Data Center Facilities Operations Technician IV – Mechanical (ic4/opx)

Oracle Oracle · Enterprise · MI

This role is for a Data Center Facilities Operations Technician IV – Mechanical, focusing on maintaining and improving the reliability, efficiency, and lifecycle performance of mechanical and HVAC systems in hyperscale data centers. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, incident investigation, root cause analysis, capacity planning, and supporting upgrades and operational initiatives. The ideal candidate has experience with mission-critical mechanical systems, can interpret technical drawings, and possesses strong troubleshooting skills. Experience with specific equipment like chillers, pumps, and cooling towers, as well as familiarity with BMS and controls, is preferred. The role requires flexibility for 24/7 operations and physical capability for the work environment. The compensation range is $87,000 to $178,100 per annum.

What you'd actually do

  1. Support and improve mechanical and HVAC architectures and designs for high-availability environments, including chilled water, DX, airside systems, and redundancy strategies.
  2. Perform troubleshooting activities, incident investigations, and root cause analysis for mechanical and HVAC equipment or system issues.
  3. Support capacity planning, retrofits, and operational initiatives, ensuring operability and maintainability of installed systems.
  4. Partner with site operations teams to improve maintainability, safe execution of work, and documentation quality for mechanical and HVAC systems.
  5. Support vendor technical reviews, commissioning activities, and operational handover requirements.

Skills

Required

  • Experience with mission-critical, industrial, pharmaceutical, semiconductor, healthcare, or large commercial mechanical systems.
  • Ability to interpret mechanical drawings, P&IDs, sequences of operation, and equipment documentation.
  • Working knowledge of chilled water systems, DX cooling, controls integration, redundancy concepts, and operational risk.
  • Strong troubleshooting and diagnostic capability.
  • Solid ownership and accountability in day-to-day operations.
  • Good operational judgment in time-sensitive situations.
  • Clear communication of technical issues, findings, and risks.

Nice to have

  • Technical certification, trade experience, apprenticeship completion, or equivalent practical experience preferred.
  • Experience with chillers, pumps, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, heat exchangers, water treatment interfaces, controls, and mechanical distribution systems.
  • Familiarity with BMS, PLC/controls concepts, trending, alarm management, commissioning, and vendor coordination.
  • Experience supporting maintenance planning, acceptance testing, energy-efficiency projects, or equipment change-outs.
  • EPA Section 608 Technician Certification preferred for roles involving refrigerant-handling activities on stationary HVACR equipment.
  • ASHRAE certifications and training are relevant for growing HVAC depth; ASHRAE currently maintains multiple certifications and identifies the Certified HVAC Designer (CHD) credential as validation of HVAC design competency.
  • Schneider Electric University data center power-and-cooling coursework and DCCA-oriented training are relevant for technicians building broader data center fluency.
  • OEM or manufacturer training on chillers, CRAH/CRAC systems, cooling towers, controls platforms, or water-cooled plant equipment preferred.
  • Uptime Institute’s Accredited Tier Designer (ATD) is more design-oriented than technician-oriented, but it is a legitimate data center credential for candidates involved in higher-level infrastructure design and Tier concepts.