Senior Facility Manager

Sharp Decisions; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Sharp Decisions in Aurora, IL seeks a Senior Facility Manager to oversee daily data center operations and critical infrastructure. You will manage internal and external resources, ensure customer satisfaction, and coordinate with a third-party facility provider to deliver build-outs within your region.

The role requires 7+ years in managing critical infrastructure and 10+ years in leadership, with a Bachelor’s in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related fields.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in managing and maintaining critical infrastructure.
• 10+ years supervisory or personnel management experience preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field is required or equivalent work experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day operations of facilities with on-site engineering teams.
• Lead preventative and corrective maintenance programs for the region.
• Direct staff and coordinate with management on performance, training, and scheduling.
• Maintain operations policies, procedures, and guidelines; ensure compliance.
• Manage vendor relationships and asset tracking; report to customers and internal teams.
• Lead incident management from inception to RCA documentation.
• Ensure timely reporting and business continuity planning.
• Support project costs tracking, PO requests, vendor coordination, and project health.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Organizational skills

Customer service

Microsoft Office

Problem solving under pressure

Staff leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Location: Aurora, IL, fully onsite

Perm/FT

Oversee the daily operation of the data centers and associated critical infrastructure by managing internal and external resources and providing an exceptional customer experience each day for every customer. The Senior Facility Manager will manage the relationship with the third-party facility management provider within his or her region, to ensure that the facilities are being operated within the mandated procedures and standards. The Senior Facility Manager will manage the implementation process for all customer orders and build-outs within his or her region.

Essential Job Functions

• Environmental Management
  • Manage day to day operations of the facilities through daily coordination with on-site engineering teams.
  • Manage the preventative and corrective maintenance program for the region
  • Provide direction to the site teams on the resolution of any incidents or issues.
  • Coordinate with management, concerning staff recognition, reviews, career development, corrective actions and scheduling
  • Coordinate with management concerning staff training or re-training needs
  • Maintain Operations Policies, Procedures and Guidelines.
  • Vendor Management for all entities working within the data centers
  • Asset Management
    • Management of our asset tracking processes, and systems
    • Reporting on Assets for customers and internal
  • Incident Management – Lead the local incident manage process from incident inception, through resolution and final RCA documentation
• Capacity Management
  • Maintain current status and future status reporting on all capacity thresholds within the facility.
• Customer Support
  • Work with centralized Implementation Managers to assure on-time and quality delivery and customer orders and build-outs.
  • Manage the implementation process for the scopes of work under Facility Operations, to ensure the successful and timely delivery of service. Follow processes on tracking and reviewing project costs, submitting PO requests, coordinating with vendors, reporting on project health, etc.
  • Support the Sales Organization in the placement of potential new customer orders.
  • Act as single point of contact for local customer teams in the resolution of day-to-day issues
  • Lead and direct facility tours for new customer deals
  • Review customer contracts
  • Represent client on customer audits and provide required documentation
• Reporting and Compliance
  • Manage all internal and external monthly reporting required from the region
  • Coordinate with internal departments (e.g.: Accounting, Finance, EH&S, Compliance, Security and Energy Management) to meet month end reporting needs
  • Ensure that customer reports are accurate and delivered on-time
  • Understand and execute Business Continuity Planning.
  • Maintain updates and training for our Facility Operations Handbook
  • SOX Audits
  • Maintain documentation for all certifications and audits
• Budgeting and Forecasting
  • Manage OPEX for the region based upon developed budgets.
  • Create CAPEX plans equipment maintenance and replacement

Minimum Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work well with all levels of people within the organization
• Ability to direct and manage work groups
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to work well under pressure and manage multiple concurrent priorities
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong customer service skills
• Ability to develop and document procedures and train personnel on the procedures
• Consistently displays a positive attitude with customer first mentality
• Proficient with Microsoft Office
• Ability to work under pressure and manage multiple concurrent priorities
• Willingness to adjust hours as required by the business to include being onsite for extended hours during emergency situations such as hurricane

Experience/Skills

• 7+ years experience in managing and maintaining critical infrastructure, preferably in a data center environment
• 10+ years supervisory or personnel management experience preferred

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field (equivalent work experience may be substituted for degree)