Critical Environment Engineer

QTS Data Centers

Critical Environment Engineer providing technical support for all aspects of data center operations. Ensuring maintenance, compliance, and reliability of mission critical systems in a 24x7 environment.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timePiscataway • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $91,694 - $140,225 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
Provide and evaluate ongoing assessment of infrastructure and operations as required by QTS policies and procedures.
Supports implementation and audit local standard operating procedures.
Support 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.
Assists in the technical review and input on plans for all significant planned and emergency maintenance events for the facility; ensures these activities are executed in a controlled and proven method to ensure the reliability of the critical loads supported by these systems.
Assists in the Change Management Process to provide approval for preventative and corrective maintenance, in accordance with established QTS processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or professional equivalent
Five 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
Seven or more years of direct experience with facilities engineering related activities in a data center environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

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
scholarship for dependents
wellness program
other company benefits

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Hard Skills & Tools

data center operationsmaintenance and repairtechnical supportinfrastructure assessmentHVACpower circuit installationscompliance initiativeschange managementpreventative maintenancecorrective maintenance

Soft Skills

coordinationcommunicationproblem-solvingattention to detailteam collaborationstakeholder engagementorganizational skillstechnical reviewadaptabilitycustomer service

Certifications

Bachelor's degreeHVAC certificationcritical power certification