Critical Facilities Engineer in Newport, Wales

About Vantage Data Centers: Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Site Operations Department: The Site Operations Department is responsible for the overall health of all mechanical and electrical systems, building maintenance, and performance of all data modules in our data centers. This Site Operations team is the face of Vantage to our customers and the guarantee of business continuity and excellence of Operations of our campus as well as the performance of our customer installations. Our culture expects and rewards team performance that engages directly with the customers and the facility infrastructure.

Position Overview: We are looking for a Critical Facilities Engineer who knows what best-in-class service looks like and can make that a reality. This role is an important member of our facilities team where we manage some of the most efficient and cost-effective data center facilities in the industry.

Essential Job Functions:

• Work under limited supervision, both independently and within a team environment.
• Manage multiple one-time and/or ongoing projects.
• Respond to safety and emergency situations and maintain a safe and secure work environment.
• Use discretion and judgment in organizing workflow and adapting as priorities are modified due to a changing environment.
• Frequent contact with employees at all levels of the organization; frequent external contact with vendors.

Duties:

• Operate, perform maintenance and service repairs on critical Data Center systems (UPS, PDU, Diesel Generators, ATS equipment and Building Controls, Chillers, CRAH, etc.).
• Develop reliability reports to ensure availability and capacity targets are achieved and maintained with 100% uptime.
• Coordinate, and oversee all maintenance vendors to ensure personnel safety, protect the Facility’s critical equipment, and maintain power to the critical load.
• Create required MOPs (Method of Procedure), SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) and EOPs (Emergency Operating Procedures) to ensure all maintenance activities are performed in accordance to them.
• Additional duties as assigned by Management.

Job Requirements:

• Minimum 1 year, 3+ years preferred, of “hands on” experience with the maintenance and repair of industrial electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical facilities.
• Demonstrate knowledge in operating, maintaining, repairing, inspecting and testing critical electrical distribution systems, HVAC systems and building management/automation equipment.
• Ability to read commercial building blueprints and understand electrical single lines and schematics.
• Knowledge of commonly-used concepts, practices, and procedures related to mechanical & electrical systems needed to run data centers.
• Technical Writing skills and experience; as well as creating, coordinating, updating and/or modifying MOPs/SOPs/EOP’s for critical facilities equipment.
• Work experience in the electrical or mechanical field is highly desired.
• Strong emphasis on technical skills/training, with intent to obtain license within a reasonable time.
• May be required to complete formal training in an area of specialty, such as UPS maintenance.
• Candidates must possess reliable transportation for reporting to work for shifts, or emergencies.
• Travel is expected to be less than 5%, occasionally for training purposes.
• Potential employees must complete a background check successfully.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local standards.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.