Your role

This is a day shift role. The position reports to the the Manager Data Center or Manager Engineering Operation. The Site Engineer III works closely with the responsible Lead Engineer and/or Manager Engineering Operations and other Site teams. Beyond Site Operations contacts are maintained with Property Operations & Service planning, Implementation Services and Customer Success management. External contact with customers and suppliers operating on the sites.

What you’ll do

 Lead in upholding company safety policies, operational efficiency, and core values.
 Ensure strict compliance with industry standards and legal requirements.
 Oversee maintenance and repair activities, including coordination with subcontractors.
 Manage on-call duties and incident resolution as needed.
 Document and analyze progress, issues, and outcomes, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
 Provide comprehensive supervision, training, mentoring, and guidance to site engineers, fostering their professional development, and contributing to team development and recruitment efforts.
 Demonstrate mastery across a wide range of essential technical skills, including complex troubleshooting and project management.
 Possess in-depth expertise in the specialized technical field relevant to the position.

What you’ll need

 Proven experience in ‘Mission critical’ operations and maintenance of large scale electrotechnical and/or mechanical systems
 Technical education / training certification in the field of ‘Mission Critical’ Operations.
 Education to a vocational level in a technical field and/or site engineering position
 Skilled in maintenance of electrotechnical and/or mechanical systems
 Preferably skilled in the maintenance of fire detection and suppression systems
 Novice in maintenance of conveyor technique (elevators), and/or technical security systems (CCTV, Access Control)
 HVAC Mechanical and/or Electrical
 Digital Realty Internal certifications
 Proficient in utilizing various test equipment.
Soft Skills:
 Having excellent problem analysis skills
 Pro-active with a Customer and Business focused and is searching for ways to enhance the agreed services to provide the customer with the best possible outcome.
 Has attention to detail and has a ‘Hands-on’ mentality.
 Is resilient.
 Good communication skills
 Can demonstrate excellent leadership skills in line with our company expectations,

A bit about us

Digital Realty brings companies and data together by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITAL®, the company's global data center platform, provides customers with a secure data meeting place and a proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture (PDx™) solution methodology for powering innovation and efficiently managing Data Gravity challenges. Digital Realty gives its customers access to the connected data communities that matter to them with a global data center footprint of 300+ facilities in 50+ metros across 25+ countries on six continents. To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Twitter.

To learn more about Digital Realty, please visit digitalrealty.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

What we can offer you

Our rapidly evolving business sector offers the opportunity to be part of a courageous and passionate team who work together to understand and meet the changing needs of our global customers. Join us and you’ll be part of a supportive and inclusive environment where you can bring your whole self to work. As part of our team, you’ll get to work with people from different business areas, challenge the way we do things and put your ideas into action. We’ll also give you plenty of development opportunities so you can build a rewarding and successful career with us. This is an exciting time to join our business so apply now and make your mark on our future.

Safely powering progress

Safety isn't just a priority here at Digital; it's critical to everything we do. Safeguarding lives, protecting assets, and securing data aren't just ideals - they're essential pillars of our commitment to excellence for our people, our partners and our customers. We have a culture of care where every member of Team Digital embraces a relentless pursuit of working safely across Digital Realty. Together we are Safely Powering Progress.

The Site Engineer III (SE) core responsibility is to perform infrastructure related activities in our Data Centers to ensure a reliable and efficient operation of the technical infrastructure. This is achieved through maintenance, testing and surveillance of all assets installed. The Site Engineer III is responsible for the planning and control of all day-to-day maintenance activities in cooperation with the Lead Engineer and provide leadership to the site teams, including project management for maintenance related activities.