Data Center Facilities Technician: Electrical & Mechanical

Amazon Web Services (AWS); Canton (MS); On-site; USD 47,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Canton, MS is seeking an Engineering Operations Technician to join our data center facilities team. You will perform daily rounds, monitor critical electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems to ensure 24/7 reliability and availability.

You will work with site teams on rack installs/decommissioning, PM, troubleshooting, and on-site support of contractors, with shifts up to 12 hours and potential on-call rotations across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in relevant work.
• Can bend or twist the body into unusual positions while working.
• Can use hands to manipulate small wires and objects.
• Can walk on job sites in uneven terrain.
• Can work at heights and from ladders.
• 2+ years of Microsoft Office products and applications experience.
• 2+ years of electrical or mechanical experience.
• Ability to work on a flexible schedule including days, nights, and/or weekends.

Responsibilities

• Daily building rounds to monitor and record information from electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment to ensure 24/7 reliability and availability
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Management System (EPMS)
• Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Perform rack installs and rack decommissioning within internal SLA
• Perform PM, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment
• Technical writing to support change management program
• Monitor daily work requests and manage to resolution, and execute projects from conception to completion
• On-site support of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation
• Work schedule changes depending on specific site needs. Shifts can be up to 12-hours and may rotate on a predefined schedule. Some locations have on-call rotations.
• Role may support more than one location/site.

Skills

Electrical experience

Mechanical experience

Microsoft Office

Flexible schedule

Hands-on troubleshooting

Tools

Microsoft Office

BMS/EPMS knowledge

Job description

Amazon Data Services, Inc. in Canton, MS is seeking an Engineering Operations Technician to join our data center facilities team. You will perform daily rounds, monitor critical electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety systems to ensure 24/7 reliability and availability.

You will work with site teams on rack installs/decommissioning, PM, troubleshooting, and on-site support of contractors, with shifts up to 12 hours and potential on-call rotations across multiple sites.