Reliability Engineer, Controls, NA

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.

The Reliability Engineering Team is responsible for the overall operating health of critical systems across Vantage global facilities. For each of the major systems Electrical, Mechanical, and Controls, the Reliability Engineering team ensures success in the commissioning stages of new construction, evaluates and improves the reliability and performance of existing critical infrastructure, sustains equipment operational availability through maintenance program design, provides ongoing technical support to the Site Operations Teams, and offers systems reliability and maintainability feedback to the Design Engineering teams for future design considerations.

The Reliability Engineer, Control Systems is responsible for the overall functional health of critical monitoring and control systems and acts as the Controls Systems Subject Matter Export in the Site Operations organization. This responsibility includes oversight of facility acceptance testing, control system maintenance planning, and Site Operations technical support. The role requires full familiarity with control systems arrangements and control components for Power and Cooling systems from field components to the integrated systems level.

The controls SME understands the functions of direct control devices and logic controllers as well as the extended effects of failure of those devices in the larger context of systems automation. The controls SME has familiarity with sensors and monitoring devices and can ensure data reliability. The controls SME advises Site Operations and guides technicians through effective troubleshooting. The controls SME regularly interfaces the Electrical and Mechanical Engineering teams, the Automation Systems Group, Software Development team and Site Operations teams.

This role is onsite 5 days a week at our new Port Washington, WI data center campus near Milwaukee, WI. This is a 672 acre campus.

• Ensure control systems meet design intent and perform without issues during testing phases of new construction.
• Review construction equipment submittals, identify potential deficiencies, and evaluate maintenance feasibility.
• Attend factory witness testing to verify and validate equipment functionality.
• Review site commissioning plans and ensure thoroughness of control system startup testing.
• Design maintenance programs to maximize equipment operability and efficiency while minimizing lifecycle costs.
• Design maintenance programs to minimize control systems maintenance complexity and reduce maintenance down time.
• Perform system component upgrades to ensure reliability and combat obsolescence.
• Develop risk management plans that will anticipate and mitigate reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation.
• Provide full technical and troubleshooting support to Site Operations teams when responding to control system failures.
• Provide system reliability feedback to the Design Engineering teams for future design considerations.
• Analyze and process system collected data and recommend improvements to site operations and maintenance strategies.
• Ensure data communications from monitored systems remain intact and data is properly collected and stored.
• Work with Engineering and Construction teams to ensure the reliability of new and modified installations.
• Design appropriate site response procedures based on potential control system failures.
• Ensure Site Teams are proficient with Building Management Systems and control system operations.
• Provide guidance and technical support to Site Teams as requested.
• Perform Root-Cause Failure Analysis and facilitate corrective actions.
• Handle additional duties as…