Assistant Chief Engineer

Kaiser Permanente; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Silver Spring, Maryland is seeking an Assistant Chief Engineer to provide senior technical and operational leadership for mission-critical data center facilities and support 24x7 operations. You will oversee critical electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life-safety, and building systems, and guide staff in maintaining reliability and compliance with policies and standards.

This role also manages the service delivery for first through third level support, defines KPIs, and

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree and minimum six years IT operations or support experience.
• Minimum three (3) years in a leadership role working with IT or operational teams.
• Experience in data center infrastructure and incident/change management.

Responsibilities

• Translates business plans into tactical action items and delegates tasks to meet goals.
• Oversees incident escalation and manages service delivery across all support levels.
• Reviews and approves changes to production environments per change control processes.
• Develops and tracks KPIs for performance, availability, and capacity.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Thinking

Problem Solving

Communication

Decision Making

Team Building

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Health Care or related field

Job description

Job Summary:

Assistant Chief Engineer provides senior technical and operational leadership for the safe, reliable, resilient, and efficient operation of mission-critical data center facilities. Supports 24x7 operations and oversees critical electrical, mechanical, controls, fire/life-safety, and building infrastructure systems. Provides technical direction to facilities engineering personnel and supports maintenance programs, emergency response, capacity planning, reliability initiatives, infrastructure projects, and operational readiness while collaborating with IT, Facilities, Construction, Security, Safety, contractors, and other stakeholders. Ensures maintenance and operations are properly planned, risk assessed, documented, and executed in compliance with KP policies, applicable codes and standards, manufacturer requirements, and data center best practices.

This position manages the service delivery process and outcomes for first, second, and third level support for products and applications. This includes defining key performance indicators and managing incident escalation. This role also manages troubleshooting efforts and recurring problems. In addition, this position reviews and approves departmental and enterprise changes to the production environment, according to established change control processes.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Manages individuals and/or teams in designated work unit by translating business plans into tactical action items; ensuring all policies and procedures are followed; delegating tasks to meet goals and objectives; overseeing the completion of work assignments; aligning team efforts; building accountability for and measuring progress in achieving results; identifying and addressing improvement opportunities; removing obstacles that impact performance; and guiding performance and developing contingency plans accordingly.

• Pursues professional growth and provides developmental opportunities for others by soliciting and acting on performance feedback; building collaborative, cross-functional relationships; training and developing talent for growth opportunities; delegating tasks and decisions; fostering open dialogue amongst team members; supporting execution of performance management guidelines and expectations; and working closely with employees to set goals and provide open feedback and coaching to drive performance improvement.

• Manages recurring and escalated problems.

• Manages troubleshooting efforts to identify and rectify problems.

• Manages efforts to analyze and prioritize incoming requests and alerts.

• Manages the service delivery process and outcomes for first, second, and third level support for products and applications by taking accountability for resolution of systems issues.

• Follows and manages the development of standard operating procedures.

• Reviews and approves resolution proposal to prevent issue recurrence.

• Defines and manages key performance indicators (e.g., performance, availability, capacity)

• Promotes and ensures compliance in the use of a knowledge repository for technical support.

• Defines and manages procedures for incident escalation.

• Manages execution of disaster recovery, and business continuity processes and events.

• Manages after hours on call support.

• Manages the process for tracking and documentation by reviewing and updating documents, as appropriate.

• Manages analysis of incident data and trends to help prioritize efforts to improve system availability and performance.

• Reviews and approves departmental and enterprise changes to the production environment, according to established change control processes.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Core)

• Ambiguity/Uncertainty Management

• Attention to Detail

• Business Knowledge

• Communication

• Constructive Feedback

• Critical Thinking

• Cross-Group Collaboration

• Decision Making

• Dependability

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Support

• Drives Results

• Facilitation Skills

• Health Care Industry

• Influencing Others

• Integrity

• Leadership

• Learning Agility

• Organizational Savvy

• Problem Solving

• Short- and Long-term Learning & Recall

• Strategic Thinking

• Team Building

• Teamwork

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: (Functional)

• Topic-Specific Communication

• Acts with Compassion

• Business Planning

• Crisis Incident Management

• Customer Support Operations

• Demonstrating Personal Flexibility

• Getting Work Done Through Others

• Innovative Mindset

• Key Performance Indicators

• Managing Diverse Relationships

• Mentoring and Coaching

• Organizational Skills

• Prioritization

• Relationship Building

• Technical Communication

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum three (3) years in a leadership role working with IT or operational teams.

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Social Science, Education, Business, Health Care or related field and Minimum six (6) years IT experience in a support or operations environment. Additional equivalent work experience may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Two (2) years of supervisory experience in facilities engineering, data center operations, mission-critical facilities, or a related environment.

• Two (2) years of experience working directly with senior leadership, including Director level and above.

• Two (2) years of experience in a mission-critical environment such as a data center, healthcare facility, telecommunications facility, financial services facility, semiconductor facility, or other high-availability operation.

• Experience operating or maintaining Tier III or Tier IV data center infrastructure.

• Experience with critical electrical systems including UPS systems, generators, switchgear, ATS, STS, transformers, and critical power distribution.

• Experience with mission-critical mechanical systems including chillers, cooling towers, chilled-water systems, pumps, CRAH/CRAC units, and building automation systems.

• Experience with commissioning and integrated systems testing of mission-critical infrastructure.

• Experience with Uptime Institute, NFPA, OSHA, ASHRAE, or other applicable mission-critical facility standards and practices.

COMPANY: KAISER

TITLE: Assistant Chief Engineer

LOCATION: Silver Spring, Maryland

REQNUMBER: 1452093

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.