Engineering Operation Technician, DCC Communities (AWS

Join our dynamic team and become a critical guardian of technological infrastructure! As a Data Center Engineering Technician, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining the heartbeat of mission‑critical technology infrastructure, ensuring seamless operations that power global digital experiences. Your expertise will directly contribute to maintaining an extraordinary 99.999% uptime, keeping the digital world running smoothly and efficiently.

Reporting to the site’s Data Center Facility Manager (FM), the role focuses on hands‑on electrical and mechanical equipment preventative maintenance (PM) and troubleshooting, with responsibility for stand‑by diesel generators, fuel systems, three‑phase electrical systems (switch gear, UPS units, PDUs, wet‑cell batteries), mechanical equipment (CRAHU units, centrifugal chillers, cooling towers, water systems, air handlers, pumps, motors), and associated fire/life safety and building automation systems.

• Daily building rounds to monitor and record information from electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment to ensure 24/7 reliability and availability.
• Monitor Building Management Systems (BMS) and Electrical Power Management System (EPMS).
• Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack‑level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Perform rack installs and rack decommissioning within internal SLA.
• Perform preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and repair of electrical and mechanical equipment.
• Technical writing to support change management program.
• Monitor daily work requests, manage to resolution, and execute projects from conception to completion.
• On‑site support of contractors, sub‑contractors, and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures, and local legislation.
• Work schedule changes depending on specific site needs; shifts can be up to 12 hours and may rotate on a predefined schedule. Some locations have on‑call rotations.
• Role may support more than one location/site.

• Regularly lift and/or move up to 39 pounds independently.
• Participate in group lifts for 40+ pounds.
• Maintain balance and perform construction tasks while on a ladder.
• Regularly walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb stairs, twist, bend, work above shoulders, grasp, carry, push and pull objects into position.
• Work in an environment requiring provided ear protection.

• Ability to travel to or commute between data center locations as needed.
• Willingness to temporarily work at alternative sites during training periods or until assigned facility is operational.
• Travel frequency will vary based on business needs and operational status of assigned facility.
• Keen ability to travel more than 50 miles or commute less than 50 miles to active data center sites as required by business needs.

• 1+ year of experience in electrical or mechanical engineering, or 1+ year of experience in data center or mission‑critical facilities (e.g., hospital, military facility, public safety facility).
• High school or equivalent diploma.

• 2+ years of data center engineering experience.

USA, NV, Sparks - $32.00 - $57.00 USD hourly.

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