Mechanical Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Centre Engineering Operations Technician to ensure the smooth operation of critical systems. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining mechanical and electrical equipment, troubleshooting issues, and driving innovation within the data centre. You will play a key role in ensuring that all equipment operates at optimal levels with a focus on safety and efficiency. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a forward-thinking company where your technical expertise will help maintain mission-critical services and contribute to operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Strong background in operating and maintaining mechanical and electrical systems.
• Experience in troubleshooting and performing maintenance tasks.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain all mechanical and electrical equipment in the data centre.
• Perform routine maintenance tasks and ensure safety procedures are followed.
• Respond to emergency calls and supervise contractors during servicing.

Skills

Mechanical Equipment Operation

Electrical Equipment Maintenance

Troubleshooting Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Safety Procedures Compliance

Education

Technical Certification in Engineering

Relevant Work Experience

Tools

CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Job description

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This engineering operations technician position serves as the on-site maintenance technician and operator for a 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 must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. EOT’s are also tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.

Key job responsibilities:

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