Senior Critical Facility Engineer, JHB

Vantage Data Centers LLC; Johannesburg; On-site; ZAR 1,925,000 - 2,887,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantage Data Centers LLC is seeking a Senior Critical Facility Engineer to join our onsite team at one of our advanced data center facilities. You will work with a team of electrical and mechanical engineers to maintain critical infrastructure including UPS, PDUs, generators, HVAC and building controls, ensuring uptime and safety.

The role demands hands-on experience in mission-critical environments, strong technical writing, and the ability to coordinate vendors and respond to emergencies.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of hands-on maintenance and repair of industrial electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical facilities.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain UPS, PDUs, diesel generators, ATS and building controls.
• Develop reliability reports to ensure 100% uptime targets.
• Coordinate maintenance vendors and ensure safety.

Job description

About Vantage

Vantage 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.

Position Overview

We are looking for a Senior Critical Facility Engineer who knows what best-in-class service looks like and can make that a reality. This role is an important member of our facilities team where we manage some of the most efficient and cost-effective data center facilities in the industry. The specific skillset needed by this team is that of a hands‑on industrial HVAC technician or mechanic, or an individual with equivalent experience in critical cooling systems. The successful candidate for this role will work with a team of other electrical and mechanical‑focused engineers performing maintenance and repair for our data center infrastructure. We take our customer requirements for uptime seriously and keep our facilities maintained to a very high standard to insure uninterrupted service for our customers. If you enjoy working on critical data center systems (UPSs, PDUs, Diesel Generators, ATS equipment and Building Controls), as well as industrial electrical equipment and systems that include power distribution components/wiring, electronic components and lighting systems. If you know the importance of getting it right the first time and not disrupting mission critical data centers. If you enjoy delighting customers with superior service and you have the desire and ability to do so, then please read on! This position will be onsite in one of our data center facilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Work under limited supervision, both independently and within a team environment
• Manage multiple one‑time and/or ongoing projects
• Respond to safety and emergency situations and maintain a safe and secure work environment
• Use discretion and judgment in organizing workflow and adapting as priorities are modified due to a changing environment
• Frequent contact with employees at all levels of the organization; frequent external contact with vendors
• Duties Operate, perform maintenance and service repairs on critical Data Center systems (UPS, PDU, Diesel Generators, ATS equipment and Building Controls, Chillers, CRAH, ETC)
• Develop reliability reports to ensure availability and capacity targets are achieved and maintained with 100% uptime
• Coordinate, and oversee all maintenance vendors to ensure personnel safety, protect the Facility’s critical equipment, and maintain power to the critical load
• Create required MOPs (Method of Procedure), SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and EOPs (Emergency Operating Procedures) to ensure all maintenance activities are performed in accordance to them
• Additional duties as assigned by Management

Job Requirements

• Minimum 8 years, 10+ years preferred, of “hands on” experience with the maintenance and repair of industrial electrical and mechanical systems in mission‑critical facilities to include; emergency generators (Generators, Fuel Delivery systems and Parallel Switchgear), electrical distribution (MV/LV switchgear and associated controls), critical and essential PDUs, UPS, switchgear, HVAC, air handling units, computer grade cooling systems, and building monitoring/control systems
• Demonstrate knowledge in operating, maintaining, repairing, inspecting and testing critical electrical distribution systems, HVAC systems and building management/automation equipment
• Ability to read commercial building blueprints and understand electrical single lines and schematics
• Knowledge of commonly‑used concepts, practices, and procedures related to mechanical & electrical systems needed to run data centers
• Technical Writing skills and experience; as well as creating, coordinating, updating and/or modifying MOPs/SOPs/EOP’s for critical facilities equipment, to include supporting new systems and researching technical requirements
• Work experience in the electrical or mechanical field is highly desired.
• Strong emphasis on technical skills/training, with intent to obtain license within a reasonable time
• May be required to complete formal training in an area of specialty, such as UPS maintenance
• Candidates must possess reliable transportation for reporting to work for shifts, or emergencies
• Travel is expected to be less than 5%, occasionally for training purposes
• Potential employees must complete a background check successfully

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do.

Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package.

We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Vantage is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Vantage 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.