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Responsibilities
- Establish, mentor, and lead a Facility Operations team responsible for the maintenance and operations of the mechanical, electrical, automation, and building infrastructure on a data center campus.
- Lead in a fast paced, hands-on, 24/7 operating environment.
- Uphold processes and standards to enable efficiency and effectiveness.
- Partner with Meta Construction and Design teams throughout the build phase (new & retrofit) to ensure operational readiness when turned over to the Facility Operations Team.
- Facilitate a safe work environment, in compliance with Meta standards.
- Partner with Environmental, Health, and Safety Lead on all regulatory compliance, environmental requirements, reporting, and operational programs.
- Manage, mentor and develop managers and individual contributors.
- Collaborate with counterparts at other sites, centralized teams, and leadership to promote efficiencies and sharing of lessons across the global organization.
- Participate in incident management practices related to the data center, including communication, reporting, root cause analysis, and corrective action plans.
- Oversee critical vendor management and collaborate with utility providers and local authorities.
- Ensure tooling and automation system interfaces are maintained to ensure best possible data center performance.
- Ensure the Site Operational Budget is aligned with financial requirements.
- Respond as needed to after hours operations and system complications.
- Travel up to 20% with up to 50% travel during the onboarding phase.
Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years critical operations experience
- 4+ year's experience in team management
- Experience in personnel and team management, including managing Managers or large teams of contractors, in a critical operations environment
- Experience making decisions with minimal direction
- Knowledge and understanding of critical power and cooling infrastructure
- Experience with environmental, health and safety programs
- Experience communicating and presenting complex material effectively
- Experience in cross functional, collaborative environments
Preferred Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience in data center environments
- B.S. in Engineering, construction, or related technical field
- 12+ years operations experience
- 8+ years experience in team management
- Experience or training in incident command and response
- Experience managing teams of 30+ people
- Knowledge of industry standards, building codes and safety standards, including NFPA and ASHRAE, electrical safety
- Experience with enterprise asset management (EAM) systems and computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS)
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
- Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)
- Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
$168,000/year to $234,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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