Position Summary
The Facilities team designs operates and maintains sophisticated electrical mechanical and HVAC systems within the DartPoints data centers in a 24/7 missioncritical environment across multiple facilities. Facilities Engineers at DartPoints operate monitor and support physical facilities conditions. Some of these duties will include climate control power supply generators UPS and flywheel systems electrical distribution and control physical security and monitoring systems. Engineers regularly help inspect maintain and repair various data center electrical or mechanical systems both critical and noncritical. Engineers aid Operations team members as needed to provision and deprovision services for internal and external clients.
Engineers ensure that environmental and safety standards are consistently met identifying problems and making repairs quickly. Engineers manage data center performance issues and outages during emergencies or abnormal conditions to minimize failure recovery time.
Primary Responsibilities
- Areas include: Electrical Mechanical General Facilities Building Monitoring and Control
- Operate monitor maintain and respond to abnormal conditions in DartPoints 7 x 24 x 365 data center facilities
- Maintain repair and replace asneeded building systems (HVAC mechanical electrical plumbing and lighting)
- Maintain repair and upkeep building interior and exterior based on location needs (office space common space lighting landscape parking lot etc.
- Documenting tracking and trending operational characteristics
- Coordinate communicate and schedule general trades and specialty contractors to perform preventive and corrective maintenance activities
- Installation of electrical branch feeders and branch circuits per NEC standards
- Installation of network infrastructure cabling fiber optics and Category 6
- Travel Occasional Day Travel; Infrequent Overnight Travel
Qualifications
- Associates degree trade school certification or other verifiable training in a relevant technical field or equivalent practical experience
- 5 years in mechanical/HVAC electrical at journeyman or technician level (minimum of 2 years of experience in a critical environment/5 years in a critical environment is preferred)
- Professional Licensing in Mechanical or Electrical
- Mechanical aptitude to perform equipment troubleshooting and repair/ rebuild
- Respond in a timely manner to requests for services and changes per company policy and procedure
- Ability to lift and move 50 lbs. of equipment work on platforms ladders and under raised floors
Preferred Qualifications
- Excellent understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment including: Branch Feeders Transformers Generators Switchgear UPS systems PDU units HVAC AHU CRAC and CRAH units Fire Alarm systems Cleanagent fire suppression systems PreAction fire suppression systems
- Ability to communicate intelligently and effectively with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on these systems
- Ability to learn quickly and address issues as they arise during normal working hours or when oncall
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
This position may require shift work that includes weekends and holidays
The following criteria apply to all positions:
- Employees must complete individual quarterly objectives as assigned
- Employees must demonstrate commitment to all corporate core values: Customers First Integrity Initiative ProblemSolving
Disclaimer: This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this position and may change at any time with or without notice. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.