Data Center Facilities Engineer

Job Purpose

Perform facilities engineering responsibilities that ensure critical facilities are reliable, dependable and available for IT systems hosted therein. Responsibilities will involve the planning, design, construction, modification, operation, maintenance, and utilities that support critical facilities. May serve as project leader in area of expertise for a major group of ongoing, technically complex projects with large budgets and requiring substantial coordination.

• Perform regular physical inspections of all building systems commonly found in a data center or mission‑critical facility environments such as mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire life and safety, etc.
• Respond to and address facility problems as directed by data center manager. This may require occasional in‑person response outside normal working hours.
• Provide assessment, design, and technical recommendations in support of critical facilities availability; may include development and implementation.
• Prepare, review, and analyze projects' technical plans and specifications for sound design, conformance with design guidelines and other related criteria, and pertinent codes or standards.
• Conduct risk assessments and develop contingency plans on less complex activities.
• Plan, research, formulate, and prepare project analyses in area of expertise.
• Develop and define scopes of work and estimates for projects.
• Manage design activity or projects in area of expertise, and/or manage contractor activities.
• Represent department on specific project teams and review committees.
• Develop SOPs for data center operations and MOPs for maintenance activities.
• Participate in department maintenance activities after hours and weekends.
• Supervising contractors performing service or maintenance.
• Support building access and loading dock activities.

Other duties may be assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering discipline, or a minimum 5+ years of directly related experience working in or in direct support of data center or mission critical environments.
• Experience managing multiple projects at a time, coordinating with contractors, vendors and multi‑disciplinary teams.
• Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems found in data center facilities preferred.

• This position reports to the unit manager of the University IT (UIT), Technical Facilities Department. The candidate will be a member of a team responsible for the planning, management, construction and maintenance of UIT computing facilities and associated infrastructure. This includes but is not limited to: two large computing facilities (approximately 25 k square feet), nine geographically distributed Electronic Communications Hubs (approximately 18 k square feet).
• This position will assist with overseeing the operational maintenance and construction of the building infrastructure and associated systems that directly support the University’s highly specialized and mission‑critical computing facilities. These systems include, but are not limited to UPS and DC power systems, building security systems, power distribution systems, mechanical, plumbing and other systems commonly found in a data center or mission‑critical facility environments.
  
  Candidates should have knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems such as power distribution units, UPS, VFDs, CRAC/CRAH, air handlers, CDUs, etc., including building management systems for Tridium Niagara DDC or Emerson Delta
  
  V platforms. Strong understanding of mechanical, electrical, plumbing systems is preferred.
• This position shall assist with coordinating and overseeing maintenance and construction activities necessary to maintain and/or upgrade the building infrastructure systems to ensure maximum uptime for internal and external customer equipment that resides in these facilities. Candidates must be highly self‑motivated with strong technical analytic skills. They must have the ability to assess risk and evaluate alternatives to reduce risk.
• This position shall participate in and assist with supporting project planners that include collecting…