Description The Facilities Manager is responsible for overseeing the daily operations, maintenance, reliability, and performance of mission-critical infrastructure at a high-density data center supporting artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. This position provides hands-on leadership of the Operations Engineering team while ensuring maximum facility uptime, operational safety, regulatory compliance, and efficient performance of critical electrical, mechanical, cooling, fire suppression, and security systems.
The Facilities Manager will lead preventive maintenance programs, monitor facility performance through Building Management Systems (BMS) and Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS), coordinate equipment repairs, and manage emergency response and incident investigations. Responsibilities include supervising and developing technical personnel, managing contractors and vendors, maintaining operating procedures and equipment documentation, and overseeing facility operating budgets and capital plans. The role also partners with Engineering, Operations, and Security teams on capacity planning, infrastructure upgrades, construction projects, retrofits, and commissioning activities to support continued facility growth and operational excellence.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Minimum of 7 years of hands-on data center operations experience
- Minimum of 3 years of experience supervising or leading technical teams
- Strong working knowledge of mission-critical mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) systems
- Experience operating, maintaining, and troubleshooting critical data center infrastructure
- Strong technical knowledge of electrical switchgear, Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems, generators, and Power Distribution Units (PDUs)
- Strong technical knowledge of data center cooling systems, including chillers, Computer Room Air Handlers (CRAH), and Computer Room Air Conditioning (CRAC) units
- Working knowledge of facility control systems and critical infrastructure monitoring
- Experience utilizing Building Management Systems (BMS) to monitor facility performance, identify alarms, and coordinate corrective actions
- Experience utilizing Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) to manage maintenance activities and equipment records
- Experience developing, implementing, and managing preventive maintenance programs for mission-critical equipment
- Ability to oversee corrective maintenance, equipment repairs, and infrastructure reliability initiatives
- Experience maintaining high-availability data center operations and minimizing unplanned downtime
- Ability to supervise, coach, train, and develop Operations Engineers or comparable technical personnel
- Experience conducting employee performance reviews, establishing performance goals, and identifying technical training needs
- Strong technical leadership and team-management skills
- Experience coordinating and managing contractors, vendors, and third-party service providers
- Ability to enforce contractor performance, quality, and safety standards
- Experience responding to critical infrastructure alarms, equipment failures, outages, and facility emergencies
- Ability to lead incident response, coordinate recovery activities, and restore critical operations
- Experience conducting root cause investigations and documenting corrective actions following equipment failures or operational incidents
- Ability to develop, maintain, and enforce Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
- Experience maintaining equipment records, engineering drawings, maintenance documentation, and compliance logs
- Knowledge of OSHA, EPA, NFPA, and applicable local, state, and federal regulatory requirements
- Ability to maintain safe working conditions and ensure compliance with applicable facility operating standards
- Experience supporting data center capacity planning, infrastructure upgrades, and operational improvements
- Ability to collaborate with Engineering, Operations, and Security departments
- Experience supporting construction, retrofit, or facility improvement projects
- Ability to review technical designs, coordinate project schedules, and support commissioning activities
- Experience developing and managing facility operating budgets
- Ability to support capital planning and infrastructure investment decisions
- Strong troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to make sound operational decisions in a mission-critical environment
- Strong organizational, planning, and time-management skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to communicate effectively with customers, technical personnel, vendors, contractors, and senior leadership
- Ability to balance hands-on technical responsibilities with facility management and leadership duties
- Ability to work onsite in the Reno, NV area
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience supporting high-density data center environments
- Liquid cooling system experience
- Experience with liquid-cooled data center infrastructure supporting AI or HPC applications
- High-performance computing infrastructure experience
- Experience supporting colocation data center operations
- Experience managing data center facilities during periods of rapid expansion
- Experience with advanced data center cooling technologies
- Experience supporting infrastructure capacity expansion projects
- Experience with data center construction and retrofit projects
- Data center commissioning experience
- Experience improving data center energy efficiency and cooling performance
- Experience developing capital improvement plans for mission-critical facilities
- Experience leading small, highly technical operations teams
- Experience working directly with senior operations leadership
- Military mechanical, electrical, or power generation experience combined with subsequent data center operations experience
- Navy Nuclear technical experience with follow-on data center operations experience
- Navy Electrician's Mate (EM) experience with follow-on data center operations experience
- Navy Machinist's Mate (MM) experience with follow-on data center operations experience
- Air Force Electrical Systems experience with follow-on data center operations experience
- Military experience maintaining mission-critical electrical, mechanical, or cooling infrastructure, combined with civilian data center experience
