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.
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.
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.
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.
Wrapping up and prepping materials for next week, and going over the jobs with your engineer.
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 growth path to independent Data Center Engineer
- Metal & Engineering CAO with travel allowance, overtime pay and ADV days
- Work that matters, in the data centers the digital world runs on
Your salary and your role grow with you
You start as an assistant at €2.900, rising to €3.300. As soon as you can work independently you grow into Data Center Engineer, on to €4.100.
Above that are Senior Data Center Engineer (€4.100 to €4.900) and Lead Data Center Engineer (€4.900 to €5.900), the highest technical role. First Case is growing fast, so those who pick up the trade grow quickly.
View the full growth ladder →Amounts shown are gross per month, excluding allowances, overtime and travel costs · those are added on top.
I came in with an electrical background, but data centers were new to me. Within a year I was working on real installations and taking measurements on my own.
In a few clear steps
Send a message
Via WhatsApp, no CV needed. One message is enough to start.
We call briefly
What you're after, what we're after. Twenty minutes on the phone.
Come ride along for three days
The trial. Ride along, see the work, feel if it clicks with the team.
★ TrialA good feeling on both sides?
Then we make it official. You sign, and you start.
First, come ride along for three days.
Talking about the work is one thing. Seeing it is another. That's why we invite you to ride along for three days to real data centers, with an experienced engineer. You see the work, the team and the locations from the inside. After that you'll know whether First Case suits you, and we'll know whether you suit us.
- Three days on site, simply paid
- We arrange workwear and transport
- No obligation, but an honest picture
You learn the trade from experienced engineers.
As an assistant you always work alongside an experienced data center engineer who guides you. Since 2004 First Case has been the specialist for critical power infrastructure. You learn at real sites, at Tier 4 data centers and hyperscalers, and grow on to independent Data Center Engineer as soon as you are ready.