Senior Data Center Critical Facilities Tech

Salute

Aberdeen (SD)

On-site

USD 75,768 - 82,656

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

8 company-paid holidays

2 floating holidays

PTO

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance

Enrollment on Day 1

401(k) with immediate 100% vesting

3% employer match and 50% on next 2%

HSA

mental health resources

gym discounts

legal services

home & auto insurance

pet insurance

ID theft protection

Job summary

Salute is seeking a Senior Critical Facility Technician to join our team and ensure data center systems operate at peak efficiency with 99.999% uptime. You will lead hands‑on electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, oversee planned and corrective maintenance, and respond to emergencies across the data center.

The role requires deep experience with standby generators, switchgear, UPS, PDUs, AHUs, and building automation.

Qualifications

High School diploma or GED with two years of technical school in mission‑critical operations, industrial manufacturing, or relevant military operations experience.
Experience in Critical Facilities or other relevant critical facility infrastructure leadership experience.
Experience in Data Center Operations (DCEO), maintenance, and supporting critical facilities operations, required.
Demonstrated, working technical knowledge and understanding of critical data center systems, including HVAC, standby emergency power, uninterruptible power supplies, and associated infrastructure.

Responsibilities

Place SAFETY at the top of anything and everything that they do, without fail.
Focus on the tasks and activities given to them and remain consistently focused on SAFETY.
Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions of facility systems.
Complete planned and ad‑hoc preventive maintenance work assignments, requiring the skill and direction of several electrical, mechanical, maintenance trades and engineering disciplines.
Conduct periodic inspections of building systems, HVAC, electrical distribution, maintain mechanical equipment rooms/enclosures to ensure clean, functional, and safe conditions.
Rapid response, investigation and management of indoor emergency situations and air quality complaints, including humidity.
Have complete working knowledge on creating, closing, and tracking "work requests" (WR). Initiate or respond to work orders, follow‑up and verify completion of work.
Monitor performance/note deficiencies of service contractors and recommend changes, as necessary.
Provide applied electrical, mechanical, integrated control and water chemistry technical expertise for the entire data center.
Directly interface with management team, contractors, and consultants for all phased data center construction commissioning, including integration and testing of new systems while maintaining critical systems online.
Work with the site manager and other stakeholders to track and complete a preventive and predicative maintenance schedule for critical maintenance and system commissioning.
Ensure data center operates at maximum operational efficiency, including analyzing existing operating conditions, recommending new technologies and improving overall efficiency and cost reduction.
Responsible for data center white space and back‑of‑house electrical loading and capacity, including client installations and systems.
This position may require unusual hours of work approximately once every other week to meet critical maintenance windows and scheduling.
Directly manage contractors and consultants for daily operations and critical maintenance (UPS systems, generators, switchgear, and chiller maintenance).
Provide applied electrical, mechanical, integrated control and technical expertise for the entire data center.
On‑call to respond to emergency situations at the data center.
Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
The Critical Facilities Technician interacts across all internal departments, including executives, and will interact with clients and vendors.