Senior Facilities Manager - Mission-Critical Data Centres

First Point Group; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

First Point Group in Hong Kong is recruiting a Senior Facilities Manager to lead the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of mission-critical data centre facilities. You will ensure uptime, safety, and reliability across high-availability infrastructure in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities include overseeing electrical and cooling systems, incident response, vendor management, capacity planning, and energy optimization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Building Services Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Extensive experience managing mission-critical facilities or data centre operations.
• Proven leadership experience managing engineering and facilities teams.
• Strong expertise in electrical infrastructure including UPS systems, switchgear, generators, and power distribution networks.
• Strong knowledge of cooling technologies, HVAC systems, CRAC units, and environmental management.
• Experience leading maintenance, incident management, and operational support functions.
• Strong understanding of data centre reliability, redundancy, and high-availability principles.
• Experience managing external vendors, maintenance providers, and technical contractors.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and decision-making capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Fluency in English and Chinese is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations and maintenance activities across mission-critical data centre facilities.
• Manage electrical infrastructure including UPS systems, switchgear, generators, and power distribution systems.
• Oversee cooling systems, HVAC infrastructure, environmental controls, and thermal management operations.
• Ensure maximum uptime, reliability, and resilience of critical infrastructure assets.
• Lead incident response activities and coordinate rapid service restoration during infrastructure events.
• Develop and manage preventive and predictive maintenance programs.
• Monitor facility performance and implement continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage third-party vendors, contractors, and service providers.
• Establish operational standards, procedures, and best practices.
• Support capacity planning, infrastructure expansion, and technology refresh projects.
• Ensure compliance with safety, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Lead, mentor, and develop engineering and operations teams.
• Prepare operational reports, performance metrics, and executive management updates.
• Drive operational efficiency, energy optimization, and reliability improvement programs.

Skills

Facilities leadership

Electrical infrastructure

Cooling systems

Incident management

Data centre operations

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Bilingual English/Chinese

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Facilities Engineering

Tools

DCIM tools

Job description

First Point Group in Hong Kong is recruiting a Senior Facilities Manager to lead the operation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of mission-critical data centre facilities. You will ensure uptime, safety, and reliability across high-availability infrastructure in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.

Responsibilities include overseeing electrical and cooling systems, incident response, vendor management, capacity planning, and energy optimization.