Data Center Engineer
You work on the power beneath the digital world: streaming services, banking apps and AI services all run on it. No homes, no offices, critical technology where every second counts.
UPS systems, battery banks and backup power: the installations that keep servers up, even when the grid drops out. You replace battery modules, measure voltage and conductance, pull and label cables and record what you did, because in these buildings the documentation weighs as much as the work. One week you are in Amsterdam, the next in Frankfurt or Brussels, at sites almost no one enters. If you come from commercial and industrial buildings and UPS is new to you, you learn those systems here on the installation itself, alongside an experienced engineer. Physical, technical and precise, because a mistake is not an option here.
No day is the same.
This is what a typical week looks like. No homes, no offices. Changing clients, locations and tech.
The clients change, the locations change, the tech changes.
You're with a colleague in a data center in Amsterdam. You replace 16 battery modules in a UPS system that the biggest tech companies depend on.
Maintenance on three UPS units in a data center just outside Brussels: you check the DC connections to the battery breakers and use thermography to spot connections running warm.
Battery measurements at a site in Rotterdam: you record voltage and conductance per battery and report the results to the client.
Preparing the next project: checking materials, pre-assembling racks and battery strings at the warehouse and coordinating with the team.
What you bring, what you get
What you bring
- Solid experience as an electrical engineer in commercial and industrial buildings, for example offices, healthcare, industry or data centers
- MBO 3 Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience
- Knowledge of UPS and backup power systems, extensive experience with them is a welcome plus
- NEN 3140 VP and VCA VOL, or the willingness to obtain them
- Driver's license B
- You can work independently
- English at working level is a plus
- Willing to work abroad (regularly Benelux, occasionally further)
What we offer
- Manufacturer training on UPS systems from Eaton and Schneider Electric
- NEN 3140 and VCA certification if you don't have them yet
- The opportunity to obtain NEN 3840 (high voltage)
- LOTO and ESD training
- International work in Europe's most secure data centers
- Metal & Engineering CAO with travel allowance, overtime pay and ADV days
- A team of 20, no meeting culture, things get done
Your salary and your role grow with you
In this role you earn €3.300 at entry, rising to €4.100 as an experienced engineer. Growing on to Senior can later reach €4.900, but you are applying now for the Data Center Engineer role.
First Case is growing fast. Those with ambition grow into Senior Data Center Engineer, with project leadership, planning and client responsibility, up to €4.900 gross per month.
View the full growth ladder →Amounts shown are gross per month, excluding allowances, overtime and travel costs · those are added on top.
Last month I was in Frankfurt. The week before, two days in Belgium. You never know exactly where you'll be next week, but you do know it won't be a boring job.
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 two 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 two days.
Talking about the work is one thing. Seeing it is another. That's why we invite you to ride along for two 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. Riding along is voluntary, and we cover your travel costs and workwear.
- Two days on site, your costs covered
- We arrange workwear and transport
- No obligation, but an honest picture
Short lines. No meeting culture.
Since 2004 First Case has been the specialist for critical power infrastructure in data centers. A tight team of professionals: short lines, quick decisions, working on sites almost no one enters.