Senior Electrical Engineer, Equinix
Data Centers
CA$112-162k
Salary applicable for candidates based in Canada, may vary in other locations + Bonus
Digital infrastructure company
Be an early applicant
Digital infrastructure company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
CA$112-162k
Salary applicable for candidates based in Canada, may vary in other locations + Bonus
1001+ employees
Company mission
To provide finance, manufacturing, transport, government, and healthcare organizations a cloud-first world.
Role
Who you are
- Typically 7+ years in electrical system design, operations, maintenance, and project planning with emphasis on data center or mission critical brownfield/retrofit project delivery
- SME in electrical system design, operations, maintenance, and project planning with emphasis on datacenter or mission critical brownfield/retrofit project delivery
- Experience developing and managing projects with internal and external stakeholders
- Demonstrated efficiency and data modeling experience
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent experience
- Bilingual Spanish/English is a plus
What the job involves
- The Senior Electrical Design Engineer mentors junior engineers
- Performs the planning, system design, system implementation, system maintenance and support
- Leads small to medium scale electrical projects and the roll out of electrical engineering initiatives in our currently operating data centers
- Assists with development and implementation of electrical engineering design standards, policies and procedures
- Effectively interacts with other internal and external teams, including the design engineering, site engineering, construction management and regional data center operations teams, onsite support vendors and consultants on data center projects, policies and procedures
- Leads and manages brownfield electrical engineering retrofit projects or other design and engineering initiatives
- Provides guidance and project leadership in ensuring electrical engineering projects or other design and engineering initiatives are meeting or exceeding company expectations
- Expert operating knowledge of critical facilities electrical engineering systems to include advanced diagnostics and repairs
- Ability to apply knowledge of Equinix processes and procedures and industry standards to resolve non-routine issues (i.e., understands the historical background of how equipment settings were standardized and recommend changes to settings when an issue occurs which requires a setting to be changed, consider impacts of changes on regional level while working with the global team)
- Utilizes safe working practices at an expert level (e.g. can apply procedure for lockout/tag out)
- Evaluates and assures the safe working practices of others
- Interacts with other engineering, design and construction disciplines
- Works with the capacity and site engineering teams to resolve power and/or cooling limitations and optimize resource utilization
- Contributes to mentoring junior team members
- Directs all internal and external project team members
- Directs external vendors per project or initiative such as general contractors, A&E design teams, commissioning agents, equipment suppliers, etc
- Expert level communication to include cross functional SOP development and relevant technical writing
- Interactions are primarily to exchange information between departments within the organization
- Includes executive level communications in standardized templates
- Contributes to creating and maintaining best in class policies and procedures
- Participates in review of policy and procedure documents
- Develops policy documents with the input of others
- Assures adherence to developed standards and policy through review of documentation, participation in commissioning activities, design summits and data center physicals
- Consistently solves complex, cross-functional issues requiring independent action and a high degree of initiative to resolve (i.e., works with local ops team to perform root cause analysis for difficult incidents, proposes solutions to issues and produces lessons learned for future reference)
- Makes recommendations for system level enhancements to eliminate potential problems
- Tests suitability of components or action plans for deployments
- This posting is for a backfill position, meaning it is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization
Our take
Equinix is a veteran player in the digital infrastructure market, connecting industry-leading organizations in finance, manufacturing, retail, transportation, government, healthcare, and education.
The company provides a range of services within the categories of digital, support, data center, and interconnection, with capabilities including, for example, simplifying hybrid cloud deployments or securing on-site deployments. It has an extensive range of partners, granting its clients access to a vast range of industry-leading technologies atop its own offerings.
With a wide global presence, Equinix has secured a path to continued success by its ability to keep abreast of developments in the space. The company is comfortably positioned to remain a robust and leading player across multiple growth avenues and can be expected to make more smart developments and partnerships in the future.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company HQ
Redwood Shores, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Adaire Fox-Martin
(CEO & President)Prior to becoming CEO of Equinix in 2024, Adaire spent nearly 3 years at Google in various roles, including Head of Google Ireland and President of Google Cloud Go to Market. She also spent nearly 14 years at SAP and over 18 years at Oracle Corporation.
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