Sr. Critical Facilities Manager

As a Senior Critical Facilities Manager, you will lead the onsite site-support function that enables OCI’s mission-critical data center operations teams to execute in a disciplined, organized, and audit-ready manner. This role manages the administrative and coordination processes that support facilities operations, including records management, scheduling support, workflow tracking, document control, vendor and visitor coordination, and day-to-day site business operations.

Safety is our first priority and the foundation of every operational decision. You will establish a culture in which employees and contractors identify hazards, follow established procedures, stop unsafe work, and take responsibility for protecting themselves and others. You will ensure that operational urgency never compromises safe execution.

This senior leadership role combines deep technical knowledge of critical infrastructure with strong people’s leadership, operational judgment, and program and project management capabilities. As a manager of managers, you will build capable leadership teams, establish clear expectations, and ensure consistent execution across your facilities. You will be accountable for both immediate operational performance and the long-term health, resilience, and readiness of the infrastructure and organization.

This is a full-time leadership role that is onsite at our Frontier hyperscale data center in Shackelford County, Texas. Relocation assistance will be provided.

Key responsibilities

Safety leadership

Lead a proactive safety culture across employees, contractors, and service providers, reinforcing stop-work authority and accountability at every level.

Ensure work is supported by appropriate risk assessments, approved procedures, required qualifications, and effective controls, including electrical safety, hazardous energy isolation, and contractor safety practices.

Review incidents, near misses, and safety observations; ensure corrective actions address underlying causes and lessons are applied across the organization.

Critical facilities operations and technical ownership

Own the operational availability and reliability of all MEP infrastructure within your assigned data centers, including power distribution, backup generation, UPS systems, cooling, building controls, and associated life-safety systems.

Lead 24/7 facilities operations, including staffing, shift coverage, operating procedures, maintenance planning, and emergency preparedness.

Ensure preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance is completed safely, effectively, and on schedule, with disciplined management of maintenance backlogs and equipment deficiencies.

Provide technical leadership for complex equipment issues, system performance concerns, and operational risk assessments.

Maintain rigorous change management and work execution practices, including standard operating procedures, maintenance procedures, emergency operating procedures, and contingency plans.

Lead facilities incident response and recovery, ensuring timely escalation, clear communication, thorough root-cause analysis, and sustained corrective action.

Leadership and people management

Lead, coach, and develop facilities operations managers, holding them accountable for safety, technical performance, team effectiveness, and employee development.

Build an organization with the staffing, skills, and leadership capacity needed to support current operations and future growth.

Establish clear goals and performance expectations; provide meaningful feedback and address performance concerns promptly and consistently.

Develop succession plans, strengthen technical training and qualification programs, and create opportunities for…