Sr. Field Ops Engineer

Position: Sr. Field Ops Engineer

Location: Sunnyvale, CA

Onsite Requirement: Onsite/Driving

6.5 month contract, potential to extend

Description:

-Qualifications required: Generator, HVAC and DC plant knowledge. Data center equipment, electrical background, data center but not circuit work, critical infrastructure.

-M to F from 8 to 5 PM

-Car is required.

Experience/Education:

• Experience 7+ yrs
• Associates or Bachelors Degree or with 7 years industry equivalent work experience or 10 years industry equivalent work experience
• Field of Study: Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics

Responsibilities:

Responsible for providing 24x7x365 Tier III technical support and troubleshooting assistance to field operations for facilities critical infrastructure equipment such as (AC power distribution, buildings, grounding, fire systems, generators, Auto Transfer Switch (ATS), Uninterruptable Power Systems (UPS), UPS battery strings, Direct Current (DC) power plants, DC plant batteries, Power Distribution Units (PDUs), Static Transfer Switch (STS) and Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems, including Computer Room Air Conditioner (CRAC) units, chillers, dry coolers, condensers, pumps and building structural issues) to ensure operational integrity, improve efficiency and reduce operational costs.

Position entails essential functions under the Engineer I and II positions in addition to the following:

• Provides Tier III support to field technicians and field management in stabilizing emergency situations and reducing the dependency on vendor support for issues that can be solved internally.
• Assists field technicians in reducing the dependency on vendor support for issues that can be solved internally.
• Participates as a subject matter expert on task forces or cross functional projects; advises departments on solutions for technical problems or barriers.
• Recommends solutions to increase network integrity and reliability through testing and evaluation.
• Assists program managers with maintenance schedules and evaluation of efficiency information.
• Provides mentoring for new hire engineers in the area of equipment types / function and troubleshooting. Mentoring will also include CITS process
• POLICY Development
• Documented sound experience working with critical infrastructure, electrical and electronic systems.
• Must have recognized leadership skills, effective communication skills, be able to perform extremely complex technical task, lead teams, vendors, and contractors in projects/assignments/tasks major in scope and complexity.
• Ability to travel in short notice in order to provide hands on assistance with emergency situations. Travel is a requirement of the position
• Effective verbal and written communication skills ensure specifications and expectations are being met.
• Maintain a positive attitude with internal customers and external parties
• Strong working knowledge of Internet and computing skills
• Provide guidance to team members

Additional Information:

Regular and consistent attendance is an essential function of this position. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be occasionally required to stand; walk; to handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee may be occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Climb ladders, enter crawl spaces, exertion of force, manipulation of hand and/or foot controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. In addition, the position may require frequent movement and activity relating to using keyboards, viewing data on computer displays, and communicating verbally and in writing to the needs of others. Required to possess a valid drivers license. Working Conditions: Work is occasionally performed in building settings. Outdoor work is required in the inspection of buried cable, construction sites, field facilities. Performance of the position requires working safely and may require working outdoors in all weather conditions, all noise levels, hazardous conditions, and on the full range of outdoor work surfaces. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.