Job Details

Location: Orange County, CA
Experience: 8+ years

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead or participate in the design of datacenter modifications, including new cooling systems, electrical distribution systems, and BMS changes.
• Plan power, cooling, and space capacity for whitespace buildouts.
• Perform and deeply understand all common cooling calculations and basic power calculations on single and 3-phase circuits.
• Read, interpret, and work with engineering documents such as Single-Line Electrical Drawings, network architecture drawings, P&IDs, SOPs, Sequence of Operations, maintenance manuals, and other operational documentation.
• Operate the infrastructure of a modern data center, including cooling, power, security systems, maintenance operations, and building management systems.
• Plan and coordinate maintenance, including administration of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS).
• Develop Energy Control Procedures (ECP), perform Lockout Tagout (LOTO), and develop Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Ensure compliance with MEP standards and operations, safe work practices, Arc flash hazards (NFPA 70e), Lock-out Tag-out, and OSHA standards.
• Provide site response for critical after-hours issues.

Required Skills and Experience:

• A Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent major.
• Strong working knowledge of Electrical Power Distribution, Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), Diesel Engine Emergency Power Plants, Direct Expansion and Centrifugal Refrigeration Systems, Evaporative Cooling Towers, Pumps, and Water Distribution Systems, Air Handling Units, Distributed Control Systems or BMS (especially ALC) and associated communication protocols, Hydronic systems, Valves and Flow Control Devices and Sensors, Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drives, Chemical Water Treatment, and Fire Detection and Protection Systems.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and diagnostic skills.

Additional Desirable Skills:

• High-level programming languages, such as Python.
• Experience with control system programming, such as BMS (ALC - Automated Logic a plus) and common communication protocols (modbus, bacnet, snmp).
• Experience with networking infrastructure including switches, routers, TCP/IP, and cabling systems.
• Development of maintenance programs, such as Condition Based Maintenance and Reliability Centered Maintenance.

Desired Skills and Experience

Strong working knowledge of Electrical Power Distribution, Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), Diesel Engine Emergency Power Plants, Direct Expansion and Centrifugal Refrigeration Systems, Evaporative Cooling Towers, Pumps, and Water Distribution Systems, Air Handling Units, Distributed Control Systems or BMS (especially ALC) and associated communication protocols, Hydronic systems, Valves and Flow Control Devices and Sensors, Motor Controls and Variable Frequency Drives, Chemical Water Treatment, and Fire Detection and Protection Systems.