Facilities Operations Technician - Mechanical

Job Description

Job Description

Primary responsibilities:

• Define and improve mechanical and HVAC architectures for high-availability environments
• Lead complex troubleshooting, incident investigations, and root-cause analysis
• Develop standards for cooling redundancy, controls integration, equipment selection, and system performance
• Support capacity planning, retrofits, liquid cooling, and efficiency projects
• Review vendors, commissioning criteria, and operational handoffs
• Partner with procurement, facilities, engineering, and construction teams
• Improve standardization, performance, and total cost of ownership
• Strong LOTO and Safety understanding

Ideal background:

• Extensive experience with mission-critical mechanical systems
• Deep knowledge of chilled-water plants, large-tonnage cooling systems, CRAH/CRAC equipment, controls, and redundancy
• Ability to guide critical technical decisions and mentor technicians
• LOTO safety
• Experience reviewing commissioning plans, sequences of operation, maintenance strategies, and failure modes

Preferred qualifications:

• Advanced mechanical trade qualification
• EPA Section 608 where applicable
• Relevant ASHRAE credentials
• Uptime Institute ATD
• OEM training on chillers, cooling towers, controls, CRAH/CRAC platforms, or liquid cooling

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What is this person?

The Mechanical IC5 is the senior cooling/mechanical expert for the data center. Data centers generate a huge amount of heat, so this person makes sure the cooling and mechanical infrastructure stays reliable and efficient. They are the person brought in for complex problems, equipment failures, root-cause analysis, system improvements, commissioning, and major technical decisions.