Director of Data Center Facility Operations

Peter Kazella and Associates, Inc; Totowa (NJ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) plan

Competitive salaries and benefits package

Job summary

A leading data center solutions provider in Totowa, NJ is seeking a Director of Data Center Facility Operations. This role involves overseeing facility operations, managing customer relationships, and ensuring adherence to high standards in mission-critical environments. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in data center operations, leadership skills, and a strong understanding of electrical and mechanical systems. The company offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including medical insurance and a 401(k) plan.

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of data center facility operations and maintenance experience.
• 5 years leadership experience in data center facility operations.
• Solid understanding of critical electrical and mechanical/HVAC equipment.

Responsibilities

• Perform periodic site walk-throughs to ensure procedures and standards are followed.
• Manage customer relationships and act as escalation point of contact.
• Provide strategic leadership on operations for performance and reliability.

Skills

Data center facility operations

Leadership experience

Electrical and Mechanical knowledge

Project management

Communication skills

Education

10-15 years of relevant experience

Military experience preferred

Job description

Director of Data Center Facility Operations – Totowa, NJ

This opportunity is working directly with a leading mission‑critical data center developer. This company provides turnkey data center solutions custom‑fit to the requirements of their client’s ever‑changing mission‑critical facility’s operational needs. They accomplish this by providing reliability of mission‑critical facilities for many of the world’s largest organizations (Hyperscale and Enterprise Customers). This opportunity provides a career‑growth minded role with exciting projects with leading‑edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

Responsibilities

• Performing periodic site walk‑throughs in order to ensure Company’s procedures (SOPS and MOPS) and standards are followed. This includes assisting the Facilities Manager, Technicians and any other contracted vendors
• Identifying any vulnerabilities while overseeing 3rd Party Critical Facilities onsite team
• Communicating the status of the operation process with senior management and onsite customers
• Site acceptance and commissioning of the facility to ensure the site meets the superior and dynamic standards of Company Standards
• Acting as liaison and coordinating efforts between the contracted vendors and the onsite customers
• Oversee the development of procedures/Method of Procedures (MOPs) for the DC build in addition to approving MOPs for data hall work
• Participating in the interview process for prospective candidates applying to this critical facility
• Auditing installed data center components. This audit will be used to verify the completion of the job scope by the vendor in addition to verifying the design documentation for the build‑out and ongoing operations of the data hall space
• Provide strategic / tactical leadership with a background in best practices related to operations for performance and reliability on a variety of state of the art critical systems such as: medium voltage switchgear, diesel generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, fire detection / suppression; building monitoring systems; etc.
• Supervise the on‑site management; the facility manager, facility technicians, sub‑contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work is performed according to established practices and procedures
• Manage Customer Relationship and act as escalation point of contact for the company at this site
• Manage the establishment of performance benchmarks, conduct analyses and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance.
• Work with business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability and efficiency
• Review MOPs and SOPs for all work on critical data center facility equipment
• Ensure that a constant state of readiness in support of the mission goal of 99.999% uptime

Qualifications

• 10-15+ years of data center facility operations and maintenance experience
• 5 years leadership experience in data center facility operations
• Budget / P/L responsibility
• Solid Understanding of Critical Electrical and Mechanical / HVAC equipment
• Experience supervising a technical data center operations staff
• Previous experience as a Data Center Facility Manager a must
• Strong verbal and written communications skills
• Good presentation skills in leading meetings (both conference and in person)
• Superior analytical, planning and problem resolution skills Knowledge of Company Services and operations structure and support operations
• Highly organized with proved project management abilities
• Ability to multitask, establish priorities, manage conflicts
• Previous experience in the Military / Military veterans in all branches that have experience with Electrical / Mechanical is a huge plus – Navy Nukes that were part of the Navy Nuke Program – EMN, ETN, MMNs; Seabees; Army – Power Generation; Air Force – Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, etc.)

Submittal Instructions

Please apply directly by clicking the link below, alternatively you can forward your resume directly to: [e-mail]

After applying, if you have further questions, you may call 973-895-5200 and ask for Iggy. You can also submit via our career portal and take a look at other Critical Facility openings we are working on at https://www.pkaza.com/jobs/

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Company offers competitive salaries and benefits package including medical insurance, a 401(k) plan

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