Site Director Data Center Facilities

The Site Director role is also available in:
Ashburn VA;
Onsite Data Center Engineers also needed in Reno NV and Minneapolis MN;
Sr CFTs needed in Ashburn VA!

This opportunity is working directly with a leading mission-critical data center developer / wholesaler / colo provider. This firm provides data center solutions custom-fit to the requirements of their client's mission-critical operational facilities. They provide reliability of mission-critical facilities for many of the world's largest organizations facilities supporting Enterprise Clients and Hyperscale Companies. This opportunity provides a career-growth minded role with exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

We are looking for an experienced Site Director that will be responsible for the entire data center campus. The Critical Facilities Operations Director / Site Director will be responsible for managing the overall quality and service of the operation and maintenance of critical facility infrastructure systems in accordance with company's policies and procedures. This role will manage the entire site, vendors, engineering and operations (data center and security).

This Data Center is a 7x24x365 a year operation. The Director will work with the Chief Engineer as well as being client facing, maintaining relationships with various customers. The successful candidate will oversee the work performed by in-house facilities team to ensure the site is meeting the high and dynamic standards of its internal customers and compliance with all SLAs.

The successful candidate will also provide consistent leadership and support through planning, communicating, and managing a team of professionals responsible to deliver data center facility services. Responsibilities include the delivery of quality and consistent services and support as established by the Corporation while satisfying unique customer requirements, managing issue resolution and ensuring proper performance reporting of key metrics for the site, establishing goals and objectives for the region based on strategic and business plans of the corporation.

• Perform 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
• Identify any vulnerabilities while overseeing 3rd Party Critical Facilities onsite team
• Communicate the status of the operation process with senior management and onsite customers
• Site acceptance and commissioning of the facility to ensure the site meets the superior and dynamic standards of Company Standards
• Act as liaison and coordinating efforts between the contracted vendors and the onsite customers
• Oversee 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 this critical facility
• 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 strategic / tactical leadership with a background in best practices related to operations for performance and reliability on a variety of state-of-the- art critical systems such as: medium voltage switch gear, 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…