Data Center Technician L1

Key Roles and Responsibilities

Develops creative approaches to keep operational costs to a minimum, improves efficiency, and implements new strategies.

• Mechanical responsibilities include chilled water systems and components, HVAC systems such as rooftop units, CRAC/CRAH units, and humidification systems.
• Electrical responsibilities will include electrical/critical power distribution from the Utility/Generator main switch gear through the UPS systems out to customer load.
• Fire Life Safety responsibilities will include wet sprinkler systems and pre‑action sprinkler systems as well as their associated detection devices.
• Tests performance of electromechanical assemblies and electronic voltmeters.
• Reads blueprints, schematics, diagrams or technical orders to determine methods and sequences of processes.
• Inspects parts for surface defects.
• Installs electrical or electronic parts and hardware in housings or assemblies, using hand tools.
• Aligns, fits or assembles component parts, using hand or power tools.
• Operates, monitors, maintains, and responds to abnormal conditions in facility systems.
• Areas include:
  Mechanical, Electrical, Fire Life Safety, and Building Monitoring and Control.
• Analyses systems to ensure best practices for both internal and external customers.
• Provides feedback to relevant teams on the effectiveness of existing standards and processes.
• Works with contractors and consultants to review quality assurance for all system expansions, corrections and upgrades.
• Works with relevant teams to track and complete an aggressive preventive and predictive maintenance programme.
• Ensures data centre operates at maximum operational efficiency, including analysing existing operating conditions, recommending new technologies and improving overall efficiency, and cost reduction.
• Manages systems to avoid unplanned customer‑impacting events.
• Works with relevant teams to determine maintenance requirements for mechanical, electrical and fire life safety systems.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Ensures a regular, predictable attendance which is essential to satisfactory performance.

• Understanding of mechanical, electrical and fire life safety systems used in a data centre environment including, but not limited to, electrical distribution and layout, transformers, PLCs, generators, switch gear, UPS systems, STS, ATS, PDUs, chilled water systems, CRAC/CRAH units, pre‑action sprinkler systems.
• Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 72, NFPA 25, compliance issues and building codes relating to fire life safety.
• Current knowledge in industrial safety best practices (lockout/tag‑out, arc‑flash protection, OSHA and state regulations).
• Familiarity with data trending, tracking and analysis and the ability to utilize a PC‑based integrated critical monitoring system.
• Ability to process hand‑and‑eye requests as required: tape rotation, rack and stack of equipment, inventory hardware, power cycle devices, patch cable install/remove.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience installing, maintaining and/or troubleshooting large commercial and industrial systems including chilled water systems, large centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, heat exchangers, water treatment systems, VFDs and pumps, HVAC equipment, CRAC/CRAH units, humidification systems, water heaters, water/air filters, BMS and PLC controls, emergency standby diesel generator systems, fuel/oil systems, 480/277 and 208/120 electrical generation and distribution, static UPS systems, double interlock pre‑action systems.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral.
• Proficient with MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project).
• Ability to communicate effectively with customers and internal staff and work effectively in a team environment.
• Ability to coordinate, supervise and communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on these systems.
• Ability to learn quickly and address issues as they arise during normal working hours or after hours.
• Ability to operate in and promote a rigorous process‑driven team environment.
• Ability to logically analyse and solve problems.
• Ability to effectively multi‑task multiple projects.
• Ability to operate…