HVAP Data Centre Shift Technician – Slough

Our client is a global data centre services organisation, steadily growing their presence, and have a requirement for multiple shift engineers to be based at a newly built data centre facility in Slough. Working on a continental shift pattern, covering 12 hour days and nights, the role calls for experienced multi-skilled building services or data centre engineers to join and take responsibility for routine and reactive maintenance to electrical and mechanical systems in a highly critical environment. These sites are co-location, housing servers for blue chip, household name organisations and it is vital they maintain 100% uptime.

Guideline salary is up to £55,000 basic. Combined with opportunity for overtime and training, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a market leader in a booming sector.

• Operate all M&E systems within the Data Centre in a competent, effective and efficient manner (including HV Electrical isolations/operations). Making recommendations for improvement and providing concise technical reports when required.
• Ensuring that all Specialist Sub Contractors visits are conducted in line with approved Standard Operating Procedures.
• Carrying out daily emergency callout tasks.
• Completing logbooks and RAMS.
• Able to apply a risk focused maintenance approach and operations of plant and systems in data centres/critical environments.
• Ensuring all critical client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements.
• Provide emergency response standby, call out. Escalate urgent issues. Respond to work interruptions, outages or emergencies consistent with the SLA.
• Support critical environment related technical audits as required and directed by line manager.
• Completion of records and logs required to demonstrate delivery of maintenance requirements.
• Control and supervise contractors when required.
• Emergency lighting testing.
• All Electrical work including lighting, wiring, testing, alarm systems, BMS, lighting systems and Heat exchangers.
• Engineers must be able to demonstrate appropriate knowledge of AHU, FCU, UPS, Generators, LV systems, which will include the ability to fault find.
• Evaluate and escalate any potential risks, with an assessment of impact, probable causes and mitigation opportunities.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement of safe systems of work, ensuring compliance with relevant QHSE policy and procedures.
• Support the Data Centre Shift Leader in the day to day operational delivery of all planned, reactive, corrective and project related works.

• Trade trained with ideally 3 years’ experience in the building services.
• City & Guilds Qualified Electrical Level 3.
• Critical site (Data Centre or Banking Sites).
• Good building services knowledge.
• Ability to lead a team when under pressure, whilst remaining calm, clear thinking and able to deliver the required services to the client within given time constraints.
• Individuals who can demonstrate commitment and previous experience; but not meet all the required technical qualifications may be considered subject to Directors approval.
• Demonstrate a willingness to attend on and off site training for plant and systems; this may require nights away from home.