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ABM Industries · 5 months ago

Critical Facility Technician with Clearance and Poly

Annapolis Junction, MD, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$50/hr - $55/hr

8+ years exp

ABM Industries is a leading provider of facility services, and they are seeking a Critical Facility Technician to monitor and maintain all building systems and mission-critical facilities equipment. This role is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center operates at peak efficiency and involves preventative maintenance, corrective work, and emergency response.

Facilities Support ServicesFacility ManagementJanitorial Service

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center is operating at peak efficiency

This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and emergency response to emergent issues

They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center and to support operated data centers

Data center equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime

Ensure that all work performed within mission critical space is done to high quality and without impact to internal/external customers

Ability to transfer knowledge and train other technicians

Utilizes safe working practices; can apply lockout/tagout, SDS, applies good housekeeping methods, etc

Ability to type and utilize common administrative and office software

Ability to read and interpret wiring diagrams, blueprints, floor plans, construction documents, safety requirements, OEM operating and maintenance instructions, job specifications, and MOP's

Must be able to troubleshoot advanced electrical circuits

Ability to use hand tools and test equipment to install, troubleshoot, and repair new or replacement parts for existing units covered under CET3 classified procedures, according to specifications and established safety guidelines, relying on MOPs, manufacturer’s literature, and industry best practices to perform tasks under supervision, and ensures activities are logged in CMMS

When necessary, perform daily walk-through of facility documenting parameters such as power availability, temperature and humidity, alarm status, etc. to be catalogued and compared for identification of discrepancies and trends

Monitor and make necessary changes to site BAS, following site MOP's & SOP's

Capable of implementing all site-specific processes and procedures such as procedure creation and review standards, procedure instructions and templates, reporting an incident or outage, procedure execution, PM standards, CMMS standards and policy, work order and notification, as well as the use of SharePoint to access CE procedures and training content

Understand the sequence of operations, how a failure of a piece of critical equipment impact other systems, and have a holistic view of the critical environment infrastructure and ability to comprehend the effect of any actions on a piece of critical equipment or systems, including: MV/LV Distribution Boards, MV/LV Breakers, UPS, Generator, Batteries, STS, ATS, AHU, DX units, Chillers, Evap Washer Systems, CRAC Units, Fuel Systems, ASCO Systems, BMS System, EPMS System, and Fire Alarm System

Understand how to action all site primary and secondary EOP's, focusing on mastering the operator role during an emergency response

Capable of leading drills associated with the site primary and secondary EOP's

Organize safe maintenance principles for regulating and scheduling planned and unplanned activities, as well as establish and meet deadlines for work/projects

Interprets building codes and local and federal regulations as they relate to installations and applies them as required by the site

Maintain maintenance records as required by City, State, and EPA regulations

Requires meeting all requirements of CET-2

Coordinate and oversee all critical environment vendors during maintenance, emergency, and break/fix events to ensure personnel safety and maintain power to the critical load

Perform periodic technical and quality reviews of all MOPs and SOPs to ensure that the most “up-to-date” techniques and safety guidelines are utilized

Collect and generate internal and vendor field service reports describing all activities (preventive maintenance, repairs, etc.) performed at the facility; reviews all reports prior to submission to end user

Render assistance in administration and regulation of the duties of CET1/2

Conduct training with CET1/2 and other staff personnel on electrical equipment/system for maintenance, repairs and operation

Understands and has mastered all types of mechanical and electrical systems and how each component within the system operates in conjunction with the other components and how that impacts the overall operations of the system as a whole

Provides technical expertise and assistance

Operates site facility equipment and systems without error to obtain maximum availability

Provides suggestions for continuous improvements in the areas of process improvement and cost reduction savings

Coordinate maintenance with outside vendors and oversee vendor maintenance

Respond to emergency situations and customer concerns

Ensure strict adherence to critical facility work rule and safety procedures

Works overtime as assigned and required

Familiar with all applicable Federal, State, and local rules, codes, and regulations

Interact effectively with internal and external customers

Other duties as assigned by Management

Qualification

Electrical systems expertiseMechanical systems expertiseHVAC maintenanceEmergency responseJourneyman’s licenseCMMS knowledgeBAS monitoringTeam trainingSafety practicesProcess improvementCommunication skills

Required

Eight (8) - ten (10) years of experience supporting mission critical environments with a high school diploma or GED

Strong verbal and written communication skills required

Hands on electrical or mechanical skill, and competence in the area of non-expertise (for example, electrical expertise with a mechanical competence, or vice-versa)

Operate and perform both routine and emergency service on a variety of state-of-the-art critical systems

Knowledge and experience using basic computer applications