Job Description
Data Centre Technician – Join Our Expert Team! 📍 Drogheda | 🏢 Brand-new, state-of-the-art client site | 🕑 Full-time shift work, incl. weekends & bank holidays
We’re hiring a skilled Data Centre Technician to join a high-performing team on one of Ireland’s most exciting new client sites. If you’re a hands-on professional with a strong technical background and a passion for solving problems, this is your chance to step into a role that keeps the digital world running smoothly.
🔧 What You’ll Do
- Manage and resolve day-to-day technical tickets to meet client KPIs and service-level agreements
- Install, maintain, and certify optical infrastructure (servers, networking equipment, fibre patching, etc.)
- Monitor system performance and quickly respond to faults or outages
- Operate and isolate Electrical, Cooling, Fire, and Sprinkler systems (where authorised)
- Support capacity planning and daily ops in tandem with engineers and IT teams
- Cover holiday, training, and sickness absences for shift team members
- Deliver condition assessments, incident reports, and maintenance logs with precision
- Maintain full compliance with health & safety, quality assurance, and client procedures
- Ensure consistent performance from external contractors and follow through on reports
- Take ownership of documentation and infrastructure mapping updates
- Seamlessly balance routine tasks with ad hoc project work
Qualifications
- Formal trade qualification
- Ideally 2+ years’ as a Data Centre Technician, Electrician
- Experience in mission-critical environments (UPS, BMS, chillers, gensets, electrical testing)
- Proficiency in optical hardware installation and fibre testing/certification
- Strong awareness of maintenance-related health & safety requirements
- Clear communicator—both verbal and written—with strong documentation skills
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook
- Calm under pressure, collaborative, and customer-focused
Additional Information
About Aramark
Aramark Ireland is a leader in food, facilities, and workplace services, supporting clients across healthcare, education, business, and the public sector. With over 40 years in Ireland and more than 8,000 colleagues across Ireland and Northern Ireland, we are committed to service excellence, innovation, sustainability, and creating meaningful experiences for our clients, colleagues, and communities.
Aramark is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all candidates.