Data Center Plant Engineer, Electrical
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Minimum qualifications:
- Associate's degree, trade school certification, or other certified training in a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10 years of experience with electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment (e.g., Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, Automatic Transfer Switch (ATS)/Static Transfer Switch (STS) units, Power Distribution Unit (PDU)/Power Management Module (PMM) units, Chillers, Air handling units, and CRAC units).
- 10 years of experience with electrical substations, and other mission critical facility maintenance and operational experience.
- 10 years of experience working in data centers, hospitals, power plants, or transmission operations.
Preferred qualifications:
- Ability to communicate with contractors who perform maintenance or upgrade work on the data center systems.
- Ability to adapt along with excellent problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work non-standard hours, including working weekends, holidays, and on shift-based schedules.
About the job
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The Data Center team operates some of the most sophisticated server, storage and networking systems on the planet. Our teams ensure that our customer service level agreements and availability goals are met while maintaining environmental and safety standards. We manage data center performance issues and outages to minimize the recovery time from failures, identifying problems while making repairs quickly in emergency situations.
You will approach complex topics like how we manage the life cycle of our computing, network, and storage infrastructure, environmentally-friendly facilities. You optimize for efficiency, seeks continuous improvements, communicate recommendations to the executives and drive implementation alongside peers.
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Responsibilities
- Monitor Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE)/Water Usage Effectiveness (WUE) and act as technical lead to drive site-level efficiency programs in collaboration with technicians and management.
- Lead EHS, operations, and maintenance programs with a focus on compliance, mentor Facility Technicians (FTs) to drive continuous program improvements.
- Navigate organizational change by providing site-level feedback, coordinating with subject-matter expert (SME), and managing the execution and closure of technical bugs.
- Direct site teams through Data Center (DC) commissioning and retesting processes, collaborate with Quality teams to resolve site-specific or regional concerns.
- Serve as the regional lead for quality and reliability issues, providing expert design input and technical direction across multiple global sites.
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