Senior Electrical Design Engineer (Data Center Operations)

Equinix • Toronto, ON

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Equinix is a digital infrastructure company where bold ideas are welcomed, human connection is valued, and everyone has the opportunity to shape their future. A career at Equinix means being at the center of shaping what comes next and amplifying customer value through innovation and impact. The Senior Electrical Design Engineer mentors junior engineers and is an integral part of the data center operations team. This role encompasses the planning, system design, system implementation, and support of data center electrical infrastructure. The engineer will lead small to medium-scale electrical projects and the rollout of electrical engineering initiatives within currently operating data centers. Additionally, they will assist in the development and implementation of data center electrical engineering design standards, policies, and procedures. Effective interaction with various internal and external teams, including design engineering, site engineering, construction management, regional data center operations teams, onsite support vendors, and consultants, is crucial for data center projects, policies, and procedures.

Requirements

• Typically 7+ years in electrical system design, operations, maintenance, and project planning with emphasis on data center or mission critical brownfield/retrofit project delivery
• SME in electrical system design, operations, maintenance, and project planning with emphasis on datacenter or mission critical brownfield/retrofit project delivery
• Experience developing and managing projects with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated efficiency and data modeling experience
• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual English/Spanish and/or English/Canadian French is a plus

Responsibilities

• Leads and manages brownfield electrical engineering retrofit projects or other design and engineering initiatives of currently operating data centers
• Provides guidance and project leadership in ensuring electrical engineering projects are meeting or exceeding company expectations
• Expert operating knowledge of critical facilities electrical engineering systems to include advanced diagnostics and repairs
• Ability to apply knowledge of Equinix processes and procedures and industry standards to resolve non-routine issues (i.e., understands the historical background of how equipment settings were standardized and recommend changes to settings when an issue occurs which requires a setting to be changed, consider impacts of changes on regional level while working with the global team)
• Utilizes safe working practices at an expert level (e.g. can apply procedure for lockout/tag out)
• Evaluates and assures the safe working practices of others
• Interacts with other engineering, design and construction disciplines
• Works with the capacity and site engineering teams to resolve power and/or cooling limitations and optimize resource utilization
• Contributes to mentoring junior team members
• Directs all internal and external project team members
• Directs external vendors per project or initiative such as general contractors, A&E design teams, commissioning agents, equipment suppliers, etc.
• Expert level communication to include cross functional SOP development and relevant technical writing
• Interactions are primarily to exchange information between departments within the organization
• Includes executive level communications in standardized templates
• Contributes to creating and maintaining best in class policies and procedures
• Participates in review of policy and procedure documents
• Develops policy documents with the input of others
• Assures adherence to developed standards and policy through review of documentation, participation in commissioning activities, design summits and data center physicals
• Consistently solves complex, cross-functional issues requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve (i.e., works with local ops team to perform root cause analysis for difficult incidents, proposes solutions to issues and produces lessons learned for future reference)
• Makes recommendations for system level enhancements to eliminate potential problems
• Tests suitability of components or action plans for deployments

Benefits

• Employee Assistance Program: An Employee Assistance program is available to all employees.
• US Benefits: Insurance: You may enroll in health, life, disability and voluntary plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
• US Benefits: Retirement: You and Equinix may contribute to a retirement plan to help you plan for your financial future.
• US Benefits: Paid Time Off (PTO) and Paid Holidays: You will receive an accrued amount of PTO each pay period along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.
• Canada Core Benefits: Insurance: You may enroll in healthcare coverage that is designed to complement the provincial healthcare system, along with life, disability and optional benefit plans that are designed for you and your eligible family members.
• Canada Core Benefits: Retirement: You may also enroll in Equinix-sponsored retirement or savings plans: Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Group Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) and Tax-Free Savings Plan (TSFA).
• Canada Core Benefits: Vacation and Paid Holidays: Equinix offers both vacation and personal time, along with various paid holidays for you to rest and recharge.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees