rounds and record readings like temperatures, voltages and currents.
• Investigate equipment failures and identify corrective actions.
• Respond to alarms and incidents to maintain availability of mission-critical systems.
• Use CMMS to manage maintenance workflows, work orders and spare-parts inventory.
• Provide technical support to Data Centre Operations teams.
• Supervise third-party contractors during servicing and maintenance.
• Ensure work follows site procedures and SLAs.
• Participate in an on-call rota.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Data centre experience

Troubleshooting

Safety compliance

Tools

CMMS platforms

HVAC systems

Job description

CPL is seeking a hands-on Data Centre Engineering Operations Technician to support the operation and maintenance of a large-scale, mission-critical data centre environment at Heathrow. This site-based role requires experience across electrical and mechanical maintenance in high-availability facilities and a willingness to participate in an on-call rota.

You will maintain electrical, mechanical and critical infrastructure, troubleshoot incidents, perform preventive maintenance, and work with CMMS