Senior Data Center Facilities Engineering Manager

Ll Oefentherapie; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 97,500 - 199,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid parental leave

Job summary

A leading cloud infrastructure company is seeking a People Manager to oversee the operation and maintenance of critical mechanical systems. This role will manage technicians and vendor performance while focusing on ensuring uptime and service execution in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates will have 3 to 5 years of experience in HVAC service and possess strong troubleshooting skills. Competitive benefits and a comprehensive salary range are offered for this position.

Qualifications

• 3 to 5+ years leading mechanical plant operations.
• Strong knowledge of chilled water systems and related controls.
• Experience managing vendor performance in 24x7 operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations and maintenance of mechanical systems.
• Manage technicians and service vendors to ensure performance.
• Track and improve KPIs related to maintenance and uptime.

Skills

Strong troubleshooting judgment

Clear communicator

Planning and execution discipline

Commitment to safety

Tools

BMS

SCADA

CMMS

Job description

Role Overview

AsFacilities Manager supporting our Mechanical Facilities, you will lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission-critical mechanical systems supporting OCI data centers. This role owns mechanical maintenance execution, vendor performance, operational readiness, and technician leadership across cooling and HVAC infrastructure.

You will oversee the operation and maintenance of systems such as chillers, cooling towers, pumps, CRAHs, AHUs, CDUs,fan walls, pumps,etcand associated controls, ensuring uptime is protected and work is executed safely, consistently, and to Oracle standards. This role is focused on plant operations and service execution rather than long-range design authority.

Key Responsibilities

Lead daily operations, maintenance, and service execution for critical mechanical and HVAC infrastructure.

• Own mechanical plant readiness, including preventive maintenance, corrective work, inspections, and restoration activities.

• Single POC as the technical lead for all mechanical systems, including incidentescalation.

• Manage technicians, contractors, and service vendors, ensuring strong safety performance, quality, documentation, and SLA adherence.

• Drive troubleshooting and responseformechanical failures, abnormal conditions, and performance degradationimpactinguptime.

• Track and improve KPIs such as availability, backlog, MTTR, repeat failures, maintenance completion, and corrective action closure.

• Partner with engineering, commissioning, and deployment teams on retrofits, upgrades, system turnover, and operational acceptance.

• Lead or support root cause analysis for major or recurring issues and ensure corrective actions are fully implemented and sustained.

• Maintain audit-ready records including procedures, service reports, maintenance history, turnover documentation, and CMMS data.

• Champion safe work practices, environmental compliance, and disciplined process execution across all mechanical operations.

• Coachanddeveloptechnicians and frontline leads tostrengthentroubleshooting capability and execution consistency.