Senior Data Center Maintenance & Uptime Planner

QTS Realty Trust; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible spending / HSA

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Volunteer days

Tuition assistance

Parental leave

Military leave

QTS scholarship for dependents

Job summary

QTS Realty Trust is seeking a Senior Operations Maintenance Planner to own end-to-end maintenance planning, scheduling integrity, and site readiness across assigned data centers. You will balance preventive maintenance, vendor capacity, and risk to ensure safe, uptime‑aligned execution.

Responsibilities include maintaining calendars, prioritizing maintenance, and enforcing planning discipline while coordinating with internal teams and third‑party vendors. Travel up to 10% may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or similar discipline or equivalent experience
• Three or more years’ professional experience in data center, mission critical environment, or maintenance role
• Ability to travel up to 10%

Responsibilities

• Own site or multi-building maintenance calendars, including sequencing and prioritization.
• Approve, defer, or re-sequence preventive maintenance based on risk, readiness, or site conditions.
• Own all maintenance demands across buildings and systems.
• Ensure maintenance execution aligns with uptime protection strategies, not just compliance.
• Maintain maintenance backlog health and aging, with corrective prioritization.
• Oversee vendor work schedule and ensure timely execution.
• Enforce planning standards, documentation quality and readiness requirements.
• Hold vendors accountable to schedule adherence, SLA performance and scope clarity.
• Identify vendor-driven risks and escalate or mitigate them proactively.
• Identify inventory needs and coordinate replenishment for long lead items.
• Establish annual drill calendars aligned to site risk profiles and coordinate across buildings.

Skills

Maintenance planning

Vendor management

Project management

Scheduling

CMMS (ServiceNow/Smartsheet)

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or similar discipline

Tools

ServiceNow

Smartsheet

Job description

QTS Realty Trust is seeking a Senior Operations Maintenance Planner to own end-to-end maintenance planning, scheduling integrity, and site readiness across assigned data centers. You will balance preventive maintenance, vendor capacity, and risk to ensure safe, uptime‑aligned execution.

Responsibilities include maintaining calendars, prioritizing maintenance, and enforcing planning discipline while coordinating with internal teams and third‑party vendors. Travel up to 10% may be required.