Senior Site Engineer

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Company Details
Industry: Information Technology and Services
Description: iColo: A Digital Realty Company, is the leading carrier-neutral data center provider operating state of the art facilities in Kenya and Mozambique. We serve a broad spectrum of clients – Telecom carriers, ISPs &d peering points, IT & cloud providers, content providers, enterprise & financial services customers. As part of Digital Realty’s data center platform, PlatformDIGITAL®, the company enables customers with a global connected data community of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 28 countries on six continents. Visit icolo.io or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter
Job Description

Duties and Responsibilities 

 

Operations and Compliance 

 

Coordinate and execute equipment or system switching procedures as required, ensuring seamless transitions and minimal disruption to data center operations. 

 

Contribute to the DC operating energy efficiency and implement assigned optimization measures. 

 

Provide solutions for site management and adhere to SLAs agreed in customer contracts. 

 

Ensure site overall appearance and cleanliness, escalating shortfalls when necessary. 

 

Proactively indicate and report if SLAs are in danger of being breached. 

 

Ensure all work is carried out within a 'safe system' and approved work processes, complying with best practice standards and legal requirements. 

 

Lead and manage projects to identify root causes of facility issues, acting as an escalation point for more junior team members.  

 

Handle technically complex and challenging situations, troubleshooting, and providing solutions for potential critical infrastructure availability.

 

Drive adherence to company safety policies, operational efficiency, and core values. 

 

Ensure compliance with industry standards and legal requirements. 

 

Perform on-call duties and manage incidents as necessary. 

 

Document progress, issues, and results, and implement improvement measures. 

 

Demonstrate advanced proficiency in technical skills pertinent to the role, covering troubleshooting and maintenance tasks. 

 

Maintenance and Repair Works 

 

Guide junior engineers in maintenance and repairs of DC equipment and building 

 

Execute maintenance and repairs of building and equipment and document it in a timely manner. 

 

Manage maintenance and repair operations, including coordination of contractors. 

 

Supervise contractors and suppliers installing and maintaining critical DC equipment 

 

Responsible for trouble shooting, assembly, and support the day-to-day scheduling of Maintenance activities. 

 

Act as a point of escalation for technical troubleshooting of equipment during maintenance and repairs. 

 

Make decisions with respect to maintenance and repairs tasks withing the set operations guidelines. 

 

On-call duties and Incident Management 

 

Day to day site monitoring and surveillance of DC building and infrastructure. 

 

Incident management in close cooperation with the supervisor in charge. 

 

Support and when mandated responsible for activating and executing Emergency Operating Procedures where necessary. 

 

Acts as first line of response on alarms and handle or escalate alarms according to guidelines. 

 

Documentation and Reporting 

 

Document progress, issues, and results to support audits and customer inquiries. 

 

Report and document operational standard deviations, initiating improvement measures. 

 

Record changes to data center infrastructure per change management procedures, notifying the Facility Manager. 

 

Document progress, issues, and results of all assigned maintenance tasks. 

 

Execute and draft MOPs and Change Requests (CR) 

 

Health and Safety  

 

The Senior Site Engineer ensures adherence to all Health and Safety Measures set out to ensure all works done at the site are safe including but not limited to:  

 

Preparation of work permits for approval by the Facility Manager  

 

Adhering to four eye policy in all DC Operations  

 

Preparation of Methods Operations Procedures (MOP) for Operations activities.  

 

Performing Risk assessment before undertaking any operations and seeking relevant approvals  

 

Preparation of Change management forms for approval by the Facility Manager.   

 

Adhere to overall QHSE responsibility matrix 

 

Additional Responsibilities

 

Execute ad hoc projects as instructed, including but not limited to fire safety initiatives, environmental sustainability, energy efficiency optimization, security enhancement, compliance audits, and technology integration.   

 

Be an active participant and make observations & suggestions towards the improvement of the data center effectiveness and efficiency.  

 

Perform any other tasks assigned to them by the Facility Manager or the in-charge  

 

Qualifications and Competencies

 

Hard Skills

 

Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering or related Engineering field. 

 

Minimum of 6 years of experience in Operations and maintenance of Electrical and/or Mechanical systems.  

 

Skilled in troubleshooting and maintenance of fire detection and suppression systems and HVAC systems. 

 

Skilled in operations and maintenance of UPS, Generators, Access controls and Switch gears 

 

Excellent problem analysis skills

 

Strong troubleshooting skills and RCA capability 

 

Skilled in customer communication and handling customer requests / complaints 

 

Skilled in service-oriented software, tasks handling and administration 

 

Skilled in Microsoft office and Service Management applications (e.g. Excel) 

 

 

 

Education: Degree, Diploma
Employment Type: Full Time

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