Facilities, Stores

About Vantage Data Centers

Vantage is committed to being a workplace of inclusion, equity, respect and acceptance. We celebrate diversity and intentionally seek out opportunities to learn from one another’s experience.

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises. Developing and operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Vantage has evolved data center design in innovative ways to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency and sustainability in flexible environments that can scale as quickly as the market demands.
- Please note that this position is site based in Newport CWL._

Position Overview

We are looking for a Facilities Stores & Warehouse Operative who knows what best-in-class service looks like and can make that a reality. This role is an important member of our Site Operations team where we manage some of the most efficient and cost-effective data center facilities in the industry.

Essential Job Functions
- Work under limited supervision, both independently and within a team environment
- Manage multiple one-time and/or ongoing projects
- Use discretion and judgment in organizing workflow and adapting as priorities are modified due to a changing environment
- Frequent contact with employees at all levels of the organization; frequent internal/external contact with customers and vendors

Duties
- Management of the site Loading Bay’s, Stores and Warehouse areas
- Monitoring, controlling, and recording the flow of company: products; inventory; goods, in and out of the facility
- Liaise with couriers for the delivery and collection of all customer: products; inventory; goods
- Ensure that all deliveries and collections are recorded and there is a clear audit chain
- Deal with customer’s deliveries and collections on site, including the managing and upkeep of the loading bay areas
- Maintain the critical spares stock ledger
- Overseeing the waste management activities on site
- Provision of material handling support to Operations and Construction deliveries to site
- Liaise with the Customer Experience Team for all delivery, storage, and collection queries
- Inspect the site shelving in accordance with the SEMA standards
- Deal with customer queries in a prompt, courteous and professional manner
- Control and monitor site lifting equipment such as trollies and server lifters
- Management of critical spares and COSSH inventory
- Fire Marshal duties, as required
- Adhere to, and ensure vendors follow, the Company’s SOPs (Standard Operating Procedures) to ensure all activities are performed in accordance with them
- Conduct Facilities Checks
- Occasional escorting
- Daily use of FLT
- Lone working (at times)

Job Requirements
- Experience in dealing with customer issues and problem solve
- Forklift Truck Trained, hold an appropriate licence or certification
- Undertake manual handling duties with appropriate equipment and/or assistance from another person
- Able to plan, organize and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
- Strong computer skills including proficiency with Microsoft desktop and server operating systems, as well as Microsoft Office 365
- Strong communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to communicate internally with team members as well as externally with vendors and other service providers
- Work effectively in collaboration cross-functionally to achieve shared goals and deliver business objectives
- Confident decision maker, even with incomplete or limited information
- May be required to complete formal training in an area of specialty
- Travel is expected to be less than 5%, occasionally for training purposes
- Potential employees must complete a background check successfully
- 40-45 hours
- 25 days paid annual leave
- 1 Hour unpaid lunch

We operate with No Ego and No Arrogance. We work to build each other up and support one another, appreciating each other’s strengths and respecting each other’s weaknesses. We find joy in our work and each other, actively seeking opportunities to inject fun into what we do. Our hard an efficient work is rewarded with an above market total compensation package. We offer a comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations.

Safety and security always matter. During COVID, all positions that can work remotely have been, and appropriate steps have been taken to ensure the safety of employees in any position essential to be on site. Regardless of where you are working, technology to work effectively is provided on or in advance of your first day of employment.

Throughout the year, the advantage of being part of the Vantage team is evident with an array of benefits, recognition, training and development, and the knowledge that your contribution adds value to the company and our community.

Vantage Data Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer