Electrical Technician

Roles and responsibilities

• The Electrical Technician is responsible for ensuring that all Electrical, ELV, Generators and fire/life safety equipment within the data centre is operating at peak efficiency.
• This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response to emergent issues. The Technician serves as an expert technical resource reporting and interacting with onsite Engineers and any third-party vendors.
• They are expected to be a single focal point for all facility operations within a given data centre.
• The Technician should be able to support the DC-operations for delivering 99.999% uptime.
• This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPSs, PDUs, and building automation systems like BMS, DCIM.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for performing routine building maintenance tasks and daily visual inspections on major data centre equipment.
• Daily checking healthiness of all facilities equipment (UPS, LV Panels, Switchgears, Busway systems, BMS, DCIM, Controllers, ELV Systems) and keeping daily logs and records of all maintenance functions.
• Repair and maintenance work on a wide range of electrical equipment.
• Perform ongoing preventive maintenance and repair work on facility electrical and ELV systems.
• Maintain and operate all electrical systems and associated equipment, including the building management system.
• Perform facility inspections and report on conditions affecting operations.
• Troubleshoot and repair malfunctioning equipment, appliances, and apparatus.
• Create job cards in CAFM (FSI) Mobile App as per site requirements and close the job cards assigned by the Supervisor.
• Respond promptly and efficiently to emergency calls.
• Prepare and submit summary reports of conditions in buildings and recommend actions to be taken.
• Review and understand equipment and methods of operation, electrical systems, ELV system, fire/life safety, and other systems.
• Comply with HSE norms and understand the PTW process.
• Work in shifts as required.
• Drive operational requirements with minimum supervision and guidance.
• Understand the criticality of business uptime to serve the Data Centre facility operations.
• Comply with all safety procedures and requirements.
• Maintain essential stock of spare parts.
• Support any after-hours building needs and activities as required.
• Attend training sessions and seminars.
• Other assigned tasks as requested.

Desired candidate profile

• Understand the criticality of business uptime to serve the Data Centre facility operations.
• Comply with all safety procedures and requirements.
• Maintain essential stock of spare parts.
• Support any after-hours building needs and activities as required.
• Attend training sessions and seminars.
• Other assigned tasks as requested.

SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Good knowledge of power systems (UPS's, Control Panels, DB’s, Busway systems, Generators).
• Basic knowledge of cooling systems (HVACs, Chillers, Fire and safety, BMS, ELV Systems).
• Working knowledge of UPS systems and associated switchgear and Distribution Panels.
• Working knowledge of standby generator systems and associated switchgear.
• Skill in installation, repair, and maintenance of all types of electrical system equipment and components.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Diploma/ITI in Electrical and Electronics.
• 3 years of experience in Integrated Data Centre Maintenance/Operations.
• 5 years of experience in Electrical Maintenance.
• Valid UAE Driving License.