Senior Data Center Facilities Lead — Uptime & Safety

Limiting Factor Group; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Health insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Vacation time

Holiday pay

Sick leave

Job summary

Limiting Factor Group (LFG) is seeking a Facility Operations Lead to run the South Bay data center near Menlo Park. You will supervise the site team, own the maintenance program, and be accountable for uptime, safety, and efficient operation of power, cooling, fire protection, and security systems.

You will manage vendor relationships and budgets, develop and enforce procedures, lead incident response, and coordinate on-call rotations.

Qualifications

• 7+ years operating data centers or critical facilities
• At least 2 years leading a team
• Experience with UPS, generators, switchgear, chillers, and building management systems
• Experience writing and following formal operating procedures for live systems
• Strong safety record and knowledge of electrical safety practices
• Experience managing maintenance vendors and budgets

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain the site’s electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems.
• Lead the site’s technicians and contractors, and manage the shift schedule and on-call rotation.
• Run the preventive and corrective maintenance program in the maintenance system.
• Write and enforce operating procedures, and approve planned changes to live systems.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis.
• Track capacity, energy efficiency and uptime, and report on them.
• Enforce site safety rules, including Cal/OSHA requirements, lockout/tagout and arc flash precautions.
• Manage customer access, service vendors and the site operating budget.
• Hire and train site staff.

Skills

Data center operations

Team leadership

UPS and gensets knowledge

Operating procedures writing

Electrical safety

Education

Electrical or mechanical trade background or equivalent training

Job description

Limiting Factor Group (LFG) is seeking a Facility Operations Lead to run the South Bay data center near Menlo Park. You will supervise the site team, own the maintenance program, and be accountable for uptime, safety, and efficient operation of power, cooling, fire protection, and security systems.

You will manage vendor relationships and budgets, develop and enforce procedures, lead incident response, and coordinate on-call rotations.