17/214213 Infrastructure Engineer

Package Description

Full details on application.

Relocation assistance provided (if applicable).

Job Introduction

Serco is a specialist at delivering vital services on behalf of European, National and Local Governments.

Serco Europe employ’s a large workforce in Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Switzerland, Germany, Holland, Spain, Italy and the UK.

Our European operations have ca. 2,000 employees delivering critical services to public institutions throughout Europe. 

Main Responsibilities

The candidate should provide support to the Technical and Scientific Support Department within the Generic Systems and Infrastructure Division.

The tasks generally are:

• Taking charge and full responsibility of infrastructure projects assigned by the Technical Infrastructure Manager from the infrastructure project portfolio. These projects can be migrations and relocations of existing infrastructure, building new infrastructure for future programmes, additions and enhancements to existing infrastructure elements such as video and workstations, new builds and changes to power and cooling infrastructure, fibre and copper cabling, rack assembly. Project management activity also includes defining the demand for external resources and the management thereof when on site;
• Responsibility for contributing to energy efficiency strategy and the implementation of the energy efficiency action plan built upon the strategy;
• Conducting communication of technical nature with contractors, suppliers and project stakeholders;
• Supporting the IM&E CA Manager in project scheduling;
• Supporting IM&E CA Manager in project related procurements by sourcing different materials and equipment and collecting price offers for these. This does not imply budget responsibility for the incumbent;
• Properly using the Infrastructure productivity tools such as iPatch for cable management, the Schneider Electric StruxtureWare DCIM package;
• Preparing design documents (technical notes in EUMETSAT terminology) for complex projects that are assigned to or initiated by the GSI/IM&E CA;
• Preparing design drawings using Visio for the projects mentioned above;
• Perform hands-on tasks such as server, workstation, communication and video equipment installation for existing and new operational programmes and moving material out and into the Infrastructure storage areas;
• Outside peak periods when external resources are not available the Infrastructure Engineer is required to carry out additional hands on tasks such as rack assembly, patch cable installation, assisting in power box installation.

Successful Candidate

The candidate should have the following educational background and 5 to 10 years overall working experience and 3 to 5 years specific experience in the areas mentioned bellow:

• Bachelor degree in Electrical or Computer Engineering or equivalent working experience;
• Familiarity with data centre infrastructure elements: power, cooling, space management, racks, cabling and patching (copper and fibre);
• Familiarity with data centre operations procedures: access, security, maintenance windows, mission critical processes, etc.;
• Experience in coordinating simple projects (5-10 resources, project budget order of magnitude up to 20K EUR);
• Good communications skills with external and internal resources and stakeholders;
• Business acumen to identify financially viable and sustainable technical solutions;
• User experience related to some current ERP or workflow management system such as SAP, Oracle, Siebel or Remedy;
• Proficiency in work procedures related to server, workstation, communication equipment installation as well as rack assembly, electrical installations, cabling, patching and other maintenance activity around control and data centres;
• The candidate should be a licensed electrician;
• Experience in a 24/7, mission critical environment.

The knowledge of a cabling management system and/or a DCIM system such as APC Struxtureware , Nlyte, ABB Decathlon, Emerson Trellis is a distinct advantage.

The official languages of EUMETSAT are English and French. Therefore good written and spoken English skills are necessary. The knowledge of French is considered an advantage.

Please note that the closing date for application is on 27/04/2017.

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Important

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About The Company

Serco Services GmbH, part of the Serco group, A FTSE250, Multi-national Service Provider with over 60,000 employees worldwide.

Serco’s space heritage over the last 40 years has placed us in the Space News Top 50 Space Industry Manufacturing and Services Companies - We work alongside EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency, where we are the largest on-site service provider with ca. 300 staff.

What connects the ever growing Serco workforce is a passion for delivering great service – To keep ahead we have to constantly evolve and enhance the way we deliver our services and everyone in Serco has a role to play here.

Serco provide the right environment to encourage ideas and a comprehensive Best Practice support network that enables them to put their ideas into action.

If you share our values then join with over 60,000 colleagues globally who are equally as passionate about delivering great service as you