Senior Data Center Operations Lead

ENFRA LLC; Galet (AR); On-site; USD 134,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

ENFRA, a leader in energy infrastructure, seeks a Data Center Operations Manager to lead on-site mechanical field operations across a data center campus. You will align manpower, logistics, and installation sequencing with the Director’s strategy to deliver safe, quality, and on-time performance from mobilization through turnover.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in mechanical/construction and 3+ years in data center environments, with strong leadership and coordination skills to manage multiple

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive mechanical, plumbing, HVAC, or related commercial construction field experience, including significant responsibility for large, complex projects.
• 3+ years of verifiable data center or mission-critical construction experience involving complex mechanical and plumbing systems; experience on large-scale projects or campus programs strongly preferred.
• Proven experience leading General Superintendents, Superintendents, subcontractors, and large craft workforces across multiple work areas, buildings, phases, or shifts.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute manpower plans, short-interval plans, material and equipment delivery plans, site logistics plans, and installation sequencing strategies.
• Strong working knowledge of mechanical and plumbing construction, including HVAC, hydronic and process piping, plumbing systems, equipment setting, testing, start-up, and commissioning readiness.
• Ability to read and interpret contract documents, specifications, approved submittals, coordinated drawings, schedules, and installation plans and to resolve field conflicts with the project team.
• Demonstrated understanding of construction safety requirements, quality-control practices, labor productivity, schedule management, field documentation, and change-event identification.
• Proven ability to identify constraints and execution risks, establish accountability, make timely decisions, and drive corrective action in a fast-paced project environment.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to provide clear field direction and communicate status, risks, and recovery needs to project and senior leadership.
• Working proficiency with Microsoft Office and construction-management platforms such as Procore, scheduling tools, digital drawings, and field-reporting systems.
• Ability to work full time on the assigned project site and adapt to extended workweeks, multiple shifts, weekends, or changing schedules as project conditions require.

Responsibilities

• Leads by example and reinforces a safety-first culture across the project or campus; works with Safety leadership to ensure field activities comply with ENFRA policies, customer requirements, OSHA standards, and site-specific plans.
• Provides direct leadership, direction, and accountability for General Superintendents and Superintendents; establishes clear expectations and supports the development of field leadership depth.
• Owns field execution planning, including overall installation sequencing, phase planning, short-interval planning, constraint removal, and coordination of two-week look-ahead schedules with the project team.
• Develops and maintains manpower plans with field supervision and administrative support; forecasts labor needs, coordinates additions and reductions, and confirms onboarding, badging, background checks, drug screening, and site access are completed before personnel are needed.
• Coordinates material, equipment, tool, and prefabrication requirements with Project Management, Supply Chain, BIM/VDC, fabrication, vendors, and field supervision to support the installation schedule and prevent lost productivity.
• Oversees site logistics affecting mechanical work, including delivery timing, unloading, laydown, storage, material handling, hoisting, equipment access, inspections, and coordination with the General Contractor and other trades.
• Establishes and maintains consistent field-management processes, communication routines, reporting expectations, and accountability across buildings, work areas, and shifts.
• Ensures installations meet contract documents, approved submittals, coordinated drawings, manufacturer requirements, applicable codes, and ENFRA quality standards; partners with Quality leadership to prevent, identify, document, and resolve nonconforming work.
• Monitors field productivity, labor performance, schedule progress, rework, constraints, and emerging execution risks; develops and drives corrective or recovery plans with the project team.
• Partners with Project Management to identify scope changes, customer impacts, trade interference, delays, and potential change events; ensures field conditions and impacts are documented promptly and accurately.
• Coordinates subcontractors performing field labor or specialty scopes and holds them accountable for safety, schedule, quality, manpower, logistics, and contractual requirements.
• Maintains effective working relationships with the customer, General Contractor, Owner, design partners, vendors, subcontractors, and other trades; represents ENFRA professionally in field and coordination meetings.
• Participates in project reviews and operating meetings, providing accurate updates on safety, manpower, schedule, material status, productivity, quality, risks, and required decisions.
• Coordinates field readiness for testing, start-up, pre-commissioning, commissioning, punch-list completion, system turnover, and project closeout in partnership with project, quality, and commissioning teams.
• Mentors and develops General Superintendents, Superintendents, and emerging field leaders; identifies succession needs, capability gaps, and training priorities.
• Creates a team environment to ensure a safe, quality, and productive execution while promoting accountability, teamwork, ethical conduct, and continuous improvement.

Job description

ENFRA, a leader in energy infrastructure, seeks a Data Center Operations Manager to lead on-site mechanical field operations across a data center campus. You will align manpower, logistics, and installation sequencing with the Director’s strategy to deliver safe, quality, and on-time performance from mobilization through turnover.

Ideal candidates have 10+ years in mechanical/construction and 3+ years in data center environments, with strong leadership and coordination skills to manage multiple