Data Center Critical Environment Engineer

Quality Technology Services, LLC; Princeton (NJ); On-site; USD 92,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) matching

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Parental leave

Wellness program

Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

QTS Data Centers in New Jersey seeks a Crtical Environment Engineer to coordinate and technically lead electrical and mechanical systems in a 24x7 data center. The role emphasizes planning, installation, and integration while maintaining 100% uptime and compliance with SLAs.

The ideal candidate has extensive electrical/mechanical experience in data centers, with opportunities to travel up to 50% and to work within state-of-the-art distribution systems, UPS, and cooling infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or professional equivalent.
• Five or more years of direct experience with engineering related activities in a technical or critical environment (data center, nuclear power, hospital, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, industrial/commercial field engineering).
• HVAC or critical power certifications or equivalent professional experience.
• Ability to travel up to 50% to other Data Center locations as required.
• US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical support to all aspects of data center operations including the operation, maintenance and repair of all mission critical equipment and systems supporting a 24x7 data center operation to achieve 100% uptime and 100% compliance with all customer SLAs.
• Assist in all site construction activity and installations, in coordination with QTS Development Team, external construction resources, to ensure system design, installation and testing adhere to operational standards. Witness testing of all equipment during commissioning and validate sequence of operations and receipt of all operational documentation.
• Provide technical support for all local customer installations, in coordination with key stakeholders to coordinate site technical solutions and drawings for customer move-ins and turn-ups, including deployments and power circuit installations.
• Provide and evaluate ongoing assessment of infrastructure and operations as required by QTS policies and procedures.
• Supports implementation and audit local standard operating procedures.
• Support various accreditation, certification and compliance initiatives as may be required by QTS.
• Maintain compliance with local health & safety (i.e. OSHA) standards and national electrical and building codes.
• Interfaces with vendors, QTS Engineering, QTS Development and peer operations organizations.
• Ensure adherence to all standard operating procedures (SOP), method of procedures (MOP), and emergency operating procedures (EOP) established for the critical environments, as well as the formal change control process.
• Assists in the technical review and input on plans for all significant planned and emergency maintenance events for the facility; ensures these activities are executed in a controlled and proven method to ensure the reliability of the critical loads supported by these systems.
• Assists in the Change Management Process to provide approval for preventative and corrective maintenance, in accordance with established QTS processes

Skills

Technical planning

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Data center knowledge

Problem solving

Leadership by influence

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Work order software

Single line drawings

Sequence of operations

Job description

QTS Data Centers in New Jersey seeks a Crtical Environment Engineer to coordinate and technically lead electrical and mechanical systems in a 24x7 data center. The role emphasizes planning, installation, and integration while maintaining 100% uptime and compliance with SLAs.

The ideal candidate has extensive electrical/mechanical experience in data centers, with opportunities to travel up to 50% and to work within state-of-the-art distribution systems, UPS, and cooling infrastructure.