Facility Assistant (San Francisco)

Facility Assistant

Your role

The Facility Assistant is a part of the Data Center Portfolio Operations Team. The Facility Assistant shall provide leadership and management for day-to-day operations of a large scale Data Center electrical/mechanical plant, while ensuring the highest levels of reliability and availability are maintained.

What you'll do

• Assist as a security monitor (includes looking for security violations and at times escorting contractors to secured areas) during normal business hours and on call for emergencies

• Assist with shipping/receiving and general loading dock activities and operations

• Perform daily property tours

• Assist Managers with obtaining facility related price quotations and bid proposals on property quotes

• Assist with performing and scheduling repairs and preventative maintenance of general facility equipment and grounds, related to landscaping, irrigations systems, elevators and lifts, dock levelers, pest control, trash removal, painting, crating and uncrating equipment, security equipment IE cameras, readers and gates.

• Assist with cleaning and general custodial services of the facility

• Escorting vendor to the appropriate departmental contact but excluding all areas for MEP, roof and critical space in the data center.

• Maintain work areas in a neat and safe manner, non-critical space.

• Organize and file property related facility documents

What you'll need

• 2 years of facility management experience in a high reliability data center or similar environment preferred

• Background in carpentry and general building hardware maintenance (doors, locks, windows, flooring, etc.) preferred

• Expertise in Microsoft Office suite applications, Outlook, Word and Excel

• Rudimentary problem solving skills, technical and organizational expertise

• Actively solicits feedback to ensure all activities and deliverables meet expectations

• Basic carpentry skills

• Painting experience

• General mechanical skills

• Extended hours may be significant at times

• Strong written and verbal command of the English language

• Responsible attitude with strong work ethic; leading by example in attendance, attitude and technical work product

• Ability and willingness to respond to emails after hours in the event of an emergency

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.

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