Lead Data Center Technician & Trainer (Onsite)

ManpowerGroup; Odessa (TX); On-site; USD 128,943,000 - 149,001,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plan

Dental Plan

Vision Plan

Health Savings Account

Health FSA

Dependent Care FSA

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) with match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

ManpowerGroup is recruiting for a Lead/Trainer Data Center Technician in Odessa, TX, onsite. The role blends technical leadership with dedicated training ownership while ensuring continuous operations in a 24/7 data center.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on data center experience, supervisor exposure, and a strong focus on safety and incident response, including GPU/AI compute infrastructure and liquid cooling environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on data center ops at a senior technician level with cross-domain troubleshooting across hardware, network, power and infra.
• 1–2 years of supervisory or lead experience managing shift-level execution in a technical environment.
• Proven incident first-response experience with strong safety practices in data centers or critical infra.
• Strong troubleshooting in hardware, networking, and storage including GPU/AI infra and DLC/CDU environments.
• Experience with BMC/iLO/iDRAC management interfaces and firmware/BIOS validation, plus cabling and power distribution systems.

Responsibilities

• Own shift continuity by maintaining the handoff log and ensuring items carry over across shifts.
• Serve as incident first-responder on shift with safety checks and appropriate escalation.
• Act as escalation point for Technician I & II for technical and operational issues on assigned shifts.
• Lead training duties: onboarding, safety training, technical training, and managing program certifications.
• Coordinate Technician I/II activity during GPU/AI cluster commissioning and CAT windows.

Skills

Senior technician leadership

Supervisory experience

Incident response

Hardware troubleshooting

Networking & storage

GPU/AI infrastructure

DLC/CDU cooling

BMC/iLO/iDRAC

Cabling & power distribution

Tools

BMC/iLO/iDRAC interfaces

Job description

ManpowerGroup is recruiting for a Lead/Trainer Data Center Technician in Odessa, TX, onsite. The role blends technical leadership with dedicated training ownership while ensuring continuous operations in a 24/7 data center.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on data center experience, supervisor exposure, and a strong focus on safety and incident response, including GPU/AI compute infrastructure and liquid cooling environments.