24/7 Data Center Facilities Leader

Limiting Factor Group; Ephrata (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Limiting Factor Group (LFG) designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems and utility providers. The Facility Operations Lead will oversee the Moses Lake site, ensuring continuous power and cooling, leading the site team, and owning the maintenance program as construction finishes new buildings.

You will operate and maintain electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems, manage vendors and the site budget, and hire and train local staff.

Qualifications

• 7+ years operating data centers or critical facilities, incl. 2+ years leading a team.
• Working knowledge of UPS systems, generators, switchgear, chillers and building management systems.
• Experience writing and following formal operating procedures for live systems.
• Strong safety record and knowledge of electrical safety practices.
• Experience managing maintenance vendors and budgets.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the site's electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems.
• Lead the site's technicians and contractors, manage the shift schedule and on‑call rotation.
• Run the preventive and corrective maintenance program in the maintenance system.
• Write and enforce operating procedures, and approve planned changes to live systems.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis.
• Track capacity, energy efficiency and uptime, and report on them.
• Enforce site safety rules, including Washington State safety requirements, lockout/tagout and arc flash precautions.
• Take handover of new buildings from the Construction Lead and take part in commissioning.
• Manage customer access, service vendors and the site operating budget.
• Hire and train site staff from the local area.

Skills

Leadership

Operations

Maintenance planning

Safety compliance

Budget management

Tools

UPS systems

Generators

Switchgear

Chillers

Building management systems

Job description

Limiting Factor Group (LFG) designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems and utility providers. The Facility Operations Lead will oversee the Moses Lake site, ensuring continuous power and cooling, leading the site team, and owning the maintenance program as construction finishes new buildings.

You will operate and maintain electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems, manage vendors and the site budget, and hire and train local staff.