AI Compute Campus Facilities Lead

OpenAI; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenAI seeks a Critical Facilities Manager to oversee commissioning, operational readiness, and long-term operation of next‑gen AI data center campuses. You will lead day‑to‑day facility infrastructure across electrical, mechanical, controls, and supporting systems, coordinating with commissioning teams, vendors, and engineering to ensure reliability and availability at scale.

You will drive operating procedures, maintenance programs, and incident response while guiding staffing and training,

Qualifications

• 8+ years operating mission-critical facilities, data centers, industrial infrastructure, or large-scale technical operations environments.
• Strong knowledge of electrical distribution systems, generators, UPS systems, cooling systems, and building controls.
• Experience supporting commissioning, operational readiness, or infrastructure turnover programs.
• Led facility operations teams, contractors, and third-party vendors.
• Comfortable responding to incidents and making decisions in high-pressure environments.
• Experience developing maintenance strategies, operating procedures, and reliability programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day operations of mission-critical facility infrastructure across AI compute campuses.
• Own operational readiness activities supporting new campus deployments and infrastructure expansion.
• Partner with commissioning teams to transition facilities from construction to steady-state operations.
• Develop, implement, and improve operating procedures, maintenance programs, and response plans.
• Lead infrastructure incident response and coordinate recovery during critical events.
• Drive root cause analysis and corrective action programs to improve reliability.
• Manage vendors, contractors, and service providers supporting facility operations.
• Coordinate infrastructure changes with hardware deployment, networking, and engineering teams.
• Monitor facility performance, risk, and capacity across critical systems.
• Support staffing, training, and development of facilities operations personnel.
• Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and operational standards.
• Establish scalable operational processes for OpenAI's growing footprint.

Skills

Electrical distribution

Generators

UPS systems

Cooling systems

Building controls

Operational leadership

Incident response

Job description

OpenAI seeks a Critical Facilities Manager to oversee commissioning, operational readiness, and long-term operation of next‑gen AI data center campuses. You will lead day‑to‑day facility infrastructure across electrical, mechanical, controls, and supporting systems, coordinating with commissioning teams, vendors, and engineering to ensure reliability and availability at scale.

You will drive operating procedures, maintenance programs, and incident response while guiding staffing and training,