Apex Systems
Datacenter Operations Specialist
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Role: Data Center Facility Engineer / Manager
Location: London, UK
Duration: 12 months with potential conversion into permanent.
Requirement: Onsite – 5 days per week
Start Date: ASAP
Role Overview:
- Mechanical HVAC background
- ✅ Critical facilities experience
- ✅ Data centre experience
- ✅ Banking / financial services facilities experience
- ✅ Cooling systems experience
- ✅ BMS exposure
- ✅ Strong hands-on maintenance background
- ✅ Change management experience
- ✅ Good understanding of Legionella control
- ✅ Strong mechanical hands-on experience in a critical environment.
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Must-Have Skills
- Core Requirement
- Strong mechanical engineering background
- Hands-on experience
- HVAC/Cooling systems experience
- Critical environment experience
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Ideal Environments
- Data Centres
- Banking / Financial Services
- Mission Critical Facilities
- Other critical infrastructure environments
HVAC Requirements
Look for candidates with exposure to:
- HVAC
- Chillers
- Cooling systems
- Dry coolers
- Cooling towers
- HVAC plant
- Air handling systems
- Building Systems
- BMS (Building Management Systems)
- SCADA systems
- Compliance & Operations
- Legionella awareness
- Critical environment procedures
- Change management
- Documentation
- Excel reporting
Essential Experience
Critical Environment Experience
Highly desirable experience in:
- Data Centres
- Banks
- Financial institutions
- Mission-critical buildings
Nice-to-Have Skills
BMS
Candidates should have:
- Basic BMS understanding
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SCADA
Awareness preferred
- Basic understanding acceptable
You will work directly with air handling units, chillers, cooling towers, evaporative cooling systems, liquid cooling distribution, and associated water treatment plant. The role demands strong mechanical aptitude with specific expertise in plumbing, pipework, pressurised water systems, and fluid dynamics. You will be responsible for maintaining system integrity, ensuring compliance with ACOP regulations, optimising thermal performance, and supporting the scaling of cooling capacity as our fleet grows.
This is a shift-based role requiring flexibility to support 24/7 data centre operations. You will work alongside electrical and controls engineers but your primary focus is mechanical systems and fluid management.
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