Critical Facility Lead - AI Data Center

Intelletec Energy; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grant

Job summary

Intelletec Energy seeks a DataCenter Critical Facility Lead to own and manage power, cooling, and critical infrastructure at a hyperscale facility. You will own uptime, coordinate incident response with engineering SMEs, and supervise colo partners and maintenance programs.

The role includes commissioning support across L1–L5 and leading reliability initiatives to ensure uninterrupted operations in a fast-growing data center environment.

Qualifications

• Deep experience with data center power and cooling infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of redundancy (2N, N+1, N+2, concurrent maintainability).
• Power/cooling capacity planning knowledge (TIA-942, ASHRAE).

Responsibilities

• Owns on-site facility reliability for power, cooling, and infrastructure.
• Escalates incidents and coordinates with engineering SMEs.
• Oversees colo partners and maintenance quality.
• Supports commissioning (L1–L5) and reliability optimization.

Skills

Generators

UPS

Chillers

Electrical distribution

Redundancy models

Job description

Our client is a fast-growing hyperscale Data Center Operator building infrastructure to support top AI labs and enterprises.

DataCenter Critical Facility Lead

What this role does:

Senior-most onsite owner of power, cooling, and critical infrastructure (including liquid cooling). This person owns escalations, risk, and uptime across the facility

What they’ll own:

• Escalation point for all facility-related incidents (power, cooling, building systems)
• Incident response coordination with engineering SMEs
• Oversight of colo partners and maintenance quality
• Commissioning support (L1–L5) and ongoing reliability initiatives

Must-have background:

• Deep experience with generators, UPS, chillers, cooling systems, electrical distribution
• Strong understanding of redundancy models (2N, N+1, N+2, concurrent maintainability)
• Power/cooling capacity planning (TIA-942, ASHRAE)

Nice to have:

• Electrical/Mechanical certifications
• Experience working directly with colos and vendors
• Experience with data hall build-outs + commissioning influcence

Salary & Benefits

• $150-200k base salary + six figure equity grant