Sr. Critical Facilities Techncian

Salute Inc.•Ellendale, ND

2d•$0 - $56•Onsite

About The Position

Salute is a leading provider of cutting-edge Data Center Infrastructure Services, dedicated to serving data center clients worldwide. We pride ourselves on delivering sustainable solutions, unparalleled reliability, and outstanding customer service. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Critical Facility Technician to join our team and drive our relationships with hyperscale clients to new heights. The Senior Critical Facility Technician is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center operate at peak efficiency and the utmost levels of reliability. This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and response to emergency issues. The Senior Critical Facility Technician is our front line when it comes to hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting. They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center. Data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. This equipment includes, but is not limited to standby diesel generators, related fuel systems, electrical switchgear, UPSs, PDUs, AHUs, related thermal management equipment and systems, chemical treatment systems (where applicable), pumps, motors, VFDs, and building automation systems.

Requirements

High School diploma or GED equivalent with two years of technical school with an emphasis on mission-critical operations, industrial manufacturing, or relevant military operations experience in electrical and mechanical systems.
Experience in Critical Facilities or other relevant critical facility infrastructure leadership experience.
Experience in Data Center Operations (DCEO), maintenance, and supporting critical facilities operations, required.
Demonstrated, working technical knowledge and understanding of critical data center systems, including HVAC, standby emergency power, uninterruptible power supplies, and associated infrastructure.

Nice To Haves

Strong background in operating mechanical and electrical critical systems, design review, layout, installation, including the ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical one lines.
Ability to conduct power- and thermal system capacity, safety, and code compliance assessments.
Knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 72, NFPA 25 and compliance issues
Hands-on experience installing, maintaining and troubleshooting large commercial and industrial electrical systems including: medium-voltage switchgear, 480/277-volt and 208/120-volt, electrical generation and distribution systems, diesel powered AC generators, static UPS systems (where applicable), dynamic rotary UPS Systems (where applicable), multi-string flooded cell batteries and monitoring systems, static switches, PLC, and relay logic controls, power monitoring systems, data center power distribution and management systems.
Current knowledge of NFPA Electrical, Fire and Life Safety and building codes, or local regulatory equivalent within the location of the data center.
Expert knowledge in industrial safety best practices (i.e., lockout/tag out, arc flash protection, OSHA, and state regulations)

Responsibilities

Place SAFETY at the top of anything and everything that they do, without fail.
Focus on the tasks and activities given to them and remain consistently focused on SAFETY.
Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions of facility systems.
Complete planned and ad-hoc preventive maintenance work assignments, requiring the skill and direction of several electrical, mechanical, maintenance trades and engineering disciplines.
Conduct periodic inspections of building systems, i.e., HVAC, electrical distribution, maintain mechanical equipment rooms/enclosures to ensure clean, functional, and safe conditions.
Rapid response, investigation and management of indoor emergency situations and air quality complaints, including humidity.
Have complete working knowledge on creating, closing, and tracking "work requests" (WR). Initiate or respond to work orders, follow-up and verify completion of work.
Monitor performance/note deficiencies of service contractors and recommend changes, as necessary.
Provide applied electrical, mechanical, integrated control and water chemistry technical expertise for the entire data center.
Directly interface with management team, contractors, and consultants for all phased data center construction commissioning, including integration and testing of new systems while maintaining critical systems online.
Work with the site manager and other stakeholders to track and complete a preventive and predicative maintenance schedule for critical maintenance and system commissioning.
Ensure data center operates at maximum operational efficiency, including analyzing existing operating conditions, recommending new technologies and improving overall efficiency and cost reduction.
Responsible for data center white space and back-of-house electrical loading and capacity, including client installations and systems.
This position may require unusual hours of work approximately once every other week to meet critical maintenance windows and scheduling.
Directly manage contractors and consultants for daily operations and critical maintenance (UPS systems, generators, switchgear, and chiller maintenance).
Provide applied electrical, mechanical, integrated control and technical expertise for the entire data center.
On-call to respond to emergency situations at the data center.
Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
The Critical Facilities Technician interacts across all internal departments, including executives, and will interact with clients and vendors.