Data Center Facility Lead — On-Site, Equity & Unlimited PTO

River AI Inc.; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision benefits

Unlimited PTO

Relocation support

Job summary

River AI Inc. is seeking an experienced Facility Operations Lead to own the reliability and safety of our data center infrastructure in Palo Alto, CA.

You will ensure continuous operation of electrical, mechanical, fire protection, and security systems around the clock. You will lead the site team, manage preventive and corrective maintenance, coordinate contractors, and drive safety, incident response, and uptime improvements in partnership with infrastructure engineers and service vendors.

Qualifications

• At least seven years of data center or critical facilities experience.
• Minimum two years of team leadership.
• Experience with UPS, generators, switchgear, chillers, and BMS.
• Experience writing operating procedures for live electrical and mechanical systems.
• Strong safety record and electrical safety knowledge.
• Experience managing maintenance vendors and operating budgets.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain electrical, mechanical, fire protection, and security systems.
• Lead, hire, and train site technicians; coordinate contractors.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance; maintain records.
• Write and enforce operating procedures; review changes.
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis; implement corrective actions.
• Monitor capacity, energy efficiency, uptime; guide improvements.
• Enforce safety standards including Cal/OSHA, lockout/tagout, arc flash.
• Manage site access, service vendors, and operating budget.

Skills

Data center ops

UPS systems

Generators

Switchgear

Chillers

BMS knowledge

Team leadership

Electrical safety

Vendor management

Budget mgmt

Procedures writing

Communication

Job description

River AI Inc. is seeking an experienced Facility Operations Lead to own the reliability and safety of our data center infrastructure in Palo Alto, CA.

You will ensure continuous operation of electrical, mechanical, fire protection, and security systems around the clock. You will lead the site team, manage preventive and corrective maintenance, coordinate contractors, and drive safety, incident response, and uptime improvements in partnership with infrastructure engineers and service vendors.