About this role
// Vacancy Assistant Data Center Engineer No diploma needed and you don't go to school: you learn the trade full-time on the job, alongside engineers who already have it down. As an Assistant Data Center Engineer you work on UPS systems, batteries and emergency power in the most heavily secured buildings in the Netherlands. Not as a bystander, but with your hands on the installation, alongside an experienced engineer who guides you. You take measurements, pull cables, replace modules and learn how a data center runs. You don't need a diploma: unlike the apprentice you don't go to school, you learn the trade full-time with us on the job. Once you can work independently, you grow on to Data Center Engineer. // A week at First Case No day is the same. This is what a typical week looks like. You work on site, alongside an experienced engineer who guides you. The clients change, the locations change, the tech changes. Monday Amsterdam You ride along to a data center near Amsterdam. Together with an experienced engineer you replace battery modules in a UPS system that big tech companies depend on. Tuesday The Hague Maintenance at a site in The Hague. You take measurements and pull cables under guidance. You help prepare and commission an emergency power system, and check the materials. Friday Wrap-up Wrapping up and prepping materials for next week, and going over the jobs with your engineer. // The requirements What you bring, what you get What you bring - No diploma needed, we train you on the job - An affinity for technical work and the will to learn the trade - VCA Basic, or the willingness to obtain it - Driver's license B - You enjoy working in a team and learning from experienced colleagues - Dutch or English language What we offer - Guidance from experienced data center engineers at real sites - Training on UPS systems from Eaton and Schneider Electric - NEN 3140 VOP and VCA certification - A clear growt...