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Sr. Ops Lead – Data Center Facilities
Locations (on-site): Buffalo NY | Houston TX | Aberdeen TX
Join an industry-defining infrastructure provider that builds and operates hyperscale environments powering today’s most demanding AI and cloud workloads. As our Sr. Operations Lead, you will be the on-site authority for all things critical infrastructure, steering multi-megawatt data centers through rapid growth while safeguarding uptime and safety. If you thrive on owning risk, driving change, and partnering with world-class engineers and colo providers, this is your chance to leave a global imprint on next-generation facilities.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior escalation point for any incident impacting power, cooling, or life-safety systems within the white space.
- Own the change-management process for all high-risk maintenance and retrofits, ensuring seamless execution with zero unplanned downtime.
- Audit and optimize preventive-maintenance programs with colocation and service partners, verifying redundancy targets and regulatory compliance.
- Act as the technical liaison to commissioning teams and design SMEs during capacity expansions, upgrades, and new-site turn-ups.
- Maintain and continuously update risk registers, single points of failure, and mitigation plans for each facility.
- Analyze trend data on electrical and mechanical systems to recommend improvements in efficiency, reliability, and sustainability.
- Mentor site technicians, promoting a culture of safety, operational excellence, and documentation discipline.
- Contribute to global standards that raise the bar for performance, availability, and cost efficiency across the fleet.
Skill Set & Qualifications
- 7 years leading critical facilities or data-center operations, with hands-on ownership of power, cooling, and building-automation systems.
- Deep knowledge of redundancy topologies (2N, N 1), capacity modeling (TIA-942, ASHRAE), and concurrent-maintainability concepts.
- Proven track record managing incident response, root-cause analysis, and post-mortem remediation.
- Demonstrated expertise in change-control and risk-management frameworks for multi-tenant or hyperscale environments.
- Comfortable reading one-lines, P&IDs, and commissioning scripts; able to influence L1–L5 testing outcomes.
- Strong vendor-management and negotiation skills; experience partnering with colo providers and OEMs.
- Clear, concise communicator who can translate complex technical issues for executives, engineers, and third-party stakeholders.
- Electrical or mechanical engineering degree (or equivalent experience). Professional certifications such as CFM, PMP, or CDCP are a plus.
Compensation & Growth
- Competitive base salary, plus equity opportunities.
- Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and retirement benefits aligned to local norms.
- Generous PTO and paid volunteer time.
- Direct impact on strategic build-outs powering cutting-edge AI and cloud initiatives.
- Accelerated career path into multi-site or regional leadership for high performers.
About Blue Signal:
Blue Signal is an award-winning, executive search firm specializing in various specialties. Our recruiters have a proven track record of placing top-tier talent across industry verticals, with deep expertise in numerous professional services. Learn more at bit.ly/46Gs4yS