Reliability Engineer, Mechanical, NA (Design)

Vantage Data Centers; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Life and AD&D insurance

Short/long-term disability

Dental and vision coverage

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers is seeking a Reliability Engineer for Mechanical Systems to oversee the operational health of critical cooling systems across its campuses. The role involves reviewing submittals, factory tests, and understanding design engineering related to data center equipment.

Ideal candidates have 2–3 years of facility operations experience, are adept at reading drawings, and can train technicians in troubleshooting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 2-3 years of experience in critical facility operations and maintenance.
• Travel up to 25% is expected; role may require site visits and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Validate system performance during facility acceptance testing and startup commissioning.
• Design maintenance programs to improve operability and reliability of mechanical systems.
• Provide feedback to Design Engineering and Construction teams for reliable installations.
• Perform risk analyses, root-cause failure analysis, and availability studies.
• Support site operations with technical guidance and training.
• Analyze asset utilization and maintainability to optimize system performance.
• Handle additional duties as assigned by Management.

Skills

Strong organizational skills

Excellent communication

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Team collaboration

Travel up to 25%

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering

Job description

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world's well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Reliability Engineering Department

The Reliability Engineering Team is responsible for the overall operating health of critical systems across Vantage global facilities. For each of the major systems Electrical, Mechanical, and Controls, the Reliability Engineering team is responsible for ensuring success in the commissioning stages of new construction, evaluating and improving the reliability and performance of existing critical infrastructure, sustaining equipment operational availability through maintenance program design, providing ongoing technical support to the Site Operations Teams, as well as providing systems reliability and maintainability feedback to the Design Engineering teams for future design considerations.

Position Overview

This role can work hybrid from our data center campuses in Abilene, TX, Phoenix, AZ, Ashburn, VA, or Atlanta, GA. This is ideally a hybrid role working 3 days in the office, 2 days home office.

This particular role will be heavily involved in the review of equipment submittals, factory witness testing and one must understand design engineering as well as functionality of data center equipment as it relates to design. This particular role will be heavily involved in our large GT1 sites in west TX and Wisconsin. Having access to a major airport will be highly desired or within driving distance.

The Reliability Engineer for Mechanical Systems is responsible for the overall operational health of critical cooling systems. This responsibility includes oversight of facility acceptance testing, mechanical system maintenance planning, and Facility Operations technical support. Requirements for this position include full familiarity with mechanical systems arrangements, equipment types, system automation and control components. The Reliability Engineer candidate understands component failures and the extended effects of those failures on the larger cooling system as well as appropriate mitigating actions. Also required is an understanding of cooling system theory, an ability to read drawings and schematics, and an ability to identify likely failure points in design. The mechanical reliability engineer acts as an advisor for Site Operations to reference as needed and has enough experience to train technicians to the level of effective troubleshooting. The mechanical systems Reliability Engineer regularly interfaces the Vantage Design Engineering team, the Automation Systems Group, and Facility Operations teams.

Essential Job Functions

System Validation and Testing

• Ensure newly built systems meet design intent and perform without issue during the facility acceptance testing phases of new construction.
• Review commissioning plans and ensure the thoroughness of startup testing.
• Attend factory witness testing to verify and validate equipment functionality.

Maintenance and Reliability

• Design maintenance programs to enhance equipment operability and efficiency while minimizing life cycle costs.
• Design maintenance programs to minimize maintenance complexity and reduce maintenance down time.
• Understand potential equipment failures and provide full technical support to Facility Operations teams in the event of a critical system failure.
• Perform system component upgrades as required to ensure reliability and combat obsolescence.
• Validate maintenance performance by analyzing trends, operational history, and maintenance data.

Design and Construction Collaboration

• Provide systems reliability and maintainability feedback to the Design Engineering teams for future design considerations.
• Work with Design Engineering and Construction teams to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations.
• Review construction equipment submittals, identify potential deficiencies, and evaluate maintenance feasibility.

Risk Management and Analysis

• Develop risk management plans that will anticipate reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
• Perform Root-Cause Failure Analysis and facilitate corrective action.
• Conduct Critical System Availability and Capacity Analysis, Critical Spare Parts Analysis, Equipment Life Cycle Costing, and End of Useful Life Analysis.

Support and Training

• Provide at-request guidance and technical support to Facility Operators.
• Ensure Site Teams are proficient in system operation and maintenance techniques.

Performance and Asset Management

• Work with Site Operations to perform analyses of Asset Utilization, Overall Equipment Efficiency, and Remaining useful life.
• Design appropriate site response procedures based on potential critical system failures.
• Perform Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability Analysis to improve system performance.

Additional Duties

• Handle additional duties as assigned by Management.

Job Requirements

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, or a related field or equivalent field experience preferred.

Experience

• 2-3 years of experience in critical facility operations and maintenance.

Skills

• Strong organizational and project management skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to multitask and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
• Travel required is expected to be up to 25% but may increase over time as the business evolves.

Physical Demands and Special Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Additional Details

• This position is eligible for company benefits including but not limited to medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D, short and long-term disability coverage, paid time off, employee assistance, participation in a 401k program that includes company match, and many other additional voluntary benefits.
• Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including your qualifications, skills, competencies, and experience and may fall outside of the range shown.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firm agencies. Fees will not be paid in the event a candidate submitted by a recruiter without an agreement in place is hired; such resumes will be deemed the sole property of Vantage Data Centers.