
Senior Critical Environment Engineer
QTS Data Centers
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Hillsboro • Arizona • Oregon • United States
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About the role
- Provide technical support to all aspects of data center operations including the operation, maintenance and repair of all mission critical equipment and systems supporting a 24x7 data center operation to achieve 100% uptime and 100% compliance with all customer SLAs
- Assist in all site construction activity and installations, in coordination with QTS Development Team, external construction resources, to ensure system design, installation and testing adhere to operational standards
- Witness testing of all equipment during commissioning and validate sequence of operations and receipt of all operational documentation
- Provide technical support for all local customer installations, in coordination with key stakeholders to coordinate site technical solutions and drawings for customer move-ins and turn-ups, including deployments and power circuit installations
- Attends factory witness tests to ensure supplier compliance with QTS standards
- Provide and evaluate ongoing assessment of infrastructure and operations as required by QTS policies and procedures
- Supports implementation and audit local standard operating procedures in conjunction with our Corporate Audit teams
- Collaborate and advise on various accreditation, certification and compliance initiatives as may be required by QTS
- Maintain compliance with local health & safety (i.e. OSHA) standards and national electrical and building codes
- Interfaces with vendors, QTS Engineering, QTS Development and peer operations organizations
- Ensure adherence to all standard operating procedures (SOP), method of procedures (MOP), and emergency operating procedures (EOP) established for the critical environments, as well as the formal change control process
- Participates in the scheduling, coordination and completion of all significant planned and emergency maintenance events for the facility and ensure these activities are executed in a controlled and proven method to ensure the reliability of the critical loads supported by these systems
- Acts as the approval authority for the Change Management Process for preventative and corrective maintenance
- Advises and collaborates with operations for continuous improvement of CAB processes
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or similar HVAC or critical power certifications OR equivalent professional experience
- Seven or more years of direct experience with engineering related activities in a technical or critical environment (data center, nuclear power, hospital, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, industrial/commercial field engineering)
- HVAC or critical power certifications or equivalent professional experience
- Ability to travel up to 50% to other Data Center locations as required
- US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts
- Ten or more years of direct experience with facilities engineering related activities in a data center environment (preferred)
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- flexible spending and HSA accounts
- paid holidays
- paid time off
- paid volunteer days
- employee assistance program
- tuition assistance
- parental leave
- military leave assistance
- QTS scholarship for dependents
- wellness program
- other company benefits
- bonus eligible
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
data center operationsmission critical equipmentsystem designinstallationtestinginfrastructure assessmentpreventative maintenancecorrective maintenancechange management processcompliance auditing
Soft Skills
collaborationcommunicationcoordinationtechnical supportcontinuous improvementproblem-solvingleadershiporganizational skillsattention to detailcustomer service
Certifications
Bachelor of Science in Electrical EngineeringBachelor of Science in Mechanical EngineeringHVAC certificationscritical power certifications