Facilities Engineer

As a Digital Fortress Facilities Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in maintaining and optimizing Digital Fortress’ facilities and data centers. You will leverage your technical expertise to own, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and other data center support systems. You will be responsible for system ownership, project and capital management, vendor and contractor coordination, writing procedures and other documentation, and training personnel. This is an opportunity to join our fast-moving team and be a part of Digital Fortress’ future.

• System ownership and operation: Oversee and maintain the uptime, redundant availability, and overall system health of complex mechanical, electrical, and HVAC systems which service the data center locations
• Project and capital management: Plan and execute facility upgrades, retrofits, installations and demolitions, within designated scopes, schedules, and budgets
• Vendor and contractor coordination: Interface with various trade partners to scope out work, review bids, manager purchase orders, and supervise maintenance work including preventative maintenance (PMs) and correcting maintenance (CMs)
• Procedures and documentation: Write, publish, and maintain documentation regarding all facility tasks, including PMs, CMs, Troubleshooting/RFC, daily operations/rounds-and-readings, training materials, and more
• Team growth: mentor and train new technicians and engineers to continually strengthen the team’s facility talent pool
• Drive continuous improvement throughout Digital Fortress by identifying facility and datacenter system inefficiencies and implementing creative solutions
• Partner with facility teammates, internal and external customers, sales teams, and IT teams to deliver solutions that support facility and datacenter processes

Weekdays – onsite at data center location(s) - (Mon, Tues, Weds, Thurs, & Fri) – 7:30AM to 3:30PM PST

1-week on-call periods during which emergency escalations/help needs for data center are your responsibility to handle – rotates between all facility personnel on a ~4 week cadence

Qualifications:

Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 2 to 5+ years of engineering experience in industrial mechanical and electrical systems, including HVAC systems, chilled and heating water systems, air handlers, pumps, piping, power distribution, power switching, uninterruptable power supplies, emergency generators, and automatic transfer switches.
• 2 to 5+ years of experience in data center operations, including cabling runs, security system management, customer interfacing, and IT troubleshooting
• 2 to 5+ years of experience with troubleshooting and conducting repairs on various mechanical equipment and systems.
• Significant experience (5+ years) with using the Microsoft suite of applications and tools (e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, Teams, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) license and/or EIT certification
• Experience with VOC, scrubber, and exhaust system maintenance.
• Experience in utilizing any mid-to-large scale BMS (e.g. SCADA, Metasys, Niagra, Pythia, etc.)
• Experience in utilizing any mid-to-large scale CMMS (e.g. Maximo, Limble, etc.)

Pay: $83,000.00 - $93,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person