Critical Facilities Engineer

Critical Facilities Engineer - UK, Hertfordshire - Permanent Contract

We are working with a European data centre operator that is rapidly expanding its footprint across the continent, focusing onedge computing infrastructurethat brings digital services closer to end-users. This company is building a network ofsustainable, low-latency data centresand currently has projects in Germany, France, the UK, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the Data Centre Manager and the senior management to set strategic objectives for the property and manage the implementation.
• Work with the technical operations engineering team colleagues to ensure that best practice is being adopted and that a common approach is in place.
• Ensure that procedures are followed to remain competent to act as the first line response engineer in the event of a fault in the site plant or infrastructure to minimise the potential for outages and reduce the frequency of outages.
• Implement and manage a rigorous change management system to ensure 100% uptime is achieved across the facility.
• Identify and recommend operational improvements to be implemented on site.
• Ensure that all compliance and standards are implemented and observed across the site, including Health and Safety.
• Understand the engineering design and operational aspect of each building system.
• Respond quickly to emergency situations (i.e. fires, evacuation, equipment failure, call outs etc.) and customer concerns, and to be available to work outside normal hours, nights and weekends when required.

Requirements:

• Hold a relevant technical qualification where necessary and proven experience.
• Experience in site management, operation and maintenance of critical engineering systems and understands the full range of M & E equipment in a modern critical environment.
• Professional and strategic approach to management of works and projects.
• Planning, organising and prioritising skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong rapport and relationship building skills with both internal and external customers.
• Ability to work under pressure and keep calm in a crisis
• Previous experience of working as a team player in a small team
• Experience of dealing with customer problems in difficult circumstances
• Previous experience of technical and operational management of data Centre and preferably within the co-location / wholesale sector

If this role is of interest to you, please apply now!