Senior Facilities Service Manager - Mechanical; Abilene, TX). Montpelier LilyLifestyle

Job Location

Abilene, TX (on-site). Applicants must reside in or be willing to relocate to Abilene. Relocation is available.

Lead the onsite mechanical service and maintenance team responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission‑critical cooling and HVAC systems supporting hyperscale data center operations. This role reports to the Facility Manager and serves as the immediate manager for Facilities Technicians, accountable for execution quality, service readiness, technician development, and lifecycle maintenance performance across mechanical infrastructure.

• Lead the onsite mechanical facilities technician team responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, and service execution for mission‑critical cooling and HVAC systems.
• Serve as the direct manager for Mechanical Facilities Technicians, providing day‑to‑day leadership, work prioritization, coaching, performance management, and development.
• Build and lead an in‑house self‑perform maintenance program for mechanical systems, including planning, training, execution standards, and continuous improvement.
• Oversee maintenance and service execution for large‑scale mechanical and cooling infrastructure, including chillers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, piping systems, and associated control interfaces.
• Manage vendors, contractors, and internal service teams, enforcing SLAs, workmanship standards, response expectations, and safe execution practices.
• Track system health, equipment reliability, energy performance, maintenance effectiveness, and service execution metrics, using data to improve uptime and reduce repeat failures.
• Own mechanical safety programs, regulatory compliance, and technician training related to maintenance execution, refrigerant handling, contractor oversight, and safe work practices.
• Support incident response, service restoration, capacity changes, maintenance planning, and post‑event reviews to strengthen reliability and execution discipline.
• Partner closely with Facility Managers, Engineering, Reliability, Controls, Construction, and Commissioning teams to ensure effective handoffs, operational readiness, and maintainability of installed systems.
• Drive continuous improvement in maintenance procedures, spare parts readiness, documentation quality, technician capability, and service response standards.
• Ensure the site is prepared to support 24/7 mission‑critical operations through proper staffing, escalation readiness, training, and maintenance planning.

• 3‑5+ years of experience in HVAC, mechanical service, critical facilities maintenance, or related uptime‑critical environments such as data centers, healthcare, industrial plants, semiconductor, or large commercial infrastructure.
• 1‑3+ years of experience leading technicians, service teams, or field maintenance operations.
• Strong practical understanding of large‑scale cooling systems, HVAC service operations, control interfaces, redundancy strategies, and energy‑performance considerations.
• Experience managing maintenance execution, vendor performance, technician development, and incident response in operational environments.
• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, HVAC technology, facilities management, or related field preferred; equivalent technical and field leadership experience also valued.

• Strong crisis management and service leadership in high‑availability environments.
• Proven ability to improve maintenance quality, service reliability, and execution discipline.
• Strong people leadership with the ability to develop technicians and reinforce accountability.
• Clear communicator who can coordinate across operations, engineering, and vendor teams.
• Strong operational judgment and ability to prioritize in time‑sensitive situations.

• Experience with mission‑critical cooling infrastructure including chillers, CRAH/CRAC systems, pumps, cooling towers, heat exchangers, valves, and mechanical distribution systems.
• Familiarity with BMS/control integration, alarm response, trend analysis, and…