Critical Environment Engineer

The Critical Environment Engineer will be responsible to assist with the engineering related to coordination, installation, and integration aspects of electrical and mechanical systems, operations, and maintenance for critical and non-critical electrical & mechanical systems alike within the QTS portfolio.

This role requires keen planning skills along with the ability to lead through influence and to be a proactive partner with a strong engineering orientation.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the electrical and mechanical systems and possess knowledge of large-scale data centers (or similar environments).

These environments may include state-of-the-art electrical distribution systems, static UPS, emergency standby generation, fire alarm / suppression, monitoring systems, as well as chiller and large scale cooling systems.

This role requires work hours to support a 7X24X365 data center environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES, other duties may be assigned

• 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.

• Supports for all local customer installations, in coordination with Sales Engineering, Design & Construction and Colocation Operations to coordinate site technical solutions and drawings for customer move-ins and turn-ups, including deployments and power circuit installations.
• Supports implementation and audit local standard operating procedures in conjunction with our Corporate Audit teams.
• 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 response procedures (ERP) established for the critical environments, as well as the formal change control process.
• Participates 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.

Uses the Change Management Process to get approval for preventative and corrective maintenance. Commences & completes the maintenance along with the necessary documentation using the QTS process and software.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree or professional equivalent
• HVAC or critical power certifications or equivalent professional experience
• Ability to travel to other Data Center locations as required.
• US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Two 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)

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to develop solutions and create technical plans on projects
• Ability and willingness to think outside of the box to find creative and innovative solutions to improve quality, reliability and continuously drive down operating costs
• Basic understanding of both mechanical and electrical equipment, systems and design related to data centers.
• Knowledge of electricity and medium to low voltage electrical distribution systems
• Experience with emergency backup systems (generators, UPS, battery backup)
• Knowledge of preventative maintenance and work order software systems, single line drawings, critical scripted work, and sequence of operations.

TOTAL REWARDS

• This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes : 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; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.

This position is Bonus eligible.

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