Critical Facilities Engineer, EMEA

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage Data Centers 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.

Site Operations Department

The Site Operations Department is responsible for the overall health of all mechanical and electrical systems, building maintenance, and performance of all data modules in our data centers. The team is staffed 24 x 7 onsite with Critical Facilities Engineers (CFEs) working on shift and reporting to a Chief Engineer. This team is the face of Vantage to our customers and the guarantee of business continuity and excellence of Operations of our campus as well as the performance of our customer installations.

Using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to plan and track maintenance activities, the Site Operations Department is responsible for all preventative and corrective maintenance. Our culture expects and rewards team performance that engages directly with the customers and the facility infrastructure.

Position Overview

The successful candidate for this Critical Facilities Technician role knows what best-class data center service looks like and can make that a reality. This role is an important member of our Operations team where we manage some of the most efficient and cost-effective data center facilities in the industry.

Persons 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!

Essential Job Functions

• Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions in facility systems. Areas includes:
  Electrical, mechanical, building monitoring, and control
• Ensure the completion of maintenance activities to the highest quality level of planification, preparation, execution, and reporting
• Ensure the full reliability of the infrastructures with the focus on continuity of services and energy efficiency
• Use the BMS (Building Management System) and all available systems to appropriate monitoring the site including regular walkthroughs verifying the good working condition

Duties

• Work in shifts, per assigned shift pattern and wear personal protecting clothes depending on the work to be performed
• Within applicable and authorized interventions according to the local regulation and the up‑to‑date certification(s) of the Critical Facilities Technician, be capable of manipulating / activating certain electrical and or mechanical and or security infrastructures for the purpose of protecting people and property and / or maintaining service continuity on the site
• Use of the Building Management System (BMS) and regular onsite checks
• With the assistance of the IT and Controls departments, ensure the proper operation of the site BMS
• In close collaboration with the contractors, participate in the drafting of the preventive maintenance schedule for the site infrastructures and implement it in collaboration with all service providers concerned. Closely monitor the operations with a continuous concern for minimizing risks during interventions, and ensure the reporting of this activity
• Operational management of suppliers and service providers, to document and plan preventive…