Data Centre Engineering Facility Manager DCC Communities

Amazon; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Data Center Facility Manager to lead engineering operations and maintenance across their facilities. This role involves overseeing a diverse team of engineers and ensuring the highest standards of safety and service availability. You will engage in financial analysis, vendor management, and project management while fostering an inclusive culture that empowers innovative ideas. Join a dynamic team that values work-life balance and continuous career growth, making a significant impact in the cloud infrastructure domain.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Mentorship programs

Inclusive culture

Career advancement resources

Qualifications

• Experience managing teams in data center environments.
• Strong knowledge of critical facility equipment and systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering operations and maintenance across Amazon availability zones.
• Manage teams ensuring the availability of critical mechanical and electrical services.

Skills

Team Management

Risk Management

Project Management

Financial Analysis

Vendor Management

Technical Expertise

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

Master's Degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Generators

Cooling Towers

UPS Systems

Fire Detection Systems

Job description

AWS Infrastructure Services owns the design, planning, delivery, and operation of all AWS global infrastructure. In other words, we're the people who keep the cloud running. We support all AWS data centers and all of the servers, storage, networking, power, and cooling equipment that ensure our customers have continual access to the innovation they rely on. We work on the most challenging problems with thousands of variables impacting the supply chain and we're looking for talented people who want to help.

You’ll join a diverse team of software, hardware, and network engineers, supply chain specialists, security experts, operations managers, and other vital roles. You’ll collaborate with people across AWS to help us deliver the highest standards for safety and security while providing seemingly infinite capacity at the lowest possible cost for our customers. And you’ll experience an inclusive culture that welcomes bold ideas and empowers you to own them to completion.

As Data Center Facility Manager, you will be responsible for engineering operations and maintenance across the Amazon availability zone. You will lead a team of engineers responsible for the 100% availability of mechanical and electrical services including risk management and mitigation, corrective and preventative maintenance of critical infrastructure, vendor management, and metrics reporting.

Key job responsibilities:

1. Oversees the build-out of Facility-specific infrastructure in existing locations.
2. Responsible for the onsite management of shift technicians, senior shift technicians, subcontractors, and vendors ensuring that all work performed is in accordance with AWS practices and procedures.
3. Has primary responsibility for engineering systems availability.
4. Conducts financial analysis and contributes to financial decisions.
5. Managing and developing teams of engineers, providing both technical and leadership expertise and ensuring highest levels of performance.
6. Negotiates and rolls out contracts and defines and audits SLAs.
7. Will conduct Project Management for multiple sites.
8. Draws from a deep group or department level understanding to make business decisions.
9. Uses business knowledge to set priorities and develop project plans.
10. Work with IT managers and other business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity, and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability, and efficiency.
11. Operate and manage both routine and emergency services on a variety of critical systems such as switchgear, generators, UPS systems, and power distribution equipment.

About the team:

Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the preferred qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.

Why AWS:

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. We pioneered cloud computing and never stopped innovating; that's why customers from the most successful startups to Global 500 companies trust our robust suite of products and services to power their businesses.

Inclusive Team Culture:

Here at AWS, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Our employee-led affinity groups foster a culture of inclusion that empowers us to be proud of our differences. Ongoing events and learning experiences, including our Conversations on Race and Ethnicity (CORE) and AmazeCon (gender diversity) conferences, inspire us to never stop embracing our uniqueness.

Mentorship & Career Growth:

We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, mentorship, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance:

We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why we strive for flexibility as part of our working culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve in the cloud.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant discipline.
2. Relevant work experience as a people manager in Data Center or another mission-critical environment with understanding of mission-critical systems (Data Centers, Hospitals, Power plants, military facilities, etc.).
3. In-depth knowledge of critical facility (electrical and mechanical) equipment such as generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS and DRUPS, electrical sub-distribution systems, fire detection and suppression systems, cable reticulation system.
4. Experienced in managing partnerships with vendors.
5. Experience working in Data Centers.
6. Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant discipline preferred.

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Required Experience:
Manager