Facilities Technician

In brief

**Overview** This Facilities Technician role at Logicalis is responsible for ensuring the smooth operation of a customer's on-site Data Centres, Server Rooms, Boardrooms, and IS Workspaces. The technician will collaborate closely with the Facilities Manager to maintain environments encompassing infrastructure such as HVAC Cooling, power redundancy (UPS, Inverter, Generator), environment monitoring, fire detection, access control, and audio-visual systems. **What you will do** Key responsibilities include: * Supporting the customer through the resolution of data centre and VC incidents and outages. * Identifying and actioning data centre risks or escalating them as needed. * Implementing improvements to current data centre environments. * Monitoring data centre facilities to ensure their functioning. * Ensuring the proper planning, installation, and commissioning of new data centre services. * Liaising with vendors for the management of current services, and the planning and installation of new services. * Decommissioning and storage or disposal of facilities no longer required by the client. * Planning, directing, and controlling data centre and server room facilities on behalf of the client. * Working across data centre infrastructure and facilities functions, either as a generalist or in a combination of disciplines. **Requirements (from the original advert)** * Extensive local travel to regional sites across Gauteng, Free State & Northwest. * Experience in Video conferencing and audio-visual infrastructure. * Experience in fast-paced ICT delivery environments with competing and changing priorities. * Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive issues to resolution. * Experience in HVAC Cooling, power redundancy (UPS, inverter, generator), environmental monitoring, fire detection, access control. * Good interpersonal skills and ability to build sound business relationships with stakeholders. * Good written and spoken communications at all levels of business. * Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines. * Organised approach to work, managing own and others workload. * Experienced at setting up meetings and keeping minutes. * Experience in use of Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). * Experience in a mining or industrial environment. **Who should apply** The ideal candidate is a Facilities Technician with comprehensive experience in managing and maintaining data centre, server room, and other IS workspace infrastructure, including HVAC, power systems, environmental monitoring, fire detection, access control, and audio-visual technologies. They should be proficient in resolving incidents, mitigating risks, and implementing improvements in fast-paced ICT environments. The role requires strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, along with the ability to work under pressure, manage workloads effectively, and travel extensively within specific regions. Experience in vendor liaison and a background in mining or industrial environments are also key. **Deadline** Not specified **Reference** Original posting: https://www.myjobmag.co.za/job/facilities-technician-logicalis Source: myjobmag

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