Director, Critical Infrastructure Operations & Reliability

SNIPEBRIDGE; Town of Texas, Fort Worth (WI, TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

SNIPEBRIDGE is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Operations to lead programs and teams responsible for reliable critical infrastructure across one or more facilities. This role blends technical leadership with disciplined operations to set uptime, safety, and performance standards.

You will oversee incident response, maintenance planning, budgets, and vendor performance while partnering with design, IT, security, and energy teams to drive continuous improvement across significant multi-site

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Operations, or a related discipline.
• 12+ years of critical facilities or infrastructure operations experience with significant people leadership.
• Experience with high-availability electrical, mechanical, controls, and life-safety systems.
• Experience leading multi-site operations, budgets, vendors, and capital programs.
• Strong knowledge of reliability, maintenance, safety, change control, and business-continuity practices.
• Data center operations credentials such as AOS, DCEO, CDCP, CDFOM, or equivalent training preferred.
• Executive-level communication, decision-making, and cross-functional leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Set operating strategy, standards, staffing, and performance expectations for critical infrastructure.
• Lead facility operations, preventive maintenance, reliability, capacity, and lifecycle planning across sites.
• Oversee incident response, escalation, root-cause analysis, corrective action, and operational reporting.
• Develop and maintain standard maintenance and emergency operating procedures.
• Manage operating budgets, capital plans, service contracts, vendors, and major maintenance programs.
• Partner with design, construction, commissioning, IT, security, energy, and business teams.
• Build and develop high-performing managers and technical teams through accountability and training.
• Use performance data to reduce risk, improve efficiency, and strengthen operational readiness.

Skills

Leadership

Infrastructure Operations

Reliability

Budget Management

Vendor Management

Multi-site Operations

Incident Response

Safety & Life-Safety

Change Control

Data Center Operations

Executive Communication

Cross-functional Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Facilities/Operations

Job description

SNIPEBRIDGE is seeking a Director of Infrastructure Operations to lead programs and teams responsible for reliable critical infrastructure across one or more facilities. This role blends technical leadership with disciplined operations to set uptime, safety, and performance standards.

You will oversee incident response, maintenance planning, budgets, and vendor performance while partnering with design, IT, security, and energy teams to drive continuous improvement across significant multi-site