Critical Data Centre M&E Engineer - Slough

Critical Data Centre M&E Engineer - Slough
Location: Slough
Salary: £60,000 PACKAGE
Hours – Continental Shift Pattern
Our client are a global Data Centre services organisation, steadily growing their presence, and have a requirement for multiple shift engineers to be based at a newly built Data Centre facility in Slough. Working on a continental shift pattern, covering 12 hour days and nights, the role calls for experienced multi-skilled building services or Data Centre engineers to join and take responsibility for routine and reactive maintenance to electrical and mechanical systems in a highly critical environment. These sites are co-location, housing servers for blue chip, household name organisations and such is vital they maintain 100% uptime.
Guideline salary is up to £60,000 basic, along with an annual bonus (based on total earnings inc. OT, not just salary). Combined with opportunity for overtime and training, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a market leader in a booming sector.
This organisation are a world renowned leader within the Data Centre space, with a large portfolio of sites across the United States and now Europe - this is a brand new Data Centre, and as such an exciting time to get involved on day one of a new site. There are strong progression routes through to management, with a healthy opportunity for overtime and training budget. Along with all the perks, one of the other benefits is that this is "client-direct". This means an added level of job security as well as breeding more of a team ethos than those organisations who outsource their M&E services to a 3rd party.
Duties:

• Operate all M&E systems within the Data Centre in a competent, effective and efficient manner (including HV Electrical isolations/operations). Making recommendations for improvement and providing concise technical reports when required.
• Ensuring that all Specialist Sub Contractors visits are conducting works in line with approved Standard Operating
• Carrying out daily emergency callout tasks
• Completing logbooks and RAMS
• Attending client meetings
• Able to apply a risk focused maintenance approach and operations of plant and systems in Data Centres/critical environments.
• Ensuring all critical client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements.
• Provide emergency response standby, call out.  Escalate urgent issues. Respond to work interruptions, outages or emergencies consistent with the SLA. 
• Support critical environment related technical audits as required and directed by line manager.
• Completion of records and logs required to demonstrate delivery of maintenance requirements.
• Control and supervise contractors when required.
• Emergency lighting testing
• All Electrical work including lighting, wiring, testing, alarm systems, BMS, lighting systems and Heat exchangers
• Engineers must be able to demonstrate appropriate knowledge of AHU, FCU, UPS, Generators, LV systems, which will include the ability to fault find.
• Evaluate and escalate any potential risks, with an assessment of impact, probable causes and mitigation opportunities.
• Actively contribute to continuous improvement of safe systems of work, ensuring compliance with relevant QHSE policy and procedures.
• Support the Data Centre Shift Leader in the day to day operational delivery of all planned, reactive, corrective and project related works.

Requirements:

• Trade trained with ideally 3 years' experience in the building services
• City & Guilds Qualified Electrical Level 3.
• Critical site (Data Centre or Banking Sites)
• Good building services knowledge
• Excellent Client Facing
• Ability to lead a team when under pressure, whilst remaining calm, clear thinking and able to deliver the required services to the client within given time constraints.
• Individuals who can demonstrate commitment and previous experience; but not meet all the required technical qualifications may be considered subject to Directors approval.
• Demonstrate a willingness to attend on and off site training for plant and systems this may require nights away from home.