Engineering Operator, Electrical Engineering

What You Will Do

Institutional Facilities (IF) Division is seeking an Operator to support missing‑critical operations within the Data Center facilities. This role focuses on maintaining real‑time awareness of facility conditions, supporting safe and efficient work execution, and ensuring coordination across organizations in a fast‑paced, field‑driven environment.

This position will be filled at either the Operator 3 or Operator 4 level, depending on the skills of the selected candidate. Additional job responsibilities will be assigned if the candidate is hired at the higher level.

• Performs routine facility walkdowns, procedure reviews, and inspections to ensure safety and efficient operation of the facilities, maintain awareness of conditions, ongoing work, and potential risks.
• Identifies and communicates facility issues, hazards, equipment performance, or configuration concerns in a timely manner.
• Supports configuration management by maintaining awareness and control of facility systems and changes, routinely performing equipment rotations.
• Supports planning and execution of scheduled work by ensuring coordination between operations, maintenance, engineering, customers, and subcontractors.
• Drives accountability in the field by ensuring work is performed as planned and within established controls.
• Participates in technical aspects related to facility construction, design, and/or start‑up activities.
• Responds to unexpected operating conditions and troubleshoots equipment and systems to maintain operability.
• Serves on a periodic and rotating on‑call team, responding to abnormal and emergency events during off‑shift hours.
• Supports Building Managers by identifying required work scope, verifying work status, and confirming work completion.
• Performs escorting duties in support of maintenance or project activities.

• Contributes to the development of new principles, concepts, and operational improvements.
• Maintains involvement in project implementation and verification that the product meets expectations and requirements.
• Makes recommendations regarding facility operating equipment and/or systems.
• Coordinates and manages equipment shutdowns, upgrades, and/or installations and provides guidance to support maintenance and service subcontractors.

• Proficient knowledge and experience in a wide variety of facility operations and maintenance activities including mechanical, electrical, computing, or chemical processing systems.
• Ability to understand and identify work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration, and experience with lock‑out/tag‑out policies and procedures.
• Ability to communicate effectively with operations, maintenance, engineering, safety, and customers.
• Ability to evaluate and recommend solutions to problems regarding facility equipment maintenance and operations.
• Proficient knowledge and experience using computer software to facilitate work processes.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment.
• Ability to understand and interpret various engineered facility or project documents, drawings, and schematics.
• Ability to exercise judgment in facility operations where procedures may not fully define the response.
• Ability to obtain DOE Q Clearance.

• Independently conceptualizes and communicates major elements of facility equipment and maintenance and/or upgrade activities.
• Extensive knowledge with facility work control computerized work management systems.
• Knowledge of legal requirements and environmental impacts affecting facility maintenance and operations.
• Extensive knowledge and ability to identify work hazards, safety practices, operating configuration.

Education/Experience at lower level:
Associate's degree and 3 years of related experience; or equivalent combination.

Education/Experience at higher level:
Associate's degree and 5 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination.

• Knowledge and experience operating in data centers and/or with facility systems such as emergency backup equipment, chillers, building automation or PLCs,…