Project Facilitator, Capital Projects Engineer

Your role

The Project Facilitator, Capital Projects Engineer position is a member of the site level Data Center Operations team assigned to one or more of our data center properties reporting directly to the Capital Manager. The role will give you the opportunity to expand your skills and experience working on mission critical infrastructure facilities operations for the largest wholesale data center provider in the world.

We offer a clean, stable environment where there is a lot of variety and always something to do. If you are looking for an exciting job with great benefits in a company that will provide you with a lot of opportunity to learn, grow, and expand your skillset for a high-demand role, then this could be the right place for you.

As the Project Facilitator, Capital Projects Engineer, you will be expected to manage capital improvement projects and the vendors that support each of the associated projects. You will ensure projects are completed on-time and on budget, as well as, work with operations teams to ensure proper upgrade of critical and noncritical equipment. The service you provide will be to the underlying support systems (facilities, power, cooling, etc) for employee’s and customer’s so you will not be expected to do any computer maintenance—the customers do that for themselves.

• Develop Scope of Work, project schedule, and Critical Path.
• Upgrading/replacing building infrastructure systems.
• Assemble and level RFPs from multiple contractors for various capital projects
• Collecting Change Management Forms and Methods of Procedure (MOPs).
• Scheduling capital projects with vendors.
• Ensuring compliance with all safety procedures and use of protective equipment.
• Performing Quality Assurance inspections on projects once started.
• Assisting and mentoring the Capital Project team members.
• Manage and leverage vendors to provide the highest quality project for the best price.

This is a technical job and it is heavy on the project and vendor management, but there are a number of diverse pieces to doing the job well. To excel in this role you should have an understanding of data center construction etiquette, HVAC, electrical, F/A, large chillers, diesel generators, cooling towers, UPS systems, large batteries, and more. You may be in front of customers, so you’ll also need to be able to present yourself well and have great communication skills.

• At least 5 years’ experience managing projects, workflows, and understanding vendor/contractor management.
• Data Center knowledge and experience
• An associate’s degree (AA/AS) or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience with Procore project management and CMMS type software a plus but not required.
• A facilities maintenance understanding.
• Experience demonstrating an ability to manage a small team handling multiple projects at different sites.
• Experience working with mission critical data equipment, and the willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission critical environment.
• Strong HVAC, mechanical, and electrical skills and experience.
• An understanding of computer systems, and skill with Microsoft Office products.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• The ability to follow instructions and processes precisely and carefully.
• The ability to walk around a good deal of the time to perform inspections, to do some work outdoors in the weather if needed.

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. Platform DIGITAL®, the company’s global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx®) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents.

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