Data Centre Facilities Engineer

OPEN TO CANDIDATES FROM ALL OVER EUROPE - as long as you hold an EU passport (or otherwise have the right to live and work in the Netherlands without sponsorship), you can apply from any country. Accommodation, a living allowance and travel are all paid. This is a self-employed (freelance) position.

Data Centre Facilities Engineer

Netherlands (Amsterdam area) | Competitive rate | Self-employed contract

Here's one for the hands-on critical environment engineers. A live, high-availability data centre in the Netherlands needs experienced facilities technicians who can walk onto site, get familiar quickly, and start carrying their weight on shift with minimal hand-holding. You'll be operating and maintaining the kit that keeps the facility alive, and helping bring the site's existing team on in skill and confidence as you go.

The role

Day to day you'll run inspections and switching, chase down faults across the electrical and mechanical plant, respond to incidents, and keep the paperwork straight: working from site procedures and drawings rather than guesswork. There's a genuine mentoring element too - the client wants people happy to share what they know, from informal walk-downs to proper training sessions with the resident technicians.

What you'll be doing

• Operating, inspecting and maintaining live critical plant on a shift basis
• Fault-finding and troubleshooting across electrical and mechanical systems
• Switching operations, isolations and incident response
• Working from site procedures (SOPs, MOPs, EOPs), single-lines and schematics
• Monitoring the site through BMS/DCIM platforms once familiarised
• Coaching and training resident technicians: walk-downs, fault-finding exercises, procedures
• Supporting incident investigations and root cause analysis

The kit you'll know

You won't need every one of these, but the more the better: standby generators and DRUPS, static UPS, chillers and chilled water plant, cooling towers and DX units, LV/MV switchgear and busbar, static and automatic transfer switches, fire detection and suppression, and the electrical distribution and critical cooling systems that tie it all together.

What you'll need

• Solid hands-on experience in critical facilities or data centre operations
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical fault-finding ability in live environments
• Comfort reading technical drawings and following strict operating procedures
• A team-first attitude on shift, plus the confidence to teach as well as do
• A disciplined approach to safety in a mission-critical setting
• The right to live and work in the Netherlands without sponsorship (e.g. an EU passport)

What's on offer

• Competitive rate on a self-employed basis
• Accommodation provided, living allowance and travel paid
• Long-run work in one of Europe's busiest data centre markets
• The chance to be the senior head in the room from day one