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Operating Engineer

$43 - $53 an hour

Job Description:

Refrigeration Engineer License, unlimited capacity from NYC / FDNY

Q01/Q99 certification

Universal technician certification from EPA

The Operating Engineer is responsible for the operation and repairs of all physical equipment on an assigned shift adhering to the TIA standard risk mitigation procedure and policies. This position develops improvement procedures relating to fire systems, life safety systems, critical mechanical and electrical systems, plumbing, HVAC systems, emergency back-up systems, and lighting. He/she will work with limited supervision while providing repairs and services to customers and tenants. In the absence of the department manager, will coordinate tenant construction projects with the engineering department and supervise contractors. Provides grounds maintenance when appropriate.

Responsibilities include:

*-Maintenance and operation of the snow plowing and grounds equipment.

*-Log UPS, PDU and chiller plant readings into Share Point power management files.

*-Provide customers with rack power usage and assist with customer work orders.

*-Required to share information across all departments relating to work orders, vendor inquiries and customer requests.

*-Prioritize all tasks resulting from customer’s or internal peer and management requests.

*-Provide continuous improvement while implementing current reliability maintenance procedures.

*-Perform all tasks safely and maintain a clean environment.

*-Required to learn the operation of the mechanical and electrical infrastructures at all Telehouse facilities well enough to operate those plants remotely using the BMS systems.

•Maintain strict compliance with all Federal, State and Local codes, regulations and standards.

•Perform preventative tests and analyze data to ensure the proper functioning of all base building and critical system equipment, including electrical, HVAC, fire/life safety, security and emergency back-up systems. Determine the cause of any problems/malfunctions and take corrective action as required.

•Monitor the operations and make customer approved adjustments of chilled water systems, heat exchangers, CRAC Units, HVAC, electrical systems, emergency back-up systems, hot water systems, pumps, valves, filters and other mechanical and electrical equipment. Record readings and make recommendations for adjustments where necessary to ensure proper operation of equipment.

•Prepare and maintain maintenance logs and reports to accurately document the condition of systems in the data center. Maintain knowledge about preventive maintenance and work order software systems.

•Coordinate contractor and management approvals for work orders that require the use of outside contractors. Maintain detailed logs of all work performed.

•Read, comprehend and work from complex technical information (i.e. blueprints, sketches, building plans and schematics) pertaining to electrical and mechanical systems that serve the data centers. Adhere to Standard Operating Procedures and formal change control processes to implement changes.

•Interact with all parts of the organization to respond to a variety of service requests. Perform any and all work to ensure the safety of the buildings tenants and the continuous operation of the facility.

•Maintain organized building files.

•May be on-call after regular scheduled hours.

•Perform new customer site installs, and/ or oversee contractors conducting customer site installs.

•Adhere to all Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Method of Procedures (MOP) and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOP) established for the critical environments, as well as the formal change control process.

•Operate machinery to approved specifications ensuring no downtime attributed to poor operations.

•Perform preventive maintenance on all base building and critical system equipment.

•Perform tests, rounds and analyzes data to ensure the proper functioning of equipment.

•Analyze the operation of various systems, determine the cause of any problems/malfunctions and take corrective action as required.

•Remote monitoring for other facilities through BMS and web control system follow up with upper management vendor in emergency situations in conjunction with company procedures.

•In absence of FSD/DFSD, act as a fire warden during your scheduled shifts.

•Tenant routine work orders (bulb and ballast replacement, security lock repairs, constructing private customer caged suites (or) cage modifications, repairs to office furniture etc...).

•Coordinate with outside vendors or contractors for work within your site as contracted by the Facility Manager.

•Perform preventative and proactive maintenance on the physical plant and associated critical systems (chillers, CHW pumps, sumps, diesel generators, batteries, UPS, cooling towers) and all tenant contracted PDU and air conditioning maintenance. Perform preventive and proactive maintenance and conduct readings on fuel tanks, air handlers, air compressors, exhaust fans, halon purge fan, heat exchanger, dry coolers and variable frequency drives.

•Perform all assigned work as to ensure the safety of the buildings tenants and the continuous operation of the facility.

•Perform monthly breaker amperage readings for all critical breakers for compiling power reports, complete chiller rotations and testing exercises, smoke detector drills, thermal infrared scanning, generator / load bank testing and facility load transfers when required for testing and drills.

•Perform other work assigned to them by their supervisor.

Benefits

Medical & Dental & Vision- Full Time Only

Basic Life Insurance and AD&D

Short-Term Disability Insurance

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Employee 401 (K) Savings Plan

Vacation Time

1st year Ten (10) days Prorated

2nd year (12) days

3rd year (14) days

4th year (16) days

5th year (18) days

6th and after (20) twenty days

Thirteen Paid Holidays per year

Sick Time

Tuition Reimbursement Program

KDDI America, headquartered in New York, is the US presence of Japan's KDDI Group, a Fortune Global 500 company and leading provider of international IT and communications services. KDDI America was established in 1989 and started as a telecommunications business supporting Japanese multinationals. We have now evolved into a company that provides networks, data centers, system integration, as well as managed service solutions across all industries. Our ability to customize solutions in a major city offering scalability and service that are unparalleled set KDDI America apart from the competition. We provide Ethernet network uptimes of more than 99.999% between regions and guaranteed high performance no matter where.

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