Datacenter Facilities Manager

Responsibilities

We are representing a confidential cloud infrastructure organization seeking a Datacenter Facilities Manager to lead critical facilities operations on a remote basis.

In this role, you will oversee a multidisciplinary team of engineers, technicians, contractors, and service providers responsible for maintaining highly available, mission-critical data center infrastructure. You will drive operational excellence through continuous improvement, sustainability initiatives, strong technical governance, and proactive asset management.

Critical Facilities Operations:

• Lead day-to-day operation of all critical data center infrastructure including mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and life-safety systems
• Maintain compliance with Service Level Agreements, operational standards, and uptime objectives
• Oversee 24/7 operational support, including incident response, escalation, and recovery
• Ensure Standard Operating Procedures, Emergency Operating Procedures, and Methods of Procedure are accurate and consistently followed
• Review and approve high-risk maintenance activities affecting critical infrastructure
• Support capacity planning to meet current and future operational requirements

Leadership and Team Management:

• Lead, mentor, and develop Critical Facilities Engineers and Technicians
• Manage shift schedules, staffing levels, technical training, competency assessments, and performance evaluations
• Foster a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement
• Coordinate contractor and vendor activities to ensure work is completed safely, on time, and to required quality standards

Maintenance and Asset Management:

• Develop and oversee preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs
• Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, work orders, and equipment records through CMMS
• Monitor equipment condition and lifecycle performance and develop repair, upgrade, and replacement strategies
• Review recurring equipment failures and implement long-term corrective actions
• Maintain accurate asset registers, maintenance records, technical documentation, and spare-parts inventories

Infrastructure Management:

Oversee operation and maintenance of critical systems including medium-voltage and low-voltage electrical distribution, UPS systems and battery plants, standby diesel generators, automatic transfer switches, switchgear, transformers, chillers and chilled-water systems, CRAH and CRAC units, air handling units, pumps and hydronic systems, building management systems, DCIM systems, fire detection and suppression, security and access control, fuel storage, and water treatment systems.

Health, Safety, Environmental and Regulatory Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with French Labour Code, applicable EU directives, French environmental regulations, and local requirements
• Manage Permit to Work, Lockout/Tagout, electrical isolation, hot-work, confined-space, and contractor-safety programs
• Lead incident, near-miss, and equipment-failure investigations with root-cause analysis
• Prepare for and support regulatory inspections, customer assessments, insurance reviews, and audits

Capital Projects and Commissioning:

• Support planning and delivery of infrastructure upgrades, replacements, expansions, and capital projects
• Review technical designs, specifications, risk assessments, and commissioning plans
• Participate in factory acceptance testing, site acceptance testing, commissioning, and integrated systems testing
• Monitor project budgets, schedules, risks, and contractor performance

Financial and Vendor Management:

• Develop and manage facilities operating and capital budgets
• Monitor vendor performance against established service levels and key performance indicators
• Conduct regular vendor-performance reviews and implement improvement plans when required
• Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency without compromising safety, reliability, or compliance

Sustainability and Energy Management:

• Identify and implement opportunities to improve energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact
• Monitor Power Usage Effectiveness, energy consumption, water consumption, and carbon-related performance
• Work with engineering and operations teams to optimize cooling, electrical loading, and equipment performance

Operational Reporting:

Track, analyze, and report key operational metrics including infrastructure availability, preventive maintenance completion, corrective-maintenance backlog, Mean Time to Repair, Mean Time Between Failures, Power Usage Effectiveness, energy and water consumption, capacity utilization, incident trends, vendor performance, safety performance, and budget performance.

What We're Looking For

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline
• Master's degree is advantageous but not required
• Equivalent technical education combined with substantial relevant experience may also be considered

Experience:

• Minimum 7 years of experience in critical facilities, mission-critical operations, industrial facilities, or comparable technical environment
• At least 3 years of experience leading technical teams, contractors, or service providers
• Experience in hyperscale data centers, colocation facilities, hospitals, power generation, manufacturing, utilities, or other continuously operating facilities highly desirable
• Demonstrated experience managing critical maintenance activities and operational risk
• Experience managing budgets, vendors, maintenance contracts, and capital projects

Technical Knowledge:

Strong working knowledge of critical electrical infrastructure, medium-voltage and low-voltage distribution, UPS systems, batteries, standby generators, transfer systems, HVAC and mission-critical cooling systems, chilled-water and hydronic systems, Building Management Systems, DCIM systems, CMMS, preventive and predictive maintenance practices, equipment lifecycle and reliability management, risk assessment and root-cause analysis, commissioning and integrated systems testing, permit-to-work and energy-isolation procedures, and data center redundancy and uptime principles.

Preferred Qualifications and Certifications:

• Degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
• French electrical authorization under NF C 18-510 (B0/H0V, B1V, B2V, BR, BC, H1V, H2V, or HC)
• Sauveteur Secouriste du Travail certification or equivalent workplace first-aid qualification
• Training in French hot-work authorization and control procedures, including Permis de feu
• France Chimie/UIC N1 or N2 safety training or equivalent site-safety qualification
• Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Specialist, Accredited Operations Specialist, or comparable critical-facilities certification
• Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent
• Training in fire safety, environmental compliance, contractor safety, or occupational risk prevention
• Fluent English required; professional French-language proficiency highly desirable

Leadership Competencies:

• Strong safety leadership
• Strategic and operational planning
• Technical team development
• Sound decision-making under pressure
• Operational excellence
• Vendor and stakeholder management
• Budget and cost management
• Risk identification and mitigation
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to lead effectively in a 24/7 mission-critical environment

How We Work with You

Our talent team at Get A Job.ai will guide you through the entire process. Candidates apply directly through our platform at getajob.ai. One of our experienced recruiters will conduct an initial screening to understand your background and ensure strong alignment with our client's requirements. Once we confirm you're a great match, we will submit your profile to the client for consideration.

Please do not contact the client directly. All communication and coordination will be managed through Get A Job.ai to ensure a professional and streamlined experience.

Pay

Compensation details will be discussed during the screening process with our recruiting team.

Equal Opportunity: Get A Job.ai is committed to inclusive hiring practices. We welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other protected characteristic.