Data Center Senior Critical Facilities Engineer (Electrical)

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Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable the innovations that enrich our work, life and planet.

A place where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future.

Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world and delivers real impact for our customers, communities and society. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you—because when you feel valued, you’re empowered to do your best work.

Job Summary Leads repairs, corrective maintenance, and complex installations. Guides others in resolving incidents, and recommends new procedures to resolve faults.

Responsibilities Facility/Infrastructure Maintenance

Performs site inspections and monitors the building and Data center alarms

Performs preventative maintenance on site infrastructure (e.g. maintenance of primary infrastructures), or manages vendors

Leads repairs and corrective maintenance

Advises other team members on repairs and preventative maintenance

Leads and coordinates critical infrastructure operations

Site Administration

Completion of site logs and issuing of permits, such as MOPs and scripts

Incident Management

Instructs on-site staff during incidents

Work Orders

Leads others with work requests and circuit installations

Performs capacity management

Collaboration

Identifies and understands underlying issues probes the facts

Can identify component level faults and provide recommendations for new procedures

Utilizes resources outside of the department as necessary

Additional Projects

Leads infrastructure project activities

May recommend infrastructure projects

Qualifications / Requirement

5+ years’ experience in a facilities engineering role in a critical environment like Data Center preferred

Experience in Electrical System is preferred

A diploma/degree in Electrical Engineering is preferred

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This posting is for a backfill position, meaning it is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization.