Critical Facilities Engineer - Dallas, TX

Critical Facilities Engineer

Equinix is the world's digital infrastructure company. We operate a global platform of data centers that enables organizations to connect to the partners, services, and technologies they need to scale with agility. Our operations teams are responsible for maintaining the critical infrastructure that powers the digital world while delivering industry-leading reliability for our customers.

Data centers are considered critical facilities. The infrastructure we operate supports organizations that depend on continuous uptime, including healthcare, public safety, cloud, and enterprise services. Simply putwe cannot go dark. In this role, you will help operate, maintain, and improve the electrical, mechanical, and cooling systems that keep our facilities running safely and reliably.

We are hiring Critical Facilities Engineers across multiple experience levels. Whether you are building your career in critical operations or are an experienced engineer ready to lead complex infrastructure activities, we offer opportunities for growth and advancement.

What You'll Do:

• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on critical facility infrastructure
• Monitor, operate, and troubleshoot electrical and mechanical systems
• Support operation of systems including UPS, generators, switchgear, HVAC, chillers, CRAH/CRAC units, fire and life-safety systems, and Building Monitoring Systems (BMS)
• Perform site inspections and respond to alarms, incidents, and emergencies
• Execute maintenance procedures, work orders, circuit installations, and equipment repairs
• Develop and follow maintenance documentation including MOPs, scripts, permits, and site logs
• Coordinate and oversee vendor activities to ensure work is completed safely and in accordance with Equinix standards
• Identify operational risks, single points of failure, and opportunities for infrastructure improvement
• Support infrastructure projects, equipment upgrades, and operational excellence initiatives
• Collaborate across Operations, Engineering, and Security teams to ensure facility reliability
• Participate in a 24x7 operational environment, including shift work, on-call support, weekends, holidays, and emergency response as required