Data Center Operations Leader — New LD14 Site

Equinix; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Critical Illness Insurance

Private Healthcare

Eye Care Coverage

Gymflex Membership

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Company Pension Plan

Cycle to Work Scheme

Annual Season Ticket Loan

Job summary

Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure leader, seeks a senior operations leader for LD14 in Slough. You will own site performance, safety, and engineering partnerships from commissioning through steady-state operations, shaping team culture and ways of working from day one.

With a background in engineering or facilities leadership, you will manage budgets, multi-disciplinary teams, and complex stakeholder engagements to deliver operational excellence at a brand-new data centre.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in technical operations within complex, high-availability environments.
• Experience leading and developing technical or multi-disciplinary teams.
• Strong background in engineering, facilities management, or mission-critical operations.
• Track record of raising performance standards and delivering operational excellence.
• Comfortable managing budgets, technical projects, and senior stakeholder relationships.
• Long term relevant experience or equivalent progressive leadership roles.

Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and develop teams of experienced technical professionals and/or subordinate managers.
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee full people management responsibilities, including hiring, coaching, development, and performance reviews.
• Plan and deliver site infrastructure projects on time, within scope, and on budget.
• Oversee technical maintenance, system upgrades, and facility expansions.
• Collaborate with engineering and design teams during new facility handovers.
• Ensure vendors deliver to KPIs and SLAs; build supplier relationships.
• Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Operational excellence

Safety culture

Communication

Change management

Education

Engineering degree

Facilities management certification

Tools

CMMS

Project management software

Job description

Equinix, the world’s digital infrastructure leader, seeks a senior operations leader for LD14 in Slough. You will own site performance, safety, and engineering partnerships from commissioning through steady-state operations, shaping team culture and ways of working from day one.

With a background in engineering or facilities leadership, you will manage budgets, multi-disciplinary teams, and complex stakeholder engagements to deliver operational excellence at a brand-new data centre.