Job title: Data Center Facility Engineer
Company: Magellan Professional Solutions, Inc.
Job description: Prior-military technicians are highly desiredPosition Overview: We are recruiting for positions with a large global company that operates and maintains data centers across the US. These openings are due to a new data center build out and increased capacity across their data centers in Chicago to meet growing customer demand. As a member of the company’s facilities engineering team, you will be joining a team-based organization with a well establish and industry recognized training program and culture that fosters personal initiative and respect for team members. In this role you will be responsible for operating and maintaining mission critical infrastructure and building support systems. You will develop maintenance and operational procedures as well as provide oversight to contracted maintenance and support personnel. This is not just a “hands-on” maintenance and operations role, but an all-encompassing position where you will make a difference on how systems are run based on routine analysis and equipment changes to ensure optimal performance. This company is loyal to employees, especially those who demonstrate the desire to succeed, and has promoted many of the Facilities Technicians (we helped interview) into higher level leadership roles.Duties
- Continually learn and strive to gain experience and qualifications for the operation and maintenance of mechanical and electrical support systems, including power distribution systems, emergency power, HVAC, cooling, BAS, fire alarm and suppression systems.
- Work with the management team to develop and implement new maintenance standards, as well as work to improve existing procedures to support site operations.
- Act as the technical point of contact for all maintenance, troubleshooting, and operation of facility engineering equipment and systems.
- Participate in facility construction and commissioning activities.
- Supervise and critique work performance by subcontractors to ensure adherence to standards, schedules, and specifications. This includes any third-party contract hires to support data center and base building infrastructure.
- Maintain a record of maintenance discrepancies and work with supervisors to resolve site issues based on team priorities.
- Provide backup to IT/Operations staff and security to ensure customer requirements are always being met.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Seeking prior-military Technicians (Electrical, Mechanical or Controls backgrounds)
- Ability to rapidly learn and master all facets of the data center mission critical plant and auxiliary systems.
- At least four years of relevant experience in the operation, troubleshooting, and maintenance of mechanical and/or electrical support systems.
- Experience working with contracted repair and installation organization, to include QA, testing and acceptance procedures
- Desire experience in the use of test equipment such as multimeters, power quality meters, and other test equipment to evaluate and troubleshoot equipment operation.
- Evening shifts are a high priority, but we have openings on Day shifts
BENEFITS: Excellent corporate benefits package that will commence on your first day of employment. The benefits package includes: medical and dental coverage, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation and paid holidays.There is no relocation assistance with this opportunity. This is an excellent opportunity for someone getting out of the military who has the right technical skills and wants to work fulltime but pursue a degree with the Post 9-11 GI Bill. The easy/set shift will allow you to schedule classes during the day that meet your educational goals.Magellan Professional Solutions, Inc. is a recruiting firm specializing in assisting prior-military engineers, technicians, and leaders in finding employment in the energy and manufacturing industries. Our services are at no cost to candidates and we only recruit for full-time opportunities. If you are interested, please send your resume Michael Erikson at: merikson(at)magellan-ps.com
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Location: Chicago, IL
Job date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 05:02:04 GMT
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