About the Role
Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, shortening the path to connectivity to enable innovations. Joining our operations team means being at the center of everything – maintaining and evolving critical infrastructure that powers the digital world. You’ll find belonging, purpose, and a team that welcomes you.
Responsibilities
- Performs moderately difficult preventative and corrective maintenance checks on-site to facility components.
- Performs moderately difficult repairs, maintenance, installations, and on-site inspections to facility systems.
- Supports energy efficiency measures.
- Monitors the Building Monitoring System (BMS) and resolves moderately difficult alarm issues.
- Operates and maintains plumbing, fire suppression, and safety systems.
- Operates critical infrastructures under the supervision of more senior technical staff.
- Supports the work approval process for service providers on moderately difficult maintenance work.
- Ensures vendor maintenance activities are carried out as per Equinix's standard operating procedures.
- Supports modifications to technical files for plants and equipment.
- Performs moderately difficult site logs for permits, such as Maintenance Operation Protocols (MOPs) and scripts.
- Identifies Single Points of Failure (SPOFs) and makes recommendations.
- Responds to all moderately difficult on-site incidents, including failures, problems, and delays.
- Completes routine work requests and circuit installations.
- Troubleshoots and maintains office equipment.
- Supports auxiliary equipment and machines with problem solving and repairs.
- Makes minor changes to mechanical, electrical, and specialized systems, as directed.
- Collaborates with others to resolve moderately difficult facility incidents.
- Effectively collaborates within the department.
- May mentor team members on general maintenance activities.
- Provides stakeholders with inventory needs to maintain optimal stock levels of critical parts and equipment.
- May recommend infrastructure projects.
Requirements
- Typically requires a high school diploma and proven years of equivalent work experience.
- Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree is preferred.
- 3+ years of experience in facility construction planning, management, and supervision, or equivalent work experience is preferred.
- Data center operations and maintenance or facility operations experience is preferred.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
- Must be bright and proactive in taking on tasks.
- Must have good cooperation skills within the team.
- Must be able to work shifts.
- Possession of public qualifications is desirable (Fire Equipment Engineer, Class B Hazardous Materials Handler, Fire Prevention Manager, Electrician, Class 3 Electrical Engineer, etc.).
- Must send Japanese and English resumes.
Skills
- Building Monitoring System (BMS)
- Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Location
- Inzai City, Chiba Prefecture
Work Type
- Shift work
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Education Level
- High school diploma
- Electrical or Mechanical Engineering degree preferred
Salary/Compensations
- Annual salary system
- Incentives available separately
- Salary will be determined based on experience and abilities, in accordance with company regulations.
Benefits
- Salary increase once a year (March)
- Bonus once a year (March)
- Commuting allowance (up to 50,000 yen per month)
- Employee stock purchase discount system
- Various social insurances (employment, workers' compensation, health, pension)
- Health resort facilities, fitness club subsidies
- Next Stage Challenge Allowance/Leave (for long-term employees)
- Qualification acquisition/English support system (TOEIC, online English conversation)
- Official club activity support system (baseball, basketball, futsal, karting, golf, tennis)
- Mental health counseling
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Defined contribution pension
- Congratulatory/condolence money (wedding gifts, birth gifts, condolence money, etc.)
- Volunteer activities (picture book delivery/street clean day, etc.)
About the Company
- Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company®, operating over 200 data centers globally and providing interconnection services to all major clouds and networks.
- Equinix's global platform allows customers to deploy infrastructure wherever they need it and connect to everything they need for their business success.
- Equinix has achieved rapid growth for over 70 consecutive quarters.
- Equinix's innovative portfolio of high-performance products and services has built the largest and most vibrant global ecosystem of over 10,000 companies, including more than 1,800 network providers and more than 2,900 cloud/IT service providers across five continents and 26 countries.
- Joining Equinix means being at the forefront of operating and managing business-critical facilities as part of an elite operations team delivering the best service to customers.
- Equinix promotes diversity, values diverse ideas and contributions, and strives to create a fair workplace.
- This is the foundation of our corporate core values and essential for the success of our business activities.
Equal Opportunity
- Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.
- Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.
- All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law.
- We use artificial intelligence in our hiring process.
- This posting is for a backfill position, meaning it is to fill an existing vacancy within our organization.
- Equinix participates in E-Verify.
- Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.
