Data Centre Technician — Mechanical and Refrigeration (HVAC) (Gauteng) at Teraco

Description
Objectives:

Data Centre Management:

• Comply to working methods ensuring all SLA and MSA's are achieved 
• Management of data centre infrastructure to provide a concurrently maintainable, cost effective system supporting 99.999% electrical uptime and 99.99% mechanical uptime

Compliance:

• Maintain compliance in accordance to all relative policies and procedures 
• Meet agreed inter-departmental OLA (Operational Level Agreement) 
• H&S monitoring an corrective action to meet statutory compliance, SLAS and good business practice

Critical Systems Management:

• Ensure applicable planned and corrective maintenance is managed in accordance to ensure customer MSA's and SLA's are achieved 
• Conduct working methods to maintain agreed PUE levels
• Task finalisation and report accurately, as per agreed format, quality and within the agreed timelines

Data Centre Ethics:

• Ensure compliance IS maintained incorporating industry best practices 
• Ensure data centre facilities standards are enforced and maintained 
• Ensure data centre cleaning standards are enforced and maintained

Requirements
Skills Requirement:

• Excellent technical abilities 
• Effective communication skills, active listener — ability to understand requirements 
• Proactive problem solver, perform rapid and accurate assessments 
• Ability to work independently, as well as being a positive team player
• Self-motivated 
• Conducts self professionally, exhibits elevated levels of tolerance and patience
• Responsible for continued learning and self-development 
• Quick response to potentially critical situations
• Trouble shoot systems and components to identify root causes of failures 
• Implement corrective actions promptly to mitigate the negative effects of system changes
• Good Microsoft Office skills

Qualifications and Experience:

• Refrigeration and Air Conditioning qualification essential 
• Electrical qualification preferable 
• Working knowledge on close control units and their associated controls 
• Chiller and chilled water systems knowledge essential 
• Trouble shooting and fault-finding experience essential
• Controls knowledge would be advantageous 
• Minimum 5 years relevant data centre experience preferable
• Good knowledge on Data Centre environments and critical infrastructure systems preferable