Site Engineer

Position: Site Engineer I
Position Title:

Site Engineer I

Have you got what it takes to succeed The following information should be read carefully by all candidates.

Shift: The team is looking to hire people into all shifts. Potential evening, overnights, weekends.. must be flexible

Your role

The Site Engineer I position is a contributing member to the site level Data Center Operations team assigned to one or more of our data center properties reporting directly to the Manager Engineering Operations. The Site Engineer I will have experience in mission critical infrastructure, including Generators, UPS Systems, HVAC Systems, Fire/Life Safety Systems, BMS Systems, and CMMS systems. It is expected that the Site Engineer I candidate has expertise in either electrical work or mechanical work and it would be expected that he/she would be competent in the area of non expertise.

The responsibilities of the Engineer-I are: to contribute to the daily site operation, including creation and modification of site operating procedures, contribute to creation of change management tickets, creation of timely incident reporting, site maintenance and repairs/inspections to help ensure Digital Realty’s data center operations achieve the highest level of availability.

What you’ll Do

Gain a complete understanding of the following DLR and site related items:
Facility layout and operation of MEP systems and the ability to illustrate site specific system one-lines with good accuracy.
Equipment nomenclature standards and equipment locations
Facility drawings and equipment specifications
Equipment sequence of operations (SOO’s), standard operating procedures (SOP’s), and emergency operating procedures (EOP’s).
Customer SLA’s and engineering specific lease obligations critical to data center operations.
Facility top 20 EOP’s.
BMS alarm functionality, alarm escalation/acknowledgement, and ability to extract data and trends
DLR event management, event escalation, and incident reporting procedures
Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS), including the ability to create, edit, implement, and close change management work orders.
Create/edit/resolve/close incident reports following a site incident
Maintenance and Operations Standards
Digital Realty’s Environmental and Occupational Health and Safety standards
Gain a complete understanding of all aspects of data center operations including the operation, maintenance and repair of all mission critical equipment and systems supporting a 24x7 data center operation to achieve 100% uptime and 100% compliance with all customer SLAs.
Supervision of construction activity and installations as required.
Ability to be the executor in the site specific change management processes including the creation of Method of Procedures (MOPs) for low risk preventative maintenance and repairs as well as the oversight of those maintenances as they are carried out.
Ability to effectively troubleshoot site mechanical and electrical systems.
Ability to respond to unplanned events without immediate supervision.
Ability to efficiently complete rounds/inspections and to detect anomalies during those rounds.
Develop or improve SOPs for site specific equipment.
Gain a good understanding and knowledge of the local customers business and datacenter operation.
Support various accreditation initiatives, including, but not limited to, SSAE
16, SOC2, ISO 27001, etc. as may be required by Digital Realty.
Complete DLR Critical Awareness Training

What you’ll need

At least 1 year of experience in mission critical facilities operating / engineering or equivalent equipment experience including assets associated with mission critical engineering relevant to the specific site. (UPS, HVAC, generators, fire/life safety systems).
Hands-on electrical or mechanical skill and competence in the area of non-expertise (for example, electrical expertise with mechanical competence, or vice-versa).
Strong knowledge of various UPS Systems and architectures.
Strong knowledge of various cooling systems and architectures.
Strong understanding of infrastructure redundancy configurations and equipment and their risks (N+1, 2N, ATS/ STS, Failover Scenarios)
Strong knowledge of energy…