Facilities Engineer

LGL Technologies; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading technology company based in Charlotte, North Carolina, is seeking a Critical Facilities / Infrastructure Field Engineer. The role involves ensuring stability and compliance in airport IT/data centers, managing power, cooling, and safety systems. Ideal candidates will have facilities engineering experience and familiarity with compliance standards like NFPA and OSHA. This is a contract position at entry level, focusing on management and manufacturing in the IT services industry.

Qualifications

• Ability to monitor, operate, and maintain critical infrastructure.
• Experience with UPS, generators, HVAC systems, and safety compliance.
• Familiar with regulations like OSHA and NFPA standards.
• Strong inspection, monitoring, and reporting skills, not primarily IT design/implementation.
• Hands-on maintenance and operations with preventive/corrective maintenance scheduling.
• Ensures compliance with OSHA, NFPA, FAA standards.

Responsibilities

• Keep data center infrastructure running efficiently.
• Manage outage responses to ensure uninterrupted operations.
• Conduct assessments for equipment performance and stability.
• Oversee UPS, PDUs, generators, HVAC/CRAC units, chillers, and fire-life-safety systems.
• Ensure compliance with NFPA, OSHA, FAA standards and manufacturer guidelines.

Skills

Field/Facilities Engineering Background

Experience working in airports

Familiar with power systems

Strong in inspection and monitoring

Hands-On Maintenance & Operations

Compliance standards

Preventive maintenance

RCA support

Vendor coordination

Job description

Overview

This is a non-technical role (not IT, not coding, no cloud/software skills). It’s a Critical Facilities / Infrastructure Field Engineer role, someone who ensures the physical environment (power, cooling, safety) in airport IT/data centers is stable and compliant.

What this person will do

• Keep all comm room & data center infrastructure running (power, cooling, safety).
• During outages/incidents, ensure uninterrupted operations (switching to generator, stabilizing cooling).
• Support RCA (identify why something failed and prevent repeat issues).
• Electrical power: UPS, PDUs, generators
• Cooling systems: HVAC, CRAC units, chillers
• Safety systems: fire suppression, alarms, life-safety compliance
• Familiarity with NFPA, OSHA, FAA standards and manufacturer maintenance guidelines.

Must have skills

• Field/Facilities Engineering Background
• Experience working in airports, industrial facilities, or large commercial buildings.
• Familiar with power systems (UPS, generators, PDUs), HVAC/CRAC units, chillers, fire-life-safety systems.
• Strong in inspection, monitoring, and reporting rather than designing/implementing IT solutions.
• Hands-On Maintenance & Operations
• Running preventive and corrective maintenance schedules.
• Ensuring compliance with OSHA, NFPA, FAA standards.

Qualifications

• Monitor, operate, and maintain critical infrastructure across airport communication rooms and data centers, including UPS, PDUs, generators, HVAC/CRAC units, chillers, and fire-life-safety systems. Conduct assessments to verify equipment performance, environmental stability, and compliance with IT and safety standards. Ensure uninterrupted operations during utility power events by managing UPS and generator backup systems. Support incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) to strengthen resiliency against future disruptions
• Oversee preventive and corrective maintenance in accordance with NFPA, OSHA, FAA, and manufacturer standards. Maintain accurate asset documentation, inspection logs, and compliance reports for critical environments. Ensure comm rooms and data centers are maintained to industry standards, with proper cooling, cable management, and secure access protocols
• Support critical infrastructure modernization projects including UPS refresh programs, HVAC right-sizing, and facility consolidations. Coordinate with CRE and IT stakeholders to implement facility upgrades, ensuring minimal impact to operations. Provide input on lifecycle planning, energy efficiency improvements, and sustainability initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between IT and Corporate Real Estate (CRE) for facilities management, maintenance contracts, and vendor coordination. Partner with cross-functional teams to prioritize critical locations and allocate resources effectively. Provide technical expertise and clear communication to leadership, enabling informed decision-making on risk, resiliency, and investment.
• Ensuring adherence of Design Standards for Delta managed IT comm room space, UPS, HVAC, Generators, and Fire Life and Safety Systems (FLS).

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• IT Services and IT Consulting