Senior Data Center Facility Operations Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, vision, andd e

401(k) retirement plan

Paid vacation (3 weeks + holidays)

Job summary

Limiting Factor Group in Palo Alto is seeking a Facility Operations Lead to ensure around-the-clock power and cooling for our data center. You will lead the site team, own the maintenance program and be the person accountable for uptime and safety at the site.

You will operate and maintain electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems, manage on-call rotation, write procedures, lead incident response, and work with vendors.

Qualifications

• 7+ years operating data centers or other critical facilities.
• At least 2 years leading a team.
• Experience with UPS, generators, switchgear, chillers and BMS.
• 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

Team leadership

Operations management

Safety compliance

Education

Data center operations certification

Tools

UPS systems

Generators

Switchgear

Building Management Systems

Job description

Limiting Factor Group in Palo Alto is seeking a Facility Operations Lead to ensure around-the-clock power and cooling for our data center. You will lead the site team, own the maintenance program and be the person accountable for uptime and safety at the site.

You will operate and maintain electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems, manage on-call rotation, write procedures, lead incident response, and work with vendors.