Technical Team Leader - (Cooling,Ups/Inverters,Data Centers) - 006404 Schneider Electric
East Africa is looking for a highly motivated technical professional with rich
experience to join our Field Services team as the Technical Team Leader for
Nairobi location. This position will report to the Field Services Director and manage
a team of 7 persons .The successful candidate Must have atleast 2 years of management experience.
Job
Purpose
These include maintenance of:
- Power equipment as uninterruptible power
supplies, Automatic voltage regulators, Transient voltage surge suppressors,
rectifiers, inverter/chargers and related electrical cabling and switch gear
- Precision cooling- in rack, in room and in row
and cold/hot aisle containment.
- Racks, power distribution units
- Data Centre infrastructure Management and
remote monitoring services
Main
responsibilities
- Coordinating and managing the Technical
department which includes workshop repairs, site surveys installations and commissioning
of server rooms and data centers, site repairs and preventive maintenance
services.
- Support
serviceable Schneider equipment including but not limited to: electrical
switchgear, HVAC/CRAC systems, UPS systems, PDUs, RPPs, BMS systems, PLCs,
HMIs, Drives, security, access control, CCTV and fire alarm and suppression
systems…
- Preparation of section budgets, tools and
equipment management, spares sourcing and stores quantity levels tracking for
restocking.
- Scheduling and supervision of services in power
protection, cooling and data center/ server rooms including site surveys,
Installation and commissioning, repairs and preventive maintenance services to
a wide range of clients in different sector
- Training and appraisal of staff, Planning and
coordinating for specific product training at the manufacturer centers for
extensive knowledge acquisition and licensing.
- an
investigate remotely the origin of the breakdown and submit fixes (in a service
bureau for example)
- Provide
team leadership for team of Field service engineers
- Plan
training for field service representatives and ensure completion of assigned
internal training.
- Do
continuous performance reviews with team and annual performance review
submissions.
- Provide
technical and career mentorship to team reporting to you.
- Represent
the services department in meetings and cross functional initiatives as a
delegate or deputy of field services operations manager
- Approve
time sheets, absence, and requests of N-1 reports in consultation with Fields
services operations manager.
- Perform
other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Diploma in Engineering or related fields
- At least has 5-10 years’ experience in
Technical Services lead role with experience in data center infrastructure services
- Relevant experience with critical systems
infrastructure equipment (i.e. electrical switchgear, diesel generators, UPS
systems, electrical distribution, chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, fire
detection/suppression or building monitoring systems).
- Possess a valid driver's license
- Verifiable hands-on technical work experience
required
- High level of technical knowledge of
electronic/electrical component theory.
Knowledge of HVAC systems and applicable application software knowledge
is preferred.
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Primary Location
: KE-Nairobi
Schedule
: Full-time
Unposting Date
: Ongoing
