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The Site Startup Engineer will be responsible for coordinating with teams across all areas of the business to support and facilitate a new site startup project. This includes creating and tracking site startup checklists starting at the earliest phases of a new project, assisting with the creation of assets and their associated maintenance within ServiceNow and Nuvolo, tracking in-flight changes to the Freedom Design standards, and collecting lessons learned to be shared across the rest of the Facilities Operations portfolio.

RESPONSIBILITIES, other duties may be assigned.

• Interface with site teams and leadership to capture and standardize turnover requirements for green field sites, site expansions and major infrastructure upgrades.

• Maintain project tracking and reporting of key site turnover requirements to the operational team.

• Support site teams by directly assisting with asset onboarding, CMMS setup, and mapping configuration item relationships in support of SDP efforts.

• Coordinate with site teams to identify and understand lessons learned, and share previous lessons with subsequent project teams.

• Coordinate with Development to provide Freedom Build design feedback to the committee for review.

• Understand Freedom Build Basis of Design changes and track whether they are to be incorporated into in-flight greenfield projects.

• Maintain alignment between Development, Facilities Operations, and Finance regarding reporting of power capacity – basis of design, installed, and commissioned.

• Coordinate with Procurement and Facilities Operations teams to ensure an accurate inventory of purchased equipment is maintained, transferred as required to builds in-progress.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Architecture, Military schooling or equivalent professional experience.

• Three or more years of professional experience in mission critical construction, commissioning, and/or operations.

• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite

• Ability to travel up to 25%

• US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Project management experience and/or certifications

• Prior experience working in mission critical data center environments

• Experience with the following software tools: ServiceNow, Nuvolo (or other CMMS platforms), Smartsheet

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong organization, multi-tasking, and prioritization teamwork skills.

• Strong coordination skills between multiple stakeholders, third-party contractors, consultants and clients.

• Ability to maintain positive relationships and communication with staff, management, and customers.

TOTAL REWARDS

• This role is also eligible for a competitive benefits package that includes: medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance; 401(k) retirement plan; flexible spending and HSA accounts; paid holidays; paid time off; paid volunteer days; employee assistance program; tuition assistance; parental leave; military leave assistance; QTS scholarship for dependents; wellness program, and other company benefits.

• This position is bonus eligible.

We conform to all the laws, statutes, and regulations concerning equal employment opportunities and affirmative action. We strongly encourage women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply to all of our job openings. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin, age, disability status, Genetic Information & Testing, Family & Medical Leave, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We prohibit retaliation against individuals who bring forth any complaint, orally or in writing, to the employer or the government, or against any individuals who assist or participate in the investigation of any complaint or discrimination claim.

The "Know Your Rights" Poster is included here:

Know Your Rights (English) (http://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights_10_20.pdf)

Know Your Rights (Spanish)

The pay transparency policy is available here:

Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster-Formatted (https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf)

QTS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to talentacquisition@qtsdatacenters.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

QTS Data Centers was built around the Core Values of Integrity, Character, and Trust. We prioritize family, faith and community involvement while leading with strong, honorable, and principled behavior. We started this journey in 2003 when our CEO, Chad Williams, purchased his first data center in Overland Park, KS. Humble beginnings that have led to 35+ data centers and growing. Recently privatized in a $10 billion transaction with Blackstone, one of the most notable real estate investments companies in the world, QTS is positioned to execute on a global expansion initiative and we are looking for the best and brightest to join our team.

At QTS, we’re fearlessly leading the way by redefining what it means to be a data center provider. QTS is entrusted with providing world-class data center solutions to enterprises, government agencies as well as the largest and fastest growing technology companies in the world. We deliver a fully-integrated platform from top to bottom – one enabled by technology and world-class infrastructure. Simply put, we’re innovating to stay ahead of the curve.

We are powered by people.

And we’d like to invite you to join us.

In addition to a variety of benefit packages, QTS goes above and beyond for our employees:

• Roth and Traditional 401(k) matching contributions with immediate vesting

• Every employee is bonus or commission eligible

• Generous PTO Accrual plus additional Paid Volunteer Days

• Paid Holidays Annually/Holiday compensation when worked

• Pet and Legal Insurance

• Q-Rest Sabbatical Program

• Q-Anniversary Service Award Program

• Parental Leave for primary and secondary caregivers

• Military Benefits Package

• QTS Charitable Matching Gift Program

• QTS Scholarship for Employee Dependents

• QTS Crisis Fund

• Wellness Program

• Tuition Reimbursement Program