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Data Center Shift Engineer (Detailed)

The Data Center Shift Engineer is responsible for ensuring all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment in the data center operates at peak efficiency through preventative maintenance, daily work, and emergency response. This position requires technical expertise and experience operating, installing, and maintaining critical data center equipment to support mission-critical servers with 99.999% uptime. The role is a full-time, shift position based in Amsterdam and includes responsibilities like maintenance planning, equipment inspection, and emergency response.

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Data Center Shift Engineer (Detailed)

The Data Center Shift Engineer is responsible for ensuring all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment in the data center operates at peak efficiency through preventative maintenance, daily work, and emergency response. This position requires technical expertise and experience operating, installing, and maintaining critical data center equipment to support mission-critical servers with 99.999% uptime. The role is a full-time, shift position based in Amsterdam and includes responsibilities like maintenance planning, equipment inspection, and emergency response.

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Data Center Shift Engineer, Amsterdam

The Data Center Shift Engineer is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and
fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency. This involves both
planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response
to emergent issues.

The Data Center Shift Engineer serves as a technical resource reporting to the Data Center Site
Manager and third-party vendors. 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, switchgear, UPSs, PDUs, AHUs, chillers, cooling towers, chemical
treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFDs, and building automation systems.

**This position will be on a 3-shift pattern including night shifts.**

Primary Duties:

· Develops creative approaches to keep operational costs to a minimum, improve efficiency, and
implements new strategies for Mechanical, Electrical, and Fire Life Safety systems.

· Tests performance of electromechanical assemblies and electronic volt meters.

· Reads blueprints, schematics, diagrams, or technical orders to determine methods and


sequences of processes.

· Inspects equipment for defects, leaks, and potential issues.

· Installs electrical/electronic parts and hardware in housings/assemblies with hand tools.

· Aligns, fits or assembles component parts using hand/power tools.

· Operates, monitors, maintains, and responds to abnormal conditions in Mechanical, Electrical,


Plumbing, Fire Life Safety, Security Systems, Building Monitoring Systems, and control systems.

· Analyze systems to ensure best practice for internal/external customers.

· Provides feedback on effectiveness of existing standards and processes.

· Works with contractors and consultants to review quality assurance for all system expansions,
corrections, and upgrades.

· Collaborates on the tracking and completing aggressive preventive and predictive maintenance
programs.

· Collaborates on determining maintenance requirements for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire


life safety systems, and security systems.
· Complete planned and ad-hoc preventive maintenance work assignments

· Conduct periodic inspections of building systems, i.e., HVAC, electrical distribution, maintain
mechanical equipment rooms to ensure clean and safe conditions.

· Rapid response, investigation, and management of indoor emergency situations and air quality
complaints

· Have a complete working knowledge of 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.

· Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.

· Completion of documentation, notification, escalation, tracking and follow up of all incidents


and requests.

Skills & Experience

· Proven experience in the operation, installation, and maintenance of data center critical
equipment, building systems with in-depth technical understanding and knowledge of all HVAC,
electrical, plumbing, fire/life safety, and control systems.

· Knowledge of the electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment,
including Feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switchgear, UPS systems, ATS/STS units, PDU/PMM
units, Chillers, Air handling units, CRAC units and building management systems (BMS)

· Ability to write and review operational documents such as SOPs, MOPs, EOPs

· MBO 2

· LV/HV authorized to switch Certificate (NEN3140-NEN3840)

· Mechanical and/or Electrical training/education, with particular focus in power;

· Must have or be able to complete Safety for Operational Supervisors training (Dutch: “Veiligheid
gezondheid milieu Checklist Aannemers” Abbreviation: “VCA”) and OSHA 30 shortly after start of
employment.

· Relevant work experience in a data center or other critical environment.

· High school diploma or College Degree

· Good observation skills and problem-solving ability

· Good verbal and written communication skills in Dutch and English


The role is a full-time position and based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and will include
business travel as needed to meet business demands but will likely be nominal.

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