Critical Facilities Technician, EMEA [Germany]

 

À PROPOS DE VANTAGE DATA CENTERS

Vantage s’engage à être un lieu de travail d’inclusion, d’équité, de respect et d’acceptation. Nous célébrons la diversité et cherchons intentionnellement des occasions d’apprendre des expériences de chacun.

Vantage Data Centers alimente, refroidit, protège et connecte la technologie des plus grands joueurs hyperscale, des fournisseurs de solutions infonuagiques et des grandes entreprises. Présente dans six marchés en Amérique du Nord et six en Europe, Vantage innove dans la conception des centres de données pour offrir des gains spectaculaires en termes de fiabilité, d’efficacité et de durabilité ainsi que des environnements flexibles qui peuvent évoluer aussi vite que le marché l’exige. Vantage connaît une croissance exponentielle grâce à ses installations nouvelles jumelées à ses acquisitions à travers l’Amérique du Nord et l’Europe.

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. The team is staffed 24 x 7 onsite with Critical Facilities Technician (CFTs) working on shift. This team is the face of Vantage to our customers and the guaranty of business continuity and excellence of Operations of our campus as well as the performance of our customer installations. Using a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) to plan and track maintenance activities, the Site Operations department is responsible for all preventative and corrective maintenance. 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 Technician 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 successful candidate for this role 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.

If you enjoy working on critical data center systems (UPSs, PDUs, Diesel Generators, ATS equipment and Building Controls), as well as industrial electrical equipment and systems that include power distribution components/wiring, electronic components and lighting systems. If you know the importance of getting it right the first time and not disrupting mission critical data centers. If you enjoy delighting customers with superior service and you have the desire and ability to do so, then please read on!

Essential Job Functions

• Ensure the completion of the maintenance activities to the highest quality level of planification, preparation, execution, and reporting
• Ensure the full reliability of the infrastructures with the focus on continuity of services, energy efficiency and budgetary constraints
• Use the BMS (Backup Management System) and all available systems and do regular walkthroughs to keep up to date at all time the appropriate monitoring on site

Duties

• In close collaboration with the contractors, participate in the drafting of the preventive maintenance schedule for the site infrastructures and implement it in collaboration with all service providers concerned. Closely monitor the operations with a continuous concern for minimizing risks during interventions, and ensure the reporting of this activity
• Participate in the implementation of the site-specific crisis management plan and in the tests and implementation exercises concerning this plan
• Within applicable and authorized interventions according to the local regulation and the up to date certification(s) of the CFT, be capable of manipulating / activating certain electrical and or mechanical and or security infrastructures for the purpose of protecting people and property and/or maintaining service continuity on the site
• Monitor very closely the capacities of the infrastructure equipment at their different levels and their load of use / demand, and report back to the Site Manager
• Anticipate the impact of the future development of customer loads on these infrastructures by implementing warning thresholds and also by investigating technical solutions to reinforce the infrastructures (technical feasibility, design choices, budgetary allowance, etc.) and/or their level of redundancy
• According to the Site Manager's instructions, carry out this infrastructure reinforcement analysis well in advance (utilizing studies, quotations for implementation, project schedule, risk analysis, operating instructions, etc.)
• Participate with the construction team to any site construction phase including the commissioning, and specifically to ensure service continuity to the customers
• Actively contribute to all improvement actions in the site PUE
• Proactively raise awareness of the need to increase the power level that is contractually agreed with the energy provider
• Develop energy quality indicators as provided on behalf of infrastructures, by keeping appropriate records.
• Ensure highest standards of cleanliness by adapting the ad-hoc services
• Beyond the context of the technical infrastructures of the Data Centre area, manage all services / suppliers concerned and the external appearance of the building, working in coordination with its owner’s technical /operational departments
• With the assistance of the IT and Controls departments, ensure the proper operation of the site’s BMS
• Ensure that resources allow for the monitoring of infrastructures and their use at all times and as closely and as efficiently as possible, including with regard to their use by security officers
• Support and monitor the maintenance service providers daily and keep up to date the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) in accordance with VANTAGE’s requirements
• Produce any indicators or data which allow for the calculation of an indicator
• Participate in regular audits which are designed to assess the level of service continuity and analyze risks
• Implement improvement plans arising from the observations made during audits or in response to incidents arising in the infrastructures

Job Requirements

• Technical training (advanced technician or engineer level) in one of the following fields: electricity (electric generators, UPS, low-voltage distribution), air conditioning, fire and physical safety and security (access control, video and anti-intrusion systems) or centralized building management systems
• Experience in these types of functions, ideally in a similar environment to data center operations
• Demonstrate knowledge in operating, maintaining, repairing, inspecting, and testing critical electrical distribution systems, HVAC systems and building management/automation equipment
• Technical versatility
• Locking out / making installations safe after incidents
• Supervision of Level II, III and IV maintenance works on the site infrastructure
• Reactivation of circuit breakers in low-voltage electrical equipment
• Supervision of preventive and corrective maintenance activities
• Readings and measurements on equipment
• Good communication skills with third parties and internal customers
• Ability to demonstrate a proactive approach and the capacity to generate new ideas
• Highly motivated at problem-solving
• Attention to detail and a genuine commitment to following up actions
• Good writing skills
• Everyday use of standard office equipment
• Proven skills in the use of software, such as, BMS, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems and MS Project
• 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
• English and German language minimum level B2

Physical activities and requirements

• Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles.
• Moving about at different levels.
• Remain stationary for sustained periods of time.
• Moving about to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another.
• Able to press against something with steady force in order to thrust forward, downward or outward.
• Able to exert force in order to draw, haul or tug objects in a sustained motion.
• Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position.
• Applying pressure to an object.
• Repetitive motion.
• Heavy work. Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Raised access floor work. Must be able to manoeuvre and work underneath and around raised access floor of varying heights

Physical Working Conditions

• The position is subject to extreme cold and extreme heat. Activities occur inside and outside.
• The position is subject to noise such as vibration and high volume of air movement
• The position is subject to hazards. Includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.

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Nous travaillons dans un environnement sans orgueil et sans arrogance. Nous mettons tout en œuvre pour nous construire et nous soutenir l’un l’autre, en appréciant les forces de chacun et en respectant les faiblesses d’autrui. Travailler ensemble est un plaisir, et nous cherchons toujours le moyen de rendre le travail encore plus agréable. Notre dur labeur et notre efficacité sont récompensés par une rémunération globale supérieure à ce qu’offre le marché. Nous proposons un régime de soins médicaux et d’assistance, un régime de retraite et des congés payés au-delà des attentes du marché.

La sécurité est toujours une priorité. Pendant la COVID, tout le personnel qui le peut, travaille à distance et des mesures appropriées ont été prises pour assurer la sécurité des employés occupant un poste essentiel sur place. Peu importe votre lieu de travail, nous vous fournissons la technologie nécessaire avant ou le jour même de votre entrée en poste.

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