Critical Facilities Engineer, NA

Vantage Data Centers•Sterling, VA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Vantage is seeking a Critical Facilities Engineer to support its facilities team and help maintain reliable, efficient data center operations. The role focuses on hands-on maintenance and repair of electrical and mechanical infrastructure in a new data center. The successful candidate will work independently and with a team of engineers, taking care to protect uptime and provide high-quality service to customers. The engineer will operate, inspect, maintain, and repair critical systems including UPSs, PDUs, diesel generators, ATS equipment, switchgear, building controls, HVAC and computer-grade cooling systems. The role also includes coordinating maintenance vendors, creating and maintaining operating procedures, and developing reliability reports to support availability and capacity targets. The position requires flexibility in response to changing priorities and may involve work outside normal business hours, weekends, holidays, and on-call support.

Requirements

At least 3 years of hands-on experience maintaining and repairing industrial electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical facilities; 5 or more years is preferred.
Experience with emergency generators, fuel delivery systems, parallel switchgear, medium- and low-voltage switchgear and controls, critical and essential PDUs, UPSs, HVAC, air handling units, computer-grade cooling systems, and building monitoring or control systems.
Knowledge of operating, maintaining, repairing, inspecting, and testing critical electrical distribution systems, HVAC systems, and building management or automation equipment.
Ability to read commercial building blueprints and understand electrical single-line diagrams and schematics.
Knowledge of common concepts, practices, and procedures related to the mechanical and electrical systems needed to operate data centers.
Technical writing skills and experience creating, coordinating, updating, or modifying MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs for critical facility equipment, including researching technical requirements and supporting new systems.
Reliable transportation for reporting to work for shifts or emergencies.
Successful completion of a background check.
Willingness to work outside normal business hours, including weekends, late nights, holidays, and on-call support.
Ability to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
Ability to perform the physical demands described in the posting, including standing, walking, sitting, climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, reaching, handling objects, and lifting up to 50 pounds.
Ability to smell, talk, hear, type, handle and feel objects, and see at close and distance ranges, including color vision.

Nice To Haves

Five or more years of hands-on experience maintaining and repairing industrial electrical and mechanical systems in mission-critical facilities.
Experience as a chiller or HVAC data center specialist.
Work experience in the electrical or mechanical field.
Strong technical skills or training, with intent to obtain a license within a reasonable time.
Willingness to complete formal training in a specialty area, such as UPS maintenance.

Responsibilities

Operate, maintain, inspect, test, and repair critical data center systems, including UPSs, PDUs, diesel generators, ATS equipment, building controls, chillers, CRAH systems, HVAC, air handling units, and related equipment.
Develop reliability reports to ensure availability and capacity targets are achieved and maintained with 100% uptime.
Coordinate and oversee maintenance vendors to ensure personnel safety, protect critical facility equipment, and maintain power to the critical load.
Create and update MOPs (Methods of Procedure), SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), and EOPs (Emergency Operating Procedures) so maintenance is performed according to established procedures.
Manage multiple one-time and ongoing projects, independently and as part of a team.
Respond to safety and emergency situations and help maintain a safe and secure work environment.
Organize workflow and adapt priorities as conditions change.
Perform additional duties as assigned by management.