HV MV Specialist, DCEO

The Data Center HV/MV Specialist Engineer (SE) is responsible for ensuring that all high voltage and medium voltage electrical mechanical and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment daily corrective work and emergency response to emergent issues. The SE serves as a subject matter expert on high voltage and medium voltage equipment reticulation and protection systems. The SE is a technical resource interacting with onsite Facility Managers Engineering Operations Technicians (EOT) and any third-party vendors. They are expected to be a singular focal point for the clusters high and medium voltage electrical infrastructure that supports operations.
Also expected from the SE is the ability to manage large scale electrical impacting projects and new region support from conception to completion. These projects involve large amounts of independent work as well as collaboration with external support groups including engineering automation procurement and finance in both local and global settings. The SE will be tasked with creating and delivering on key milestones obtaining and tracking quotes for all necessary costs and documenting project results for future implementation at other facilities. The goals of such projects are for the SE to drive innovation and resiliency while reducing operational costs in the facilities. The SE will ensure that the deliverables related to medium and high voltage infrastructure meet legal compliance and international quality standards.
The SE directs trains and supports EOTs in their role of providing hands-on medium and high voltage equipment troubleshooting and operational knowledge. Implementation and execution of site/equipment-specific training exercises is also expected. This equipment includes but is not limited to HV switchgear MV switchgear protection systems transformers cables and legislative requirements.
The role will be based in Cape Town; however flexibility is required to travel to other locations within the MEA region if required.


Key job responsibilities
Oversee the day-to-day operations and maintenance of medium and high voltage infrastructure
Operate independently with limited direct management
Assist in the design and build out of new MV and HV facility infrastructure
Act as an escalation point for all facilities-related issues within the data center region and work OT hours as needed to support site stability
Perform root cause analysis of MV/HV equipment failures
Create and deploy new standard practices for Engineering Operations Technicians Chief Engineers and vendor support teams
Provide training and guidance to Engineering Operations Technicians and assisting in recruiting efforts for the same
Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to by vendor and Amazon staff
Utilize internal Change Management Systems to manage building workflows
MV/HV Isolation to facilitate MV/HV maintenance
Provide metric availability reporting on a weekly basis
Support all regions in the MEA
Communicate complex technical information to a non-technical audience



About the team
AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design planning delivery and operation of all AWS global other words were the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers storage networking power and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and were looking for talented people who want to help.

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- Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or a related field
- Experience carrying new design concepts through exploration development and into deployment or mass production
- Experience in project management
- HV and MV switching accreditation

- 5 years of project management in data centers or comparable critical infrastructure experience
- Knowledge of engineering documentation electrical diagrams and standard operating procedures
- Government Certificate of Competency
- Occupational Health and Safety certification
- GMR 2.1 Legal Appointment eligibility

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