Data Center Facilities Manager -West London , Data Centre Engineering Operations

Amazon; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Data Center Facilities Manager, where you'll oversee critical infrastructure in a dynamic environment. This role involves managing teams, optimizing processes, and ensuring safety standards are met. You'll tackle complex challenges while fostering an inclusive culture that values diverse experiences. With opportunities for mentorship and career growth, this position is ideal for those passionate about innovation and operational excellence. Embrace the chance to make a significant impact in the world of cloud computing.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems in data centers.
• Proven track record in managing and developing teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to Health & Safety standards in Data Centers.
• Manage teams of engineers and maintain operational excellence.

Skills

Electrical Systems Understanding

Mechanical Systems Understanding

People Management

Problem Solving

Data Center Operations Experience

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Advanced Electrical/Mechanical Qualification

Job description

Data Center Facilities Manager -West London , Data Centre Engineering Operations

Job ID: 2971960 | Amazon Data Services UK Limited

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 a Data Center Facility Manager in Amazon Web Services, you will get to manage the world’s largest Cloud Computing Infrastructure. We encounter interesting, challenging & complex problems every day, being a technical facility manager in Amazon means that you can innovate to solve these issues and help drive Operations Excellence in all areas of your role. As a people manager you will actively hire and develop your team of data center experts and technicians. We are currently looking for a Facility Manager in Berkshire / West London area.



Key job responsibilities
- Ensuring we adhere to and exceed Health & Safety standards in all our Data Centers
- Managing and developing teams of engineers, providing both technical and leadership expertise and ensuring highest levels of performance.
- Maintaining existing operational Amazon Data Centers to the highest level of Availability
- Helping to build and bring online new Amazon Data Centers
- Constantly improving all our processes and procedures, we believe there is nothing we cannot improve
- Assisting and managing relationships with external vendors and contractors
- Liaising with internal teams and management groups
- Creating and maintaining metrics on all aspects of our Data Centers and utilising those metrics to drive positive changes
- Assisting in implementing service methodologies including incident management, problem management, change management, capacity management, etc

About the team
About the team
Diverse Experiences
AWS values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the 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.

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.

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 empower 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.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- An excellent understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems involved in critical Data Centre Operations including systems such as feeders, Transformers, Generators, Switch gear, UPS systems, ATS units, PDU units, chillers, pumps, Air Handling units
- Proven track record of people management and developing teams and in particular ensuring staff are ready for any and conditions through skill and process development
- Ability to solve problems at their root, stepping back to understand the broader context
- Experience working in data centers or another mission-critical environment ( e.g. Data Centers, Hospitals, Power plants, military facilities, etc.)

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Advanced electrical or mechanical qualification (Bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline is also acceptable)
- Full EU/ UK driving license.

Amazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice (https://www.amazon.jobs/en/privacy_page ) to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our candidates.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

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Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability or other legally protected status.