The Data Center Engineering Operations Facility Engineer is responsible for operating and maintaining all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center. This person serves as a technical resource to support Amazon within its owned and operated data centers. Data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. DCEO Facility Engineers are also tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in the facilities.
DCEO Facility Engineer’s are Amazon’s front line responders for hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operation. This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS’s, PDU’s, AHU’s, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD’s, and building automation systems.
Key job responsibilities
- Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment.
- Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures.
- Troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal SLA.
- Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work.
- Able to work shifts (rotating work days during the weeks).
- Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment.
- Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows.
Basic qualifications
- High school or equivalent diploma- 1+ years of electrical or mechanical experience
Preferred qualifications
- Experience leading and managing operations of critical facilities which require in-depth knowledge in electrical, mechanical, and control systems- Knowledge of generic mechanical room infrastructure such as chillers, cooler units, and fan controls
- Knowledge of mechanical systems (Mechanical, HVAC systems, Controls)
- Knowledge of key electrical competencies and theory
- Electrical or mechanical journeyman license
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