TekWissen LLC
Location
Sterling, IL | United States
Job description
Overview:
TekWissen Group is a workforce management provider throughout the USA and many other countries in the world. Our client is a company operating a marketplace for consumers, sellers, and content creators. It offers merchandise and content purchased for resale from vendors and those offered by thirdparty sellers.
Job Title: Data Center Technical Operations Engineer I
Location: Sterling, VA
Duration: 6 Months
Job Type: Contract
Work Type: Onsite
Job Description:
The Data Center Technical Operations Engineer, Facility will be responsible for Data Center Engineering Operations within a Data Center including risk management and mitigation, corrective and preventative maintenance of critical infrastructure, vendor management and metric reporting.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for the on-site management of shift technicians, senior shift technicians, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices and procedures.
Establish performance benchmarks, conduct analyses, and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance.
Work with IT managers and other business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability and efficiency.
Operate and manage both routine and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as: switchgear, generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, building monitoring systems, etc.
May assist in the design and build out of new facilities.
May assist in projects to increase current facility efficiency.
Responsible for asset and inventory management.
Assist in recruiting efforts
Deliver quality service and ensure all customer demands are met
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree or Technical (Military/ Trade School) Degree and relevant experience.
0-2 years of relevant work experience.
0-2 years of management experience.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong leadership and organizational skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to prioritize in complex, fast-paced environment.
Preferred Qualifications-
0-2 years of Data Center Engineering Experience
0-2 years of Data Center Management Experience
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline.
Fundamental knowledge of network design and layout as well as low voltage (copper/ fiber) cabling
Story Behind the Need Business Group & Key Projects
Reason for Request:
Backfill
EOT's are front-line responders for hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operation.
This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS's, PDU's, AHU's, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD's, and building automation systems.
Assist in troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal Service Level Agreements (SLA).
Perform rack installs, rack decommissioning, operational readings and facility management.
Can you give me a little detail about your team culture?
Track operational metrics
Hands on technician, maintenance and some admin work
Will have a shift partner, but need ability to work independently
Tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.
Drive projects with moderate complexity.
Walk job sites in uneven terrain. Maintain balance and perform construction tasks while on a ladder
Typical Day in the Role:
Daily Schedule:
12-hour shifts, 3 on 3 off, 4 on, 4 off
Work schedule changes depending on specific site needs. Shifts can be up to 12-hours and may rotate on a predefined schedule. Some locations have on-call rotations
Day rotation for training Role may support more than one location/site.
Interaction with team/Day to Day
Role may support more than one location/site.
Provide key performance indicators to senior engineers.
Responsible for the on-site management of contractors, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with established practices, procedures & local legislation.
Performance and oversight of maintenance and operations on all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center.
Extension? Yes
Conversion? Yes
Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition
Role interesting:
Maintain data center critical infrastructure equipment ensuring 99.999% uptime of the world's largest cloud computing portfolio.
Candidate Requirements
REQUIRED SKILLS
Electrical competency
Mechanical competency
Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work.
Perform basic support concepts such as ticketing systems, root cause analysis, change management creation, writing procedures and building management systems.
Regularly lift and/or move up to 39 pounds unassisted and participate in group lifts for 40+ pounds
Regularly walk, use hands and fingers, handle or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, climb stairs, twist, bend, work above shoulders, grasp, carry, push and pull.
Plus:
leadership experience
Years of Experience:
1+ years of electrical or mechanical, or
1+ years of data center or mission critical facilities (example: hospital, military facility, public safety facility, etc.) experience
Degree or Certification:
High school or equivalent diploma
2+ years of data center engineering experience
Leadership Principle:
Earns trust
Ownership
Top 3 must-have hard skills
Electrical competency
Mechanical competency
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
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