Data Center Shift Engineer
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Salute in Milano
Salary Range: €55,000.00 To €65,000.00 Annually
The DCO is responsible for ensuring that all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center are operating at peak efficiency and the utmost levels of reliability. This involves both planned preventative maintenance of equipment, daily corrective work, and response to emergency issues.
The DCO is our front line when it comes to hands‑on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting. The DCO serves as an expert, highly capable technical resource, reporting to the Site Manager and interacting with onsite Multi‑Skilled Operators (MSO) and any third‑party vendors. They are expected to be a singular focal point for all facility operations within a given data center. Data center equipment that supports mission‑critical servers must maintain better than 99.999% uptime. This equipment includes, but is not limited to standby diesel generators, related fuel systems, electrical switchgear, UPSs, PDUs, AHUs, related thermal management equipment and systems, chemical treatment systems (where applicable), pumps,
motors, VFDs, and building automation systems.
Responsibilities
- Place SAFETY at the top of anything and everything that they do – without fail.
- Focus on the tasks and activities given to them and remain consistently focused on SAFETY.
- Operate, monitor, maintain, and respond to abnormal conditions of facility systems.
- Complete planned and ad‑hoc preventive maintenance work assignments, requiring the skill and direction of several electrical, mechanical, maintenance trades and engineering disciplines.
- Conduct periodic inspections of building systems, i.e., HVAC, electrical distribution, maintain mechanical equipment rooms/enclosures to ensure clean, functional and safe conditions.
- Rapid response, investigation and management of indoor emergency situations and air quality complaints, including humidity.
- Have a complete working knowledge of creating, closing and tracking "work