Senior Data Centre Technician: AI/HPC Infra

TGS International Group; Chester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 43,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training programme across UK/Europe

NVIDIA GPU infrastructure exposure

Career progression into senior roles

Job summary

TGS International Group is seeking a Senior Data Centre Technician (Break/Fix) for Chester. The role is permanent, full-time, with a 35-hour week and early/late shifts.

A two-month training programme across AI data centre sites in the UK and Europe is included, with travel required during training. As senior technician on shift, you will mentor juniors, handle complex hardware issues, and act as the main escalation point before the Remote Operations Team, contributing to mission-critical AI

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a live data centre environment is essential.
• Strong knowledge of rack & stack deployments and copper/fibre cabling.
• Hands-on PDU installation experience is required.
• Proven server break/fix and hardware diagnostics ability.
• Experience with smart hands/server component replacement and data centre infra.

Responsibilities

• Smart Hands services including server reseats, drive replacements, cabling, and documentation.
• Rack & Stack deployments, PDU installations, and infrastructure commissioning.
• Server break/fix and diagnostics across enterprise systems.
• Lead deployment and commissioning of GPU server platforms for AI compute.
• Support Ethernet and InfiniBand fabric deployments in HPC environments.
• Act as primary technical escalation on shift and mentor juniors.
• Produce RCA reports and operational runbooks; manage RMAs and asset tracking.

Skills

Live data centre experience

Rack & Stack

Hardware diagnostics

ITSM documentation

Travel willingness

Education

IT/Engineering qualification

Tools

ITSM platforms

Job description

TGS International Group is seeking a Senior Data Centre Technician (Break/Fix) for Chester. The role is permanent, full-time, with a 35-hour week and early/late shifts.

A two-month training programme across AI data centre sites in the UK and Europe is included, with travel required during training. As senior technician on shift, you will mentor juniors, handle complex hardware issues, and act as the main escalation point before the Remote Operations Team, contributing to mission-critical AI