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Vantage Data Centers

Wholesale data center campuses for hyperscalers

Critical Facilities Engineer

Building & Property MaintenanceConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeOsaka, JapanNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A diploma or degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a relevant discipline.
  • Three to five years of experience operating, maintaining, repairing, inspecting, and testing electrical distribution systems, HVAC systems, or building management and automation systems.
  • Prior experience in data center operations or an equivalent mission-critical facility.
  • Experience supervising preventive and corrective maintenance activities.
  • Ability to lock out equipment or make installations safe after incidents.
  • Ability to reactivate circuit breakers in low-voltage electrical equipment.
  • Ability to take readings and measurements on equipment.
  • Ability to demonstrate a proactive approach and generate new ideas.
  • Problem-solving ability.
  • Proven ability to use software such as Building Management Systems, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems, and Microsoft Project.
  • Reliable transportation for reporting to work for shifts or emergencies.
  • Willingness to travel less than 5%, occasionally for training purposes.
  • Ability to work in extreme cold and heat, indoors and outdoors, and in noisy environments.
  • Ability to work around hazards including moving mechanical parts, moving vehicles, electrical current, scaffolding and heights, and chemicals.

Responsibilities

  • Complete maintenance activities to a high standard across planning, preparation, execution, and reporting.
  • Ensure infrastructure reliability, focusing on service continuity, energy efficiency, and budgetary constraints.
  • Use the Building Management System and available systems, and conduct regular walkthroughs to maintain appropriate site monitoring.
  • Follow safe work practices and physical processes and procedures.
  • Conduct daily facility walkthroughs and document power availability, temperature, humidity, alarm status, and other parameters to identify discrepancies and trends.
  • Provide hands-on customer support, including rack installation and decommissioning.
  • Compile Methods of Procedure, Standard Operating Procedures, Emergency Response Procedures, and preventive maintenance programs.
  • Conduct periodic technical and quality reviews of procedures to ensure current techniques and safety guidelines are used and government regulations are met.
  • Supervise contractors to ensure maintenance follows approved procedures and mission-critical facility work rules.
  • Use the internal Computerized Maintenance Management System to manage maintenance workflows and spare-part inventory.
  • Achieve and maintain data-center and technical-infrastructure availability targets.
  • Monitor and report critical-infrastructure load capacities to mitigate overload during failover between primary and redundant systems.
  • Maintain technical knowledge of critical-infrastructure design intent, operating sequences, fault conditions, and corrective actions.
  • Conduct periodic site-specific crisis-management drills to prepare for unplanned changes of state.
  • Conduct post-event analysis and compile reports to establish root causes and lessons learned, and implement mitigation or remediation actions promptly.
  • Participate in operations and technical-compliance audits and complete improvement plans on time.
  • Contribute to site power usage effectiveness improvement actions.
  • Coordinate with the Construction team to prevent construction work from affecting operations, participate in commissioning, and drive timely closure of construction defects.
  • Perform other services necessary to maintain and operate mission-critical infrastructure appropriately.

About the Company

Vantage Data Centers

Wholesale data center campuses for hyperscalers

Vantage Data Centers builds and operates large-scale wholesale data center campuses for hyperscalers, cloud providers, and large enterprises. Its core product is flexible, scalable data center space (white space) within campuses that range from 64 to 150 megawatts of power, designed to be rapidly provisioned for clients’ growth (often within six months). The company uses standardized, flexible designs to ensure predictable performance, high efficiency, and minimized downtime, while prioritizing sustainability in partnership with clients. Vantage differentiates itself through its focus on large-scale wholesale campuses, rapid deployment, scalable capacity, and energy-efficiency commitments across its North American and European markets. Its goal is to help major customers quickly and reliably scale their IT infrastructure with energy-conscious, scalable data center space, backed by a strong investor base and a footprint in key markets.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Debt Financing
Total funding
$29.1B
Headquarters
Denver, CO
Founded
2010

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