Strategic Facilities & Data Center Ops Leader

QTS Realty Trust; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 397,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Flexible spending/savings account

Paid holidays

Job summary

QTS Realty Trust in Ashburn, VA seeks a Senior Vice President, Facilities Operations to lead multiple facilities regions, overseeing data centers, infrastructure maintenance, and business continuity.

You will manage multi-million dollar budgets, develop strategic plans, and build strong teams while ensuring compliance with regulations and driving innovative, environmentally responsible programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Architecture, related area or equivalent professional experience.
• Fifteen or more years’ experience in facilities management, Data Center management, corporate/military engineering, or other related field.
• Five or more years’ people management experience, with experience in managing team "virtually" preferred.
• Strong knowledge of related regulations and laws and general knowledge of electrical systems, mechanical systems, maintenance, environmental codes & safety codes (OSHA, EPA, DOT, ADA, and NFPA).
• Working knowledge of construction practices, building codes, and project management.
• Experience having P&L responsibility, budgeting and financial model development.
• US Citizenship for this position is required by law due to federal customer contracts.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, establish and implement facilities policies, procedures and organizational structure within the boundaries established by senior management team and corporate policy while ensuring no contradiction in federal, state and local operating regulations or laws
• Develop, direct and monitor short-term and long-range business plans consistent with overall profit and growth objectives of the company that establishes operations standards for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and an environmentally friendly community partner
• Supervise the preparation of and implementation of effective operating budgets for each Data Center in their assigned region
• Oversee operations budget to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements
• Through a staff of Data Center Directors and other leaders, ensure the pro-active delivery of corporate services support space planning, Power and Cooling services, headcount projections, planning, budgeting, capital projects, maintenance, janitorial services, landscaping, business continuity/disaster recovery for facilities
• Provide Matrixed leadership in conjunction with Regional Leaders and other line of business owners to ensure operational standards are achieved
• Help negotiate improvement project contracts as needed on leased and owned real estate
• Confer with professional staff to find resolution to operational problems, authorize operational procedures and approve all major estimates
• Maintain positive relationships and communication with staff and executive level management
• Utilize comparative evaluations between facilities and key performance indicators (ITIL, and International Facilities Management Association) to monitor the effectiveness of operational programs at each Data Center through benchmarking and the utilization of best practices
• Ensure facilities’ compliance with all governmental operating guidelines
• Obtain and keep current all necessary licenses, permits and certifications as required
• Participate in community activities and organizations as appropriate through the maintenance of professional association affiliations and participation within association programs
• Drive innovation into facilities programs/systems with an environmentally conscious attitude of "go green"
• Participate on acquisition teams to assess potential facility as needed

Skills

Senior leadership

Strategic planning

Budget management

Facilities management

Data center operations

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor degree in Business/Engineering/Architecture or equivalent

Job description

QTS Realty Trust in Ashburn, VA seeks a Senior Vice President, Facilities Operations to lead multiple facilities regions, overseeing data centers, infrastructure maintenance, and business continuity.

You will manage multi-million dollar budgets, develop strategic plans, and build strong teams while ensuring compliance with regulations and driving innovative, environmentally responsible programs.