Critical Facilities Engineer

Critical Facilities Engineer - Dubai

Equinix is the world s digital infrastructure company, operating 240+ data centres across the globe and providing interconnections to all the key clouds and networks. Businesses need one place to simplify and bring together fragmented, complex infrastructure that spans private and public cloud environments. Our global platform allows customers to place infrastructure wherever they need it and connect it to everything they need to succeed. We are a fast-growing global company with 70+ consecutive quarters of growth. Through our innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services, we have built the largest, most active global ecosystem of nearly 10,000 companies, including 1,800+ networks and 2,900+ cloud and IT service providers in over 26 countries spanning five continents.

Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering outstanding service to our data centre customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success.

What you ll be doing:

• Be responsible for the facility infrastructure maintenance (both electrical & mechanical) and, prepare and perform planned maintenance
• Perform site inspections and supervise the building and IBX (data centre) alarms
• Ensure preventative maintenance on site infrastructure is run (e.g., maintenance of primary infrastructures), or handled by vendors with your oversight
• Develop ability to maintain repairs and run corrective maintenance on equipment
• Complete site logs and gather data for permits, such as MOPs and scripts which is a key part of this position
• Assist senior staff with responding to all on-site incidents and act as directed
• May be requested to begin responding to basic incidents based on own knowledge and experience
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  Complete basic work requests and circuit installations
• Contribute to ongoing infrastructure projects and carry out small works projects i.e., lighting upgrades etc
• Resolve Client Tickets via Equinix Ticket system as per SLA
• Report any H&S issues to immediate line manager

What we ll expect from you:

• Qualification in Electrical / Mechanical Engineering
• Previous data centre / critical environment experience
• Broad knowledge of critical infrastructure i.e., UPS, generator, BMS, chillers, life safety systems
• Self-motivation and flexibility
• Willingness to work shifts (days, nights & weekends)
• Ability to clearly communicate with the customer

• Fully qualified apprenticeship
• HV Switching experience
• Basic understanding of Maximo, Power BI, MS-Office (Word/Excel) or similar tools.

What well be offering:

• Comprehensive and market-competitive remuneration package
• Permanent Health Insurance (PHI)
• You are entitled to 24 days holiday per annum in addition to any statutory holidays (14 public holidays in 2022)
• Housing allowance
• Transportation allowance
• Schooling allowance