Mission Critical Facility Director

Permanent Placement

Title: Mission Critical Facility Director (HPC Data Center Preferred)

Compensation: $225,000 plus benefits, commensurate with experience

Location: Onsite / West Texas (TBD)

Company Description

Our client is an industrial-scale data center construction and operations company. They allocate data center opportunities between bitcoin mining and other high performance computing services, such as AI. They continue to develop their pipeline of power capacity at high-quality data center sites, either for bitcoin mining or HPC.

Position Summary: Data Center Facilities Manager is responsible for the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of a 300 MW high-performance computing (HPC) / AI data center campus. This role leads all facility operations related to electrical, mechanical, and critical infrastructure systems while ensuring the highest levels of uptime, operational discipline, and safety.

The Facility Manager oversees day-to-day site operations, manages facility engineering teams, coordinates with vendors and contractors, and ensures adherence to operational procedures, change management practices, and regulatory compliance. This role is critical to maintaining mission-critical infrastructure supporting large-scale HPC and AI workloads, where operational errors, downtime, or safety incidents can have significant business impact.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operation and maintenance of mission-critical electrical and mechanical infrastructure, including medium/high voltage electrical distribution, UPS systems, backup generation, switchgear, transformers, cooling systems (liquid and air-based), pumps, heat exchangers, chilled water systems, building automation/control systems, and fire alarm/suppression systems; ensure infrastructure operates within defined capacity, redundancy, and reliability parameters and maintain operational readiness for a 300 MW HPC / AI compute environment.
• Maintain high availability (99.99%) standards for critical infrastructure; lead root cause analysis (RCA) for incidents and failures; develop and implement preventative and predictive maintenance programs; monitor and improve key operational metrics including MTBF, MTTR, and incident response times.
• Build and manage a team of facility engineers, technicians, security, and operations staff; develop staffing strategies for 24/7 mission-critical operations; provide coaching, performance management, and technical development; establish a culture of operational excellence, accountability, and safety.
• Ensure full compliance with safety regulations and operational standards including OSHA, NFPA, and environmental/regulatory requirements; lead site safety programs such as lockout/tagout, electrical safety, confined space procedures, and contractor safety programs.
• Oversee formal change management processes for all infrastructure modifications; ensure compliance with Method of Procedure (MOP) and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP); participate in change approval boards and evaluate operational risks prior to execution.
• Manage relationships with vendors, OEMs, and contractors; ensure all work complies with operational procedures and safety standards; oversee maintenance contracts and service agreements for critical infrastructure.
• Maintain accurate asset tracking and oversee CMMS / EAM systems for work order management and lifecycle tracking; coordinate infrastructure upgrades, replacements, and long-term lifecycle planning; manage facility operations budget including maintenance, vendor services, utilities, and capital planning.
• Ensure integration and proper use of monitoring systems (SCADA, CMMS, telemetry, alarm systems) to support proactive infrastructure management; collaborate cross-functionally with IT, construction, commissioning, network, compute operations, and corporate engineering teams; support new capacity deployments and expansions in a 24/7 mission-critical environment with on-call responsibilities.

Qualifications

• 10 years of experience in mission-critical facility operations, data centers, or large-scale industrial environments, including 5 years of leadership managing technical operations teams and experience operating large-scale or campus-level infrastructure (>100 MW), with preferred exposure to hyperscale, HPC, or AI environments.
• Strong technical knowledge of medium/high voltage electrical distribution, UPS and backup generation systems, cooling and thermal management systems, redundancy architectures, and building management/monitoring systems.
• Proven operational expertise in incident management, troubleshooting, change management, preventative maintenance program development, vendor/contractor oversight, and operational risk assessment.
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities including team development, organizational leadership, and the ability to operate effectively in high-reliability, high-pressure environments.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to interface across technical teams and executive stakeholders, along with strong decision-making capabilities under operational pressure.
• Preferred certifications include Certified Data Center Professional (CDCP), Certified Facility Manager (CFM), electrical safety certifications (NFPA 70E), and PMP or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience working in 24/7 mission-critical environments with on-call responsibilities, regular interaction with electrical and mechanical systems, and coordination across internal teams, customers, and external service providers.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related technical discipline preferred; equivalent mission-critical operational experience may be considered.

Benefits

• 401K
• Medical / Dental / Vision
• Gym Membership

Why This Role Matters

The Data Center Facility Manager plays a critical role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of one of the most power-dense computing environments in the world. This role enables the infrastructure that supports next-generation artificial intelligence and high-performance computing workloads.