Facility Engineer, Critical Infrastructure (f/m/d)

Digital Realty Trust, L.P.; Germany (OH); On-site; USD 51,452 - 74,319; Full time

Job summary

Digital Realty Trust, L.P. is looking for a Facility Engineer for its Data Center Sites in Frankfurt, responsible for engineering support, monitoring, and maintenance of critical infrastructure.

Applicants should possess experience in electrotechnical fields and management of electrical switch operations, with relevant soft skills such as self-management and teamwork. This role includes vendor management and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1-2 years practical experience in an electro technical environment.
• Experienced in the electrotechnical field, ideally authorized to manage electrical switch operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support for monitoring and maintenance of data center infrastructure.
• Manage routine plant inspections and vendor management.
• Ensure work aligns with regulations and internal processes.

Skills

Operation and maintenance of large scale electrotechnical systems

Operation and maintenance of mechanical systems

Maintenance of fire detection and suppression systems

Maintenance of conveyor technique (elevators)

Self-management

Stress resilience

Ability to evaluate risk

Teamwork

Job description

Your Role

As a Facility Engineer working on one of our Data Center Sites based in Frankfurt (all sites), you will provide engineering support for monitoring, planned servicing and corrective maintenance on a range of critical data center infrastructure and associated equipment. You will manage routine plant inspections, act as a first‑line response and ensure that all work is done in line with relevant regulations and our own processes and procedures. Conduct vendor management and act to maximize uptime/SLA (Service Level Agreement) and improve PUE (Power Usage Effectiveness).

Within this function, you are acting with external and internal stakeholders such as Service Planning, Security, 3rd party suppliers and our customers.

Your Profile

• Experienced in the electrotechnical field, ideally authorized to manage electrical switch operations
• Minimum 1-2 years practical experience in an electro technical environment
• Following technical skills are highly preferred:
  • Operation and maintenance of large scale electrotechnical systems
  • Operation and maintenance of mechanical systems
  • Maintenance of fire detection and suppression systems
  • Maintenance of conveyor technique (elevators)
• Following soft skills are relevant for the role:
  • Self‑management, ability to manage multiple tasks, pro‑active
  • Stress resilience, ability to prioritize
  • Ability to evaluate risk and solve complex problems
  • Teamwork & Interpersonal skills