Data Centre Facility Manager (Engineering Operations)

Amazon; Milano; In loco; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading global cloud service provider in Milan is seeking a Manager to ensure safety standards and operational excellence within large-scale data centres. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, with over 10 years of relevant industry experience and proficiency in managing complex operational environments. Strong leadership skills and a commitment to continuous improvement are essential for delivering outstanding performance and working towards 100% uptime in critical infrastructure.

Competenze

• 5 years experience in a high-volume mission-critical operational environment, preferably 7x24x365.
• Very good command of English.
• Full EU / IT driving license.
• 10 years relevant industry experience.
• Demonstrate key electrical and mechanical competencies.

Mansioni

• Set and maintain safety standards and promote safety culture.
• Manage performance against metrics for large-scale data centres.
• Deliver 100% uptime on customer-supporting infrastructure.
• Strategic planning for maintenance activities on critical infrastructure.
• Manage strong technical teams and develop others for operational excellence.

Conoscenze

Helpdesk

Asset Management

Data Mining

Control Engineering

Formazione

Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or relevant discipline

Descrizione del lavoro

Key job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be accountable for :

Setting and maintaining the highest standard for safety and actively promoting a world‑class safety culture

The key performance metrics for a significant number of large‑scale data centres distributed across multiple AWS owned and co‑location sites (hosted by 3rd‑party service providers.) by continuously driving improvements while delivering performance against said metrics

Delivering 100% uptime on all customer‑supporting infrastructure

Strategic planning and execution of all corrective and preventive maintenance activities on all mission‑critical infrastructure

Managing strong technical teams with responsibility for the training and/or development of others to ensure operational excellence and career development

Successful delivery of strategic projects on critical infrastructure

Successful delivery of build‑out and retrofit of facility infrastructure in existing and new regional locations

Managing vendor performance by consistently setting high standards, driving accountability and conducting regular performance reviews

Risk Management : adopt and plan corporate risk strategy

Critical event response readiness (planning escalation / incident management, customer‑impacting event management response and recovery.)

Experience in working and managing within complex organisational matrix, managing and growing relationships between cross‑functional teams.

A day in the life

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Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or relevant Engineering discipline, or demonstrable equivalent (lesser qualification equivalent work experience).

• 5 years experience in a high‑volume mission‑critical operational environment (e.g., data centre, healthcare, high‑technology manufacturing, large‑scale production, aviation maintenance) preferably 7x24x365 operational experience & responsibilities;
• First‑hand knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, employee relations, leadership techniques, operational performance and coordination of people and resources;

A very good command of English

Full EU / IT driving license.

10 years relevant industry related experience

Demonstrate key electrical and mechanical competencies and theory.

Know and apply safe electrical practice according to guidelines set by relevant electrical safety supervisory bodies.

Have a strong working knowledge and experience of the purpose and infrastructure of a data‑center, depth knowledge of UPS backup generator systems and generic mechanical‑room infrastructure such as chillers, cooler units and fan controls.

Fundamental knowledge of network design and layout (copper / fibre) as well as low / high voltage (copper / fibre) cabling, BMS systems, monitoring and alarming systems.

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Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

English, Helpdesk, Asset Management, ABB, Data Mining, Control Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1