Technical Asset Lifecycle Analyst

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The Technical Asset Lifecycle Analyst reports directly to the Director of Technical Asset Management as part of the Real Estate & Facilities team. This position gathers, analyzes, and summarizes data on the Data Centers to understand the current condition of all building, electrical, and mechanical systems in order to maintain the most optimal Asset Lifecycle Management (ALM) strategy. They should understand the profile of each Data Center as it relates to operational costs driven by equipment deployment and chosen vendors, along with equipment life expectancy based on OEM Expected Useful Life (EUL) specifications as well as industry standards. This position will work closely with Operations, Construction, Supply Chain, and Design Management to understand current and future building design configurations, equipment deployments, load distributions, and maintenance cadence to support strategic asset management decisions during the life of the asset. These analyses may support repair-or-replace decisions for critical equipment and hold or sell decisions for the Data Center asset.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

• Work with other departments to understand equipment performance, failures, outages, and vendor performance & response time.

• Track and analyze operating expenditures of the buildings for service, maintenance, and repairs.

• Evaluate building performance against business cases with actuals, revised forecast assumptions and compare against original business case in partnership with Finance.

• Understand and calculate financial performance measurements including TCO and Cost to maintain per MW.

• Provide updated building specifications, equipment types, equipment counts, materials used for any grounds, building or critical equipment requested for internal use.

• Ability to anticipate, plan, schedule, budget, manage, and execute site improvement projects.

• Collaborate with Design, Construction, and Supply Chain teams to improve process, equipment selection, commissioning criteria, warranty activity, and documentation hand off.

• Prepare cost comparison analysis in anticipation of repair-or replace scenarios as equipment reaches or exceeds 70% of EUL.

• Prepare power point presentations to communicate drivers of building performance, equipment utilization, and to provide recommendations for Management based on results and metrics.

• Create, maintain, and update Building Management Plans (BMP) and Asset Management Plans (AMP) dedicated to each data center.

• Plan, schedule, and conduct quarterly business reviews with service and maintenance vendors.

• Other projects as assigned to support the Real Estate & Facilities department.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Advanced understanding of technical facilities or data centers mechanical and electrical systems.

• Strong technical knowledge of the following: mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, structural, safety systems, architectural, landscape and energy management.

• Strong technical knowledge of BMS and EPMS systems.

• Strong knowledge of switchgear, UPS/Battery, Generator, Chillers, Cooling Towers, Fan Coil Walls, CRAC/CRAH units, and humidification systems.

• Familiarization with NEC regarding general electrical code compliance an regulations.

• Familiar with NFPA70B, NFPA 70E, NFPA 72, NFPA 25, and compliance guidelines as well as building codes, regarding fire life safety requirements and guidance.

• Familiar with AQMD and other AHJ’s pertaining to air quality

• Gain familiarization with relevant local, state, and federal codes, laws and regulations pertaining to systems required to operate data centers.

• Strong analytical skills in comparing building specific information as it relates to electrical design and machinery, mechanical design and machinery, fire/life/safety systems, and general grounds and building systems in order to anticipate, plan, and organize repair-or-replacement of those systems.

• Ability to read and interpret building schematics and CAD drawings.

• SUSTAINABILITY minded - innovative and solution oriented.

• Excellent troubleshooting and Root Cause analysis skills of Data Center building systems.

• Ability to conduct and prepare comprehensive and detailed data analysis and output reports for stakeholders.

• Proficient with computers to include the utilization of Microsoft Office programs such as Word, Excel, Power Point, Planner, OneNote, and Outlook.

• Experience preferred