Data Center Field Engineering Lead & Practice Manager

Computacenter; United States; Remote; USD 130,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Computacenter is seeking a Field Engineering Practice Manager to lead the Data Center technical leadership organization across North America. You will manage Project Engineers and Implementation Specialists, ensuring readiness, standards, and capable on-site leadership for data center deployments.

This role requires 15–20% travel, strong leadership, and deep Data Center infrastructure expertise. The position offers a competitive USD salary and the opportunity to develop senior technical leaders

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical, trade, military, or leadership experience.
• At least 8 years of field engineering and Data Center infrastructure delivery.
• At least 3 years of direct people leadership and employee development.
• Experience leading Project Engineers, technical authorities, or onsite leaders.
• Legal authorization to work in the United States.
• Knowledge of Data Center infrastructure deployment and partner-led field execution.
• Relevant BICSI, fiber, copper, OSHA, or Data Center credentials.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop Project Engineers and Implementation Specialists.
• Set clear expectations for technical leadership, execution quality, utilization, communication, behavior, and development.
• Maintain a current view of PE/IS skills, experience, certifications, readiness, location, availability, and development needs.
• Create training, mentoring, succession, and career-development plans.
• Work with Resource Management to align qualified PEs and ISs to projects based on complexity and geography.
• Forecast capability and capacity gaps and recommend hiring, contractor, cross-training, or partner actions.
• Establish and maintain repeatable Data Center field execution standards, work methods, and acceptance expectations.
• Monitor escalations, defects, and partner performance; drive corrective action.
• Support evaluation, onboarding, enablement, and performance review of delivery partners.
• Partner with leadership across PM, Solutions, Sales, Estimating, Resource Management, Finance, and Field Engineering.
• Support major opportunities by validating leadership/workforce model.

Skills

Field engineering

People leadership

Data Center

Technical leadership

Safety discipline

Budget & finance

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical/leadership experience

Tools

BICSI credentials

OSHA safety training

Fiber & copper knowledge

Job description

Computacenter is seeking a Field Engineering Practice Manager to lead the Data Center technical leadership organization across North America. You will manage Project Engineers and Implementation Specialists, ensuring readiness, standards, and capable on-site leadership for data center deployments.

This role requires 15–20% travel, strong leadership, and deep Data Center infrastructure expertise. The position offers a competitive USD salary and the opportunity to develop senior technical leaders