Electrical Day Maintenance Engineer - High Wycombe - to £50k plus benefits
My client is seeking an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join them on a Data Centre site in High Wycombe. You must have critical environments experience and be electrically qualified. This role is Monday to Friday 8-5 and will be on call one week in three.
The Data Centre Engineer will be responsible for maintaining and optimizing critical infrastructure across our data centre site. Key duties include:
• Performing preventive and corrective maintenance on electrical and mechanical systems (UPS, generators, cooling systems).
• Monitoring and troubleshooting to maintain uptime and operational efficiency.
• Supporting client operations and adhering to industry standards.
• Coordinating with internal teams and vendors for upgrades and incident resolution.
Candidate Requirements:
• Proven experience in data centre or mission-critical environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems.
• Ability to work in high-pressure, high-availability settings.
• Relevant certifications C&G electrical installation parts 1 and 2 preferred.
The successful candidate will be able to apply a risk-focused maintenance approach and operations of plant and systems in data centres/critical environments and general office environments.
Key Responsibilities
• Able to manage own time and allocate works to other team members
• Able to manage costs related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform)
• Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs
• Operate dilapidation and update plans relating to critical environments
• Operate change control process covering business critical areas
• Provide technical management reports as required
• Provide emergency response standby/call-out
• Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes
• Support critical environment related technical audits
• Support cost-effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.
• Operate within annual engineering budgets for the maintenance and repair of the services
• Responsibility for ensuring all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems
• Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements
• Plan Statutory Compliance Maintenance and Testing and report as required the Statutory Compliance Audit Report to the Technical Services Manager
• Ensure all PPM’s and Critical Facility PPM’s are carried out to schedule
• Monitor and analyse environmental conditions, review the loading and working conditions of critical equipment regularly
• Liaise with the QHSE specialist to ensure audit compliance at all times
• Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with H&S procedures, using the permit to work system where applicable and action improvements identified during the building and workplace inspections and reviews
• Escalate urgent issues identified through to the Lead Engineer and Engineering Manager
PERSONAL SPECIFICATION
• Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G)
• 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - essential
• Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments - desirable
• Knowledge of emergency response/standby/call out activities and protocols
• Understand the monitoring of utilities and environmental programmes
• IOSH or equivalent H&S training
• Excellent contract/supplier management skills
• Excellent facilitation, communication skills at all levels
• Self-motivated, resourceful and pro-active
• Confident decision maker
• Understanding of water hygiene (L8) - desirable
• BMS Controls experience / HVAC experience - desirable
• Operational experience of UPS, Standby Power and Critical Environment Cooling
• Operational experience of managing Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Systems
• PC and MS office skills