Senior Critical Facilities Engineer & Reliability Leader

Salute; Cheyenne (WY); On-site; USD 135,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Salute seeks a Principal Critical Facilities Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for all critical infrastructure across the campus. You will establish engineering standards, lead reliability programs, and govern maintenance procedures to maximize uptime and efficiency.

You will own the Maintenance Readiness Program, lead readiness reviews, and ensure CMMS and work packages meet all safety and documentation requirements, while driving continuous improvement and technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years in mission-critical engineering.
• 15+ years in hyperscale data centers.
• Expert knowledge of electrical, mechanical, EPMS/BMS, Fire Life Safety and reliability.
• PE, CMRP or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior technical authority for all critical infrastructure systems.
• Advise on engineering strategy, reliability, and technical risk.
• Provide 24/7 technical consultation during major incidents and outages.
• Own the site's Maintenance Readiness Program and ensure prepared maintenance activities.
• Lead daily and weekly maintenance readiness reviews with Operations, Planning, Customer Engineering, and Vendors.
• Verify work packages include procedures, outage requests, permits, risk assessments, and contingency plans.
• Ensure qualified personnel, vendors, tools, and equipment are available for scheduled work.
• Partner with the CFM to resolve schedule conflicts and risks.
• Validate CMMS work package quality and readiness before maintenance execution.
• Monitor maintenance execution and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Technical leadership

Reliability engineering

Maintenance governance

Root cause analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

PE or CMRP certification

Job description

Salute seeks a Principal Critical Facilities Engineer to serve as the senior technical authority for all critical infrastructure across the campus. You will establish engineering standards, lead reliability programs, and govern maintenance procedures to maximize uptime and efficiency.

You will own the Maintenance Readiness Program, lead readiness reviews, and ensure CMMS and work packages meet all safety and documentation requirements, while driving continuous improvement and technical