Critical Facilities Lead

Austin, Texas, United States Corporate Functions

In Places, we don’t sit back and let things happen, we make things happen, and we do this in service to all Apple employees and customers. Our team is a diverse and nimble group that manages Apple’s corporate and retail workplaces and workplace services. We develop and manage Apple’s global real estate portfolio, lead all related capital construction projects, provide outstanding facilities and site services, develop and lead sustainability initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of all Apple facilities, including commute and renewable energy programs, and do everything we can to ensure the health and safety of all Apple personnel, facilities, and customers in our facilities around the world.

The Electrical team manages all electrical systems, critical infrastructure, and power generation across the Austin Places Portfolio. As a cross-functional team, we collaborate both within and beyond the Places organization to ensure operational excellence and reliability. We have an exciting opportunity for a Critical Facilities Lead
- Electrical Infrastructure to support our maintenance and operations team. Our primary responsibility as a team is to use our respective technical foresight to ensure the campus is operating at the highest levels while maintaining critical environments without compromising efficiency. Close coordination with all Real Estate & Development groups is encouraged, including but not limited to the Environmental Health and Safety (EH&S), Maintenance & Operations, Project Management, Energy Efficiency partners and contracted technical support.

The Critical Facilities Lead
- Electrical Infrastructure is responsible for the operational integrity, reliability, maintenance, and safety of all high-availability electrical distribution and backup power systems across the campus/critical facility. This role serves as the subject matter expert (SME) and operational leader for mission-critical power systems—including Medium Voltage (MV) switch gear and substations, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, emergency diesel/natural gas generators, paralleling switch gear, and associated power monitoring infrastructure (EPMS/SCADA).

The ideal candidate combines deep hands-on technical acumen with strong leadership, a rigorous safety-first mindset rooted in NFPA 70E / OSHA standards and demonstrated experience executing flawless Method of Procedures (MOPs) in zero-downtime, 24/7 environments.

• 1. Electrical Infrastructure & Asset Reliability:
• Medium Voltage Distribution:
  Oversee the operation, inspection, and maintenance of MV switch gear (4.16 kV to 35 kV class), unit substations, dry-type/oil-filled transformers, protective relays (e.g., SEL), and vacuum/SF6 circuit breakers.
• Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS:
  Lead maintenance, load-balancing, and lifecycle management for multi-module double-conversion static or rotary UPS systems, static transfer switches (STS), power distribution units (PDUs), and energy storage solutions (VRLA, Lithium-ion, battery strings).
• Emergency Generation & Fuel Systems:
  Direct operational readiness, monthly no-load testing, scheduled dynamic/load-bank testing, and preventative maintenance on multi-megawatt standby generator systems, emergency fuel storage/filtration polishing systems, and automated paralleling switch gear.
• Power Quality & Monitoring:
  Continuously monitor power quality, harmonics, power factor, and transient disturbances utilizing the Electrical Power Monitoring System (EPMS) and SCADA platforms.
• 2. Operational Procedures & Risk Mitigation (MOP / SOP / EOP)
• Procedure Authoring & Review:
  Author, review, and strictly enforce detailed Methods of Procedure (MOPs), Standard…