Mechanical Engineer

ZipRecruiter; Hemel Hempstead; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Center Technician to ensure the seamless operation of critical infrastructure. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining and operating essential mechanical and electrical equipment, ensuring the highest uptime standards. You will also troubleshoot issues, perform routine maintenance, and supervise contractors while adhering to safety protocols. This is a fantastic opportunity for a technically skilled individual to contribute to a dynamic team dedicated to keeping the cloud infrastructure running smoothly and efficiently. If you are passionate about technology and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this role is for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in operating and maintaining mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Ability to troubleshoot facility and rack-level events effectively.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment in the data center.
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures and ensure safety compliance.
• Supervise contractors and respond to emergency calls as needed.

Skills

Mechanical Equipment Operation

Electrical Equipment Maintenance

Troubleshooting Skills

Root Cause Analysis

Safety Procedures Compliance

Education

Technical Certification in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Relevant Experience in Data Center Operations

Tools

CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System)

Job description

Job Description

Data Center Technician

Rate: Up to £200 a day

6 Month Contract - potential extension

Onsite

Location: Hemel Hempstead

Overview: Our Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all global cloud infrastructure. In other words, we’re the people who keep the cloud running. We support all data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems, with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain — and we’re looking for talented people who want to help.

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. EOTs 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