Manager, Facilities Engineer

Fleet Data Centers; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Fleet Data Centers seeks a Manager, Facilities Engineering to provide technical governance and standards deployment across the lifecycle of its critical facilities. The role ensures sites are technically ready for operations and maintained to Fleet standards, collaborating with Construction, Commissioning, Site Operations, Critical Systems and vendors.

The position focuses on ensuring design intent translates into field-ready, operable infrastructure, with emphasis on safety, reliability, and

Qualifications

• Seven or more years of experience in data center engineering, critical facilities engineering, commissioning, or mission-critical operations.
• Experience translating engineering requirements into field procedures, maintenance strategies, and operational standards.

Responsibilities

• Engineering Standards & Technical Governance: Drive engineering standards and field-ready governance to ensure safety, security, and availability.
• Technical Support & Operational Readiness: Collaborate with site teams on troubleshooting, maintainability improvements, and field feedback incorporation.
• Standards & Maintenance Management: Manage standards lifecycle, publication, and change communication; review maintenance strategies and deviations.
• Infrastructure & Engineering Performance: Develop dashboards and analyses; partner with operations and engineering for practical outcomes.

Skills

Data center engineering

Critical facilities engineering

Commissioning

Operational standards

Job description

Overview

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation.

Position Overview

The Manager, Facilities Engineering is responsible for technical governance, standards deployment, and engineering support across the operational lifecycle of Fleet’s critical facilities. This leader helps ensure sites are technically ready for operations, maintained to Fleet standards, and continuously improved through field learning and disciplined engineering review. The role partners closely with Construction, Commissioning, Site Operations, Critical Systems, and vendors to ensure design intent becomes field-ready, operable, and maintainable infrastructure.

Job Responsibilities

• Engineering Standards & Technical Governance
  • Help Fleet deliver near-perfect execution across safety, security, and availability by driving clear engineering standards and field-ready technical governance.
  • Support Fleet’s facilities engineering programs across commissioning, startup readiness, turnover, maintenance governance, and operational technical standards.
  • Develop and maintain engineering requirements, procedures, checklists, and acceptance criteria for critical infrastructure systems.
• Technical Support & Operational Readiness
  • Partner with site teams on technical troubleshooting, recurring issue elimination, maintainability improvements, and field feedback incorporation.
  • Support post-construction acceptance and operational readiness reviews, including documentation quality, operability, maintainability, alarm strategy, and training requirements.
• Standards & Maintenance Management
  • Help manage standards lifecycle activities including drafting, technical review, revision control, publication, and change communication.
  • Review maintenance strategies, preventive maintenance requirements, and engineering justifications for deviations, deferrals, or major corrective scopes.
• Infrastructure & Engineering Performance
  • Support major infrastructure replacement projects and other operational capital work outside core construction scope.
  • Develop technical dashboards, reports, and analyses that inform quality, readiness, and engineering performance.
  • Serve as a strong cross-functional partner between operations and engineering functions to ensure practical, field-executable outcomes.

Required Traits, Expertise And Skills

Education & Experience

• Seven or more years of experience in data center engineering, critical facilities engineering, commissioning, or mission-critical operations.
• Experience translating engineering requirements into field procedures, maintenance strategies, and operational standards.

Technical / Functional Expertise

• Strong technical knowledge of power distribution, UPS, generators, switchgear, cooling systems, controls, and monitoring systems.
• Strong documentation and technical review discipline.
• Ability to work effectively across construction, commissioning, operations, and vendor organizations.

Core Skills & Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with a bias toward practical field execution.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Location

Denver, Reno, Virginia, Austin

Travel Requirement

Willingness and ability to travel to Fleet sites as needed.

Expected Salary Range

$120,000 - $140,000 Base Salary + Discretionary Bonus

Fleet Data Centers Employment

Fleet Data Centers employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the organization’s ongoing needs.

Fleet Data Centers is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.