The Requirements
To meet the basic qualifications for this role you will have legal authorization to work permanently in the United States for any employer without requiring a visa transfer or visa sponsorship. To be a good fit for the Assistant Chief Facilities Engineer opportunity, you also should have:- An associate's degree (AA/AS) or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Experience working with mission critical data equipment, and the willingness to work in a fast-paced, mission critical environment; data center experience is strongly preferred. Quick question for you - click here
- Demonstrated strong management and leadership skills.
- Strong HVAC, mechanical, and electrical skills and experience.
- A trade license or certification acquired through technical education/training is preferred
- Facilities maintenance certification is a plus.
- An understanding of computer systems, and skill with Microsoft Office products.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- The ability to follow instructions and processes precisely and carefully.
- The ability to walk around a good deal of the time to perform inspections, to do some work outdoors in the weather if needed, and to lift heavy objects.
The Role
You will work with the Facilities Engineers (FEs), scheduling them to ensure coverage 365 days per year, 7 days per week, 24 hours per day. You'll spend most of your days on a variety of interesting activities. This role combines both supervisory and hands-on elements. For example, while you won't typically conduct rounds, you will follow through to ensure that the FEs are completing rounds as appropriate. You'll also ensure the team performs preventative maintenance as scheduled.In addition, you'll be involved in break-fix efforts, construction projects and more. As mentioned above, you also will provide coaching and mentoring to the FEs to support their professional development. You and your team will focus on the underlying infrastructure systems (power, cooling, etc.) for customers' servers. Others handle computer maintenance.
Some of your specific responsibilities will include:
- Monitoring building infrastructure systems.
- Overseeing troubleshooting and repair of building infrastructure systems, HVAC system, electrical systems, and more.
- Ensuring preventive maintenance is performed on all building equipment.
- Supervising the assembly and commissioning of data center equipment.
- Ensuring change management forms and methods of procedure (MOPs) are completed properly Quick question for you - click here
- Scheduling maintenance procedures with vendors.
- Ensuring compliance with all safety procedures and use of protective equipment.
- Responding quickly to emergency situations (fire, evacuation, equipment failure etc.) and customer concerns as needed.
Video: This virtual tour of 43490 Digital Loudon Plaza, Ashburn gives you an idea of the critical infrastructure you will support. It also highlights other amenities, providing insight into why Digital Realty is the Data Center provider of choice for customers around the world.
Why Digital Realty
Professional developmentYour primary focus will be on ensuring smooth daily functioning of the critical infrastructure, but you also will receive coaching so that, in the future, you might move up into a Chief Engineer Role. Northern Virginia is one of our fastest growing markets, putting you in an ideal position and location to grow your career.
State-of-the-art equipment
We are committed to staying on the cutting-edge of our industry. You will be exposed to and work with top technology, keeping your skills polished and current.
Exciting time to join
With the acquisition of Telx, Digital Realty adds robust colocation, strategic network dense connectivity, a vast and open partner ecosystem and unmatched freedom of choice to one of the world's largest data center footprints.
The "best of both worlds"
You'll find that working for our company may be a little bit different. We are small enough, with only 1200 employees across our global portfolio, that your hard work will be visible throughout the organization, yet our extensive offering of services and solutions and proven track record of growth; stability and industry-leading innovation give you the resources and tools you need to take your career to the next level.
Unique culture
We are a collaborative, people-focused company dedicated to quality and continuous improvement. When you become a member of our team, you receive our commitment to your continued development and support.
Strong foundation
Our financial strength and stability provide our customers with the assurance that Digital Realty and Telx will be their partner for current data center needs and those in the future, and our investment credit ratings provide us access to paths for more capital. We view each of our customers as a long-term partner.
Green standard for sustainability
We are committed to improving the performance and energy efficiency of our data centers through the creation, adoption and promotion of industry-leading best data center practices and experience. We are pioneers in thinking about green data centers and are also a Contributing Member of The Green Grid.
Excellent compensation
In addition to a competitive salary and discretionary bonus program, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision plans; flexible spending plans for multiple purposes; a health savings account; a 401(k) plan with company match and much more.
Pictured: each of our data campuses offers state-of-the-art power, cooling, connectivity, and security systems. And each is part of the largest ecosystem of world-class US, European, and APAC carriers, hosting physical connection points for the world's telecommunications networks and Internet backbones.
Keys to Success
This is a technical job and it is heavy on the electrical side, but there are a number of diverse pieces to doing the job well. To excel in this role you will need an understanding of HVAC, electrical, large chillers, diesel generators, cooling towers, UPS systems, large batteries, and more. You may be in front of customers, so you'll also need to be able to present yourself well and communicate well. You'll need enough knowledge of computers in order to create and update reports in Word and Excel. To complete the reports you will also need the ability to gather information.This hands-on role will take much more than just experience with rounds and readings. In addition, to be an outstanding Assistant Chief Engineer, you will:
- Achieve goals independently, but also know when to ask for help.
- Remain open to learning new things, including the Digital Realty way of doing business.
- Be willing to dig in to discover the cause of issues, and be creative in solving them.
- Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership and pride in your work.
- Bring a commitment to teamwork.
About Digital Realty
About Digital Realty Trust, Inc.Globally delivering the Right Workload, in the Right Place, at the Right Value℠.
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. supports the data center and colocation strategies of more than 600 firms across its secure, network-rich portfolio of data centers located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Digital Realty's clients include domestic and international companies of all sizes, ranging from financial services, cloud and information technology services, to manufacturing, energy, gaming, life sciences and consumer products.
Digital Realty is a publicly traded company (NYSE: DLR) with investment grade ratings from all three major ratings agencies.
About Telx
Telx, Digital Realty's Colocation and Interconnection line of business, fuels infrastructure, interconnection and business progress. With industry-leading 100% uptime and 100% on-time service delivery SLAs, Telx helps companies build more agile businesses faster with reduced infrastructure complexity and broader reach to new markets. At Telx we're not just about making connections. We're all about making a difference.
Telx colocation and connectivity products serve a broad range of industries from network dense Internet/Cloud Gateway data centers located across 13 US markets: Atlanta, Charlotte (NC), Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Miami, New Jersey, New York, Phoenix, Portland, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and Seattle. With more than 50,000 network connections, Telx enables the hybrid cloud strategies of our customers, and the interconnection of more than 10 million square feet of data center space around the world.
Digital Realty offers a highly competitive compensation package, excellent benefits, and an environment that recognizes and rewards your contributions.
Digital Realty is an equal opportunity employer, EOE/AA/M/F/Vets/Disabled
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