Data Center Facilities Engineering, Electrical Engineer

Data Center Facilities Engineering, Electrical Engineer Responsibilities:

• Conduct detailed analyses and audits of Electrical system utilization.
• Evaluate facility processes and industry best practices to drive efficiencies and effectiveness.
• Review new and retrofit Electrical designs, commissioning plans, and critical operational procedures.
• Troubleshoot and engineer enhancements and corrective actions for designs and implementation processes/methods.
• 10 to 30% travel to data center and vendor sites for engineering studies, on-site technical support, Electrical systems audits, startup testing, and full commissioning.
• Engineering point of escalation for Electrical system issues that occur in our data centers.
• Develop effective measurements and reports from Building Management System (BMS) and other monitoring systems to optimize performance and reliability.
• Lead technically complex Electrical engineering projects for the facilities infrastructure operations team. This includes working cross functionally with other technical organizations including design teams, construction, field operations, vendors and R&D.
• Routinely report and present to peers, partners and leadership.
• Review Electrical "as-built" technical documentation and verify accuracy. Investigate actual site conditions and update records.
• Develop and generate specifications, RFPs, ROMs and SOWs for projects.
• Evaluate systems to perform effective and efficient load management and capacity planning. Monitor, trend, and develop engineering metrics and statistical data for strategic planning.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 4+ years professional experience in data center engineering, mission critical design, construction, operations, maintenance or related industry.
• Knowledge of industry standards, building codes and safety standards applicable to the region where the position will be based
• Experience with presentations, project management, and reporting skills.
• Experience with computer based mathematical analysis and data analysis.
• Experience clearly communicating technical issues.
• Experience working independently and as a member of a cross functional team
• BS degree in Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Knowledge of mission critical power distribution
• Knowledge of short circuit coordination and arc flash studies
• Experience to research, diagnose, troubleshoot and identify solutions to resolve system issues within discipline.
• Experience driving complex projects under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in the conduct and interpretation of short circuit coordination studies
• Experience in load management at the operations level within a critical facility
• Organizational skills and experience beyond the field technician level in activities such as project management, project engineering, and operations management.
• Cross-discipline knowledge of multiple critical facility systems.
• Experience associated with high voltage (115kV, 12kV) substations, mission critical power distribution and generator power systems
• Familiarity with SKM or ETAP or equivalent software
• Electrical Professional Engineer (PE) registration or local equivalent.