Critical Facilities Technician

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.

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.

The specific skillset needed by this team is that of a hands‑on industrial HVAC technician or mechanic, or an individual with equivalent experience in critical cooling systems.

The successful candidate will work with a team of other electrical and mechanical‑focused engineers performing maintenance and repair for our data center infrastructure.

We take our customer requirements for uptime seriously and keep our facilities maintained to a very high standard to insure uninterrupted service for our customers.

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.
• Maintain frequent contact with employees at all levels of the organization and with external vendors.

Duties

• Operate, perform maintenance and service repairs on critical data center systems, including UPS, PDU, diesel generators, ATS equipment, building controls, chillers, CRAH, and 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 with them.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by management.
• Job Requirements
• Minimum 1 year, 3+ years preferred, of hands‑on experience maintaining and repairing industrial electrical and mechanical systems in mission‑critical facilities, including emergency generators, electrical distribution, critical PDUs, UPS, HVAC, air handling units, computer‑grade cooling systems, and building monitoring/automation systems.
• Demonstrate knowledge in operating, maintaining, repairing, inspecting, or testing critical electrical distribution systems, HVAC systems, and building management/automation equipment.
• Ability to read commercial building blueprints, electrical single lines, and schematics.
• Knowledge of commonly‑used concepts, practices and procedures related to mechanical and electrical systems needed to run data centers.
• Technical writing skills, including creating, coordinating, updating, or modifying MOPs/SOPs/EOPs for critical facilities equipment and supporting new systems.
• Strong emphasis on technical skills/training, with intent to obtain a license within a reasonable time.
• May be required to complete formal training in a specialty area, 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.
• Reliable completion of a background check.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

The total compensation package is above market and includes recognition, training, development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

#J-18808-Ljbffr