Regional Data Center Facilities Manager

Regional Data Center Facilities Manager

Regional Data Center Facilities Manager

Location:Chicago, IL, United States
Job #864585
Date Posted: 01-26-12
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This opportunity is with a leading provider of mission-critical solutions. This firm provides a complete lifecycle of solutions that are custom-fit to the requirements of their client's mission-critical facilities. They help improve the reliability of mission-critical facilities for many of the world's largest organizations.

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Regional Data Center Facility Manager - Multiple Sites
We are looking for an experienced Regional Data Center Facility Manager to support multiple critical data centers. The Regional Data Center Manager will be responsible for managing the overall quality and service of the operation and maintenance of multiple critical facility infrastructure systems in accordance with company's policies and se Data Centers are a 7x24x365 a year operation. The Regional Manager will be managing Data Center Facility Managers that are located at each site. The director will work with the individual data center facility manager in maintaining the relationships with various successful candidate will oversee the work performed by in-house data center facility managers to ensure each site is meeting the high and dynamic standards of the region. The successful candidate will also provide consistent leadership and support through planning, communicating, and managing a team of managers and professionals responsible to deliver data center facility services, within the eastern region. Responsibilities include the delivery of quality and consistent services and support as established by the Corporation while satisfying unique local requirements, managing issue resolution and ensuring proper performance reporting of key metrics for the region, establishing goals and objectives for the region based on strategic and business plans of the corporation.


Responsibilities:
· Performing periodic site walk-throughs in order to ensure Company's procedures (SOPS and MOPS) and standards are followed. This includes assisting the Facilities Manager, Technicians and any other contracted vendors.
· Identifying any vulnerabilities while acting as the on-site Company representative.
· Communicating the status of the operation process with senior management.
· Site acceptance and commissioning of the facility to ensure the site meets the superior and dynamic standards of Company Standards.
· Acting as liaison and coordinating efforts between the contracted vendors and the construction team.
· Assisting in the development of procedures/Method of Procedures (MOPs) for the DC build in addition to approving MOPs for data hall work.
· Participating in the interview process for prospective candidates applying to regional data center locations.
· Auditing installed data center components. This audit will be used to verify the completion of the job scope by the vendor in addition to verifying the design documentation for the build-out and ongoing operations of the data hall space.
· Provide coverage for onsite data center manager with both routine and emergency service on a variety of state of the art critical systems such as: medium voltage switchgear, diesel generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, fire detection / suppression; building monitoring systems; etc
· Supervise the on-site management the facility manager, facility technicians, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work is performed according to established practices and procedures.
· Manage at a high level - the client relationship and act as escalation point of contact for the company for each site.
· Manage the establishment of performance benchmarks, conduct analyses and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance.
· Work with business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability and efficiency.
· Review MOPs and SOPs for all work on critical data center facility equipment.
· Ensure that a constant state of readiness in support of the mission goal of 99.999% uptime

Qualifications:
· 10+ years of data center facility operations and maintenance experience.
· 5 years leadership experience in data center facility operations.
· Budget / P/L responsibility
· Solid Understanding of Critical Electrical and Mechanical / HVAC equipment
· Experience supervising a technical staff
· Previous experience as a Client Manager
· Strong verbal and written communications skills
· Good presentation skills in leading meetings (both conference and in person)
· Superior analytical, planning and problem resolution skills Knowledge of Company Services and operations structure and support operations.
· Highly organized with proved project management abilities
· Sbility to work with regional peers to coordinate activities with corporate headquarters and across multiple regions
· Ability to multitask, establish priorities, manage conflicts