Lead Engineer - Data Solutions HVCD / Hong Kong

Job Summary

Provide successful delivery of engineering services to the client on the agreed site(s), ensuring performance of the site from an uptime, quality, compliance and health and safety perspective with a multi-disciplinary technical team.


Key Responsibilities

• Deliver Data Center operations including the operation, maintenance and repair of all mission critical equipment and systems supporting a 24x7 data centre operation to achieve 100% uptime and 100% compliance with all customer SLAs, site certifications and legislative requirements.
• Maintain 24/7 continuity of utilities: electrical, gas, air-conditioning, heating, water, sewerage, drainage, cleaning and waste management
• Work closely with clients
• Provide timely reporting for EHS and CARE and others.
• Validate/verify supplier works and provide approval for invoice payments.
• Manage utilities and resources in a sustainable way to promote more efficient use and minimize impact on the environment.
• Ensure site resources are efficiently and effectively managed inclusive of technical, non-technical aspects and 24/7 technical operational staff.
• Manage, investigate and resolve complex technical issues and incidents which arise at the site, reporting all issues back to the Critical Facility Manager.
• Assist in development and coordination of engineering design concepts or changes for the site.
• Review equipment lifecycle and support the Critical Facility Manager in preparing annual OPEX and CAPEX plans to forecast future expenditure for the site, ensuring works can be performed concurrently and without interruption to the facility.
• Prepare and maintain asset maintenance plans and tasks up to date with new equipment and revised maintenance or regulatory requirements.
• Prepare and or review all change management procedures
• Monitor and report on site electrical and cooling capacities ensuring that all services are operating within design limits.
• Management of planned maintenance, repairs and upgrade, activities ensuring that all works have an appropriate supervision structure in place. This includes attendance outside of normal working hours at any time requested by the company/client.
• Ensure plant and equipment is operating efficiently and to correct parameters. Actively participate in energy programs and constantly review site PUE to ensure that the plant is running at optimum levels
• Carry out daily, weekly and monthly routine inspections of all critical assets where required
• Assist with client auditors and audits ensuring that all documentation is accurately filed and easily accessible on request.
• Support in the preparation of site performance reports as requested which are typically:
  • capacity utilization
  • site performance reports
  • risk registers
  • Work order / finance reports
• Manage all PPM and reactive works using the systems provided, ensuring that all work orders are electronically closed out within customer service level expectations.

  Required Knowledge and Skills:

• More than 5 years of work experience in supporting a 24x7 data centre’s / critical facilities management

• More than 3 years of experience working in a mission critical environment
• Proven experience in critical services industry 
• Confined Space entry trained / AP (Where required) 
• Electrical Licence
• Strong communication skills and the ability to deal with all levels of staff. 
• Demonstrate a good understanding and be technically competent in all building services, in particular UPS, Generators, Static Switches, Water Treatment, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning. 
• Ability to lead, motivate and direct a technical/engineering team.
• Proactive in achieving the highest standard of operation. 

 

Qualifications and Education:

Essential?

• Unrestricted Supervisor Electrical/Mechanical License
• Good building services knowledge
• Critical Environment Experience
• Good Customer relationship skills
• Working knowledge of “Permit to work” systems
• Understand and interpret technical drawings /?processes
• HV Authorized Person/Operator.  ??

Desired

• Experience of Microsoft Office applications
• Good Command of English