Manager, Electrical Engineering

Vantage powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.

Location Flexibility: We are open to candidates based in and around any of our Vantage locations across the EMEA region.

Operations Engineering Department 

The Infrastructure Operations Engineering team provides the technical leadership and engineering expertise required to ensure our critical infrastructure is safe, resilient, reliable and operationally effective. Bringing together multidisciplinary expertise across Electrical, Mechanical, Controls and Permitting, the team supports the full asset lifecycle, from design and construction through commissioning, operational handover and ongoing site support. Working closely with Design, Delivery, Site Operations, Customer Experience, Procurement and global engineering teams, the team will drive consistent engineering standards and technical strategies across the operating fleet.  

The Operations Engineering Team is responsible for the overall health of critical systems across Vantage global operational facilities.  For each of the major systems Electrical, Mechanical, and Controls, the Operations Engineering team is responsible for ensuring success in the commissioning stages of new construction, evaluating and improving the reliability and performance of existing critical infrastructure, sustaining equipment operational availability through maintenance programming, providing technical support to the Site Operations Teams, and providing systems reliability and maintainability feedback to the Design Engineering teams for future design considerations.  

Position Description 

The Manager, Electrical Engineering is responsible for leading the execution of primary Operations Electrical Engineering Program objectives. The Manager is required to effectively coordinate Subject Matter Experts in balancing workload demands both within the Operations Engineering team and cross functionally to ensure critical system health.  This responsibility includes Site Operations technical support, critical change management support, oversight of facility acceptance testing, critical system maintenance planning, remediation / retrofit projects and ensuring reliable system operations are sustained for the life of the facility. Requirements for this position include thorough understanding of critical electrical systems arrangements, potential system failures and extended effects of those failures, and appropriate failure response actions.  Also required is an understanding of data center design theory, equipment sequence of operation, and an ability to identify likely failure points in design. This position interfaces with peer Operations Engineering Teams in other geographies to ensure global alignment of Vantage’s processes worldwide.    

Essential Job Functions 

• Oversee and support continuous development of facility acceptance testing, remediation / retrofit projects, site asset performance, maintenance programming, and Site Operations best practices. 

• Serve as team leader for internal workload management, planning projects, and aligning Subject Matter Experts with site specific work demands. 

• Develop and provide status reports on health of systems, progress on team objectives, and Key Performance Indicators. 

• Thoroughly understand electrical, mechanical, and controls, systems and provide at request technical guidance to Site Operations Leads. 

• Ensure critical systems remain fully available for facilities across the EMEA region.  

Duties 

• Work with cross functionally with technical teams including Design Engineering and Construction teams to ensure the reliability and maintainability of new and modified installations. 

• Provide at request guidance and technical support to facility operators for issues that occur at our data centres. 

• Review construction equipment submittals, identify potential deficiencies, and evaluate maintenance feasibility. 

• Review commissioning plans and ensure the thoroughness of startup testing. 

• Facilitate the transition of commissioned spaces to site operations and coordinate acceptance of the facility. 

• Develop risk management plans that will anticipate reliability-related risks that could adversely impact plant operation. 

• Work with Site Operations to perform analyses of asset utilisation, overall equipment effectiveness, capacity planning and remaining useful life. 

• Prioritize work orders, and identify resources, and ensure ample supplies required to complete tasks. 

• Oversee site mitigation and system upgrade projects and/or collaborate with adjacent teams where design engineering and construction expertise is required.  

• Coordinate vendor activity and manage resources outside of the core team with consideration to budget where such additional resources are required.  

• Maintain site technical libraries, ensure drawings are up to date, and ensure site operations teams are well supported from a technical standpoint. 

• Ensure Site Teams are proficient system operation and maintenance techniques. 

• Oversee Root-Cause Failure Analysis and facilitation of corrective action.  

• Design maintenance programs to minimize maintenance complexity and reduce maintenance down time. 

• Validate maintenance performance by analysing trends, operational history, and maintenance data. 

• Oversee and approve appropriate site response procedures based on potential critical system failures.   

• Support the continuous development of critical training for Site Operations teams.  

• Lead complex electrical engineering programs / projects being completed by the Operations Engineering team.  

Job Requirements 

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience required 

• 5+ years of direct managerial experience and interpersonal skills 

• 10+ years of experience in facilities operations or maintenance engineering with expertise in mechanical, electrical, and controls systems. 

• Knowledge of key industry standards, building codes and safety standards within our operating regions. 

• Excellent time management and organizational skills and the ability to define these areas for other teams and team members. 

• Abiltiy to communicate complex Electrical Engineering issues to suitable audiences.  

• Ability to create teams from various departments and work in a high-level collaborative environment while promoting a teamwork mentality. 

• Ability to travel up to 25% of total work time. 

• Ability to travel internationally. 

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We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard and efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Don't meet all the requirements? Please still apply if you think you are the right person for the position. We are always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.

Vantage is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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