Senior Critical Facilities Manager - 24/7 Data Center Ops

ABM Industries; Whitney (TX); Presencial; USD 95.000 - 135.000; Jornada completa

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Benefits package

On-site role

Career development opportunities

Descripción de la vacante

ABM Industries seeks a Critical Facility Manager to lead 24/7 data center operations, ensuring uptime, safety, and regulatory compliance. You will coordinate across client teams, vendors, and internal staff, drive IST and commissioning readiness, and manage lifecycle maintenance of electrical, mechanical, and BAS systems.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, incident response, and continuous improvement in a mission-critical environment. Day shift with potential after-hours support.

Formación

• 7–10 years in mission-critical facilities or data centers
• Experience with hyperscale/colocation environments preferred
• Experience leading technical teams in 24/7 ops
• Knowledge of critical electrical infrastructure and emergency power operations
• Knowledge of cooling systems, BAS/BMS controls, and redundancy strategies
• Ability to read technical docs and perform risk management
• Strong leadership and client-facing skills

Responsabilidades

• Provide day-to-day leadership and oversight of mission-critical facility operations, including electrical, mechanical, HVAC, controls, life safety, and vendor-supported services.
• Serve as the primary on-site liaison with the client, managing communication, expectations, issue resolution, performance metrics, and service delivery.
• Support site startup, commissioning readiness, integrated systems testing (IST), operational turnover, and go-live preparation.
• Ensure all work is performed in accordance with SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, safety procedures, change-control requirements, and client expectations.
• Maintain a zero-impact culture focused on uptime, reliability, protection of critical loads, risk mitigation, and procedural compliance.
• Oversee operation of critical infrastructure, including utility service, switchgear, UPS, generators, ATS/STS, electrical distribution, chillers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, BAS/BMS controls.
• Monitor facility systems, KPIs/CPIs, SLAs, alarms, maintenance performance, and operational trends.
• Lead incident response, escalation, client communication, post-incident review, root cause analysis, and corrective action tracking.
• Review, approve, and coordinate planned maintenance, switching activities, outage-related procedures, vendor work, and high-risk activities.
• Oversee staffing, scheduling, onboarding, training, performance management, and technical development of on-site facility personnel.
• Partner with recruiting and leadership teams to support selection and onboarding of site leads and critical facilities technicians.
• Manage CMMS utilization, including work order accuracy, preventive maintenance compliance, asset documentation, labor reporting, and maintenance history.
• Coordinate third-party vendors, OEMs, and subcontractors performing on-site services.
• Support budget management, cost control, invoice review, change order coordination, and contract-related administration.
• Promote and enforce safety, environmental, regulatory, and site-specific requirements, including participation in audits and inspections.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on uptime, reliability, efficiency, safety, documentation quality, and client satisfaction.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Facilities management

Data center operations

Electrical systems

Educación

Bachelor's degree in engineering or facilities management

Herramientas

CMMS

Descripción del empleo

ABM Industries seeks a Critical Facility Manager to lead 24/7 data center operations, ensuring uptime, safety, and regulatory compliance. You will coordinate across client teams, vendors, and internal staff, drive IST and commissioning readiness, and manage lifecycle maintenance of electrical, mechanical, and BAS systems.

The role emphasizes strong leadership, incident response, and continuous improvement in a mission-critical environment. Day shift with potential after-hours support.