Site Engineer I

Digital Realty; Greater London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty is seeking a Site Engineer I (day shift) to perform infrastructure related activities across its data centers, ensuring reliable and efficient operations. You will engage in maintenance, testing and surveillance of assets to meet SLAs and client satisfaction.

The role emphasizes safety, on-call duties, and collaboration with site operations management to uphold core standards and system reliability.

Qualifications

• Experience operating in a critical environment with large electrotechnical or mechanical systems.
• Electrical qualification at City & Guilds level 2 or equivalent (preferred).
• Proactive, detail oriented and customer-focused with hands-on attitude.

Responsibilities

• Follow safety policies and maintain operational efficiency.
• Perform maintenance, testing and surveillance of assets in data center.
• Assist in maintenance and repair tasks as directed by senior engineers.

Skills

Site operations experience

Electrical qualification (City & Guild

Education

City & Guilds level 2 electrical qualification

Job description

Your role

The Site Engineer I (day shift) core responsibility is to perform infrastructure related activities in our Data Centers to ensure a reliable and efficient operation of the technical infrastructure.

Job Description

The Site Engineer I (day shift) core responsibility is to perform infrastructure related activities in our Data Centers to ensure a reliable and efficient operation of the technical infrastructure. This is achieved through maintenance, testing and surveillance of all assets installed. The Site Engineer I role is critical to meet Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) and deliver client satisfaction.

What You’ll Do

• Ensure adherence to company safety policies, operational efficiency, and core values.
• Maintain compliance with industry standards and legal requirements.
• Assist in maintenance and repair tasks as directed by senior engineers or Site Operations Management.
• Participate in on-call duties and incident management when required.
• Support and collaborate with other engineers under the guidance of Site Management.
• Maintain proficiency in essential technical skills, such as troubleshooting, maintenance and systems.
• Continuously improve skills and knowledge through practical experience and training opportunities.
• Ensuring site overall appearance and cleanliness; elevate shortfalls where necessary.
• Ensures that all work is carried out within a 'safe system' and approved work processes, risk assessment and specified work procedures, complying with best practice standards and legal requirements.

What You’ll Need

Hard Skills

• Some experience of site operations in a critical environment and maintenance of large scale electrotechnical and/or mechanical systems
• City & Guilds level 2 electrical qualification, or equivalent.
• Preferably skilled, but at minimum novice in operation and maintenance of electrotechnical and/or mechanical systems
• Fire detection maintenance and suppression systems knowledge will be preferrable
• Some knowledge of technical security systems (CCTV, Access Control)
• HVAC Mechanical and/or Electrical will be preferrable

Soft Skills

• Having problem analysis skills
• Pro-active with a Customer and Business focused.
• Has attention to detail and having a ‘Hands-on’ mentality.
• Customer centricity and natural drive to work with other areas of the business to provide the customer with the best possible outcome.

About Us

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

What We Can Offer You

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers.

Training and Development

Join our Data Center Operations team and gain the support to succeed from day one. Our onboarding program prepares you to contribute meaningfully right away, with clear career pathways and continuous training to fuel your long-term growth. From onboarding to specialized development, we equip you with the skills and opportunities to make a lasting impact in operations.

Safely Powering Progress

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

Our Compensation Philosophy

Digital Realty offers its employees a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions. Central to our compensation philosophy is rewarding our employees for achieving the values and objectives aligned to the company's overall goals and values.