Electrical Shift Engineer
Full Time/Permanent
Engineering, Maintenance
£50,000 to £74,999
£55000 per annum, Benefits: 55K + Career Progression + Holidays + Benefits + Training
All London
Greater London
JO-2308-258501-3
05-03-2026 04:10 PM
2026-04-04
We are seeking a skilled, proactive, and technically capable Data Centre Technician to join our Operations team based in Docklands, London. This is a hands-on role within a high-availability, mission-critical data centre environment, offering exposure to advanced infrastructure, complex building systems, and critical plant equipment.
As a key member of the Operations team, you will play an important role in maintaining uptime, ensuring operational resilience, and supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient performance of multiple data centre facilities. This position is well suited to a technically qualified professional who thrives in high-responsibility environments, enjoys structured problem solving, and takes pride in maintaining uninterrupted critical services.
Key Responsibilities Operations & Incident Response
If you are looking to develop your career in a technically challenging, high-impact environment where reliability and precision truly matter, we would welcome your application.
As a key member of the Operations team, you will play an important role in maintaining uptime, ensuring operational resilience, and supporting the safe, reliable, and efficient performance of multiple data centre facilities. This position is well suited to a technically qualified professional who thrives in high-responsibility environments, enjoys structured problem solving, and takes pride in maintaining uninterrupted critical services.
Key Responsibilities Operations & Incident Response
- Respond to critical alarms and system alerts, liaising with the Client Service Desk and providing timely updates.
- Monitor and manage environmental control systems to maintain temperature, humidity, and operational tolerances within defined parameters.
- Execute change control procedures, ensuring all system and infrastructure updates are properly documented.
- Support site and client management during emergency situations, incident responses, and operational drills.
- Conduct inspections, testing, troubleshooting, and fault diagnosis across electrical, mechanical, and plant systems.
- Safely perform start-up, shutdown, and switching operations on critical infrastructure including UPS, generators, HVAC, and associated plant equipment.
- Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance in line with SLAs and operational standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve energy efficiency, system performance, and operational resilience.
- Conduct technical audits to verify asset performance, compliance, and reliability standards.
- Support BMS calibration and EMS monitoring to ensure system accuracy and data integrity.
- Administer the Permit to Work (PTW) system, ensuring all maintenance and contractor activities are completed safely.
- Review RAMS and access permits to mitigate operational risk.
- Maintain and follow site-specific SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures), MOPs (Method of Procedure), and EOPs (Emergency Operating Procedures).
- Accurately record operational and maintenance activities within CMMS and ticketing platforms.
- Produce routine technical reports covering UPS performance, battery condition monitoring, and overall asset health.
- Work closely with the Technical Manager, engineering teams, and shift colleagues to ensure continuous service delivery.
- Provide mentoring and technical guidance to junior technicians and apprentices.
- Coordinate with vendors, contractors, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely issue resolution and high-quality service outcomes.
- Completed electrical apprenticeship or equivalent recognised technical qualification.
- Experience within building services, ideally in data centres or other mission-critical environments.
- Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical building systems, fault-finding techniques, and service delivery frameworks.
- Experience working with BMS, EMS, and critical infrastructure systems.
- Knowledge of cGxP-controlled environments would be advantageous.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage professionally with clients, contractors, and technical teams.
- Proactive, solutions-focused mindset with the ability to work independently and make sound technical decisions under pressure.
- Demonstrated commitment to health & safety, regulatory compliance, environmental standards, and operational excellence.
If you are looking to develop your career in a technically challenging, high-impact environment where reliability and precision truly matter, we would welcome your application.
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