Site Manager

Site Manager (Kamloops, British Columbia)

Mission: To collaborate closely with the VP - Data Center Operations to ensure the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our data center infrastructure.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role: 

• Develop, maintain, support, and follow GROQ health and safety practices
• Support and follow Management of Change (MOC) process from a maintenance execution perspective.  
• Manage third party trades and contractor performing site activities.
• Lead and manage commissioning activities of our rack deployments.
• Identify, manage, and in some cases perform maintenance on GROQ’s hardware systems, including mechanical and electrical systems.  
• Electrical systems up to 480VAC down to 48VDC as well as maintaining a building automation control system and networking.  
• Mechanical systems involving piping, dry coolers, valves, and Instrumentation.
• Lead and managing a team of onsite technicians - this includes staffing decisions, hiring activities, retention and team development.
• Proactively prepare the Data Center for a variety of situations - role model problem-solving and leadership each day.
• Understand and communicate Groq business priorities, shape the Data Center activities to align to the larger mission supporting those goals.
• Support development of Safe Operating Procedures (SOP) for maintenance.
• Carry out a preventative maintenance program and support the future development of an AI/ML enabled predictive maintenance program.  
• Support GROQ’s Research and Development lab(s) and engineering projects.  
• Report and escalate to management as needed.
• Travel globally to support GROQ site activities.  

Qualifications for this role:

At minimum:

• Experience in managing data center operations
• Managing a P/L
• Oversight of site availability
• 5-10 years’ experience in any of the following:
• Building Maintenance
• Industrial Maintenance
• Data Center Operations
• Onsite in Kamloops and ability to travel to remote sites as needed
• Excellent communicator
• Well organized
• Experience with Management of Change processes
• Experience with Google Docs and Office 365 suite of programs
• Strong project management skills with large projects
• A person that thrives and succeeds in a hyper-growth environment where priorities shift quickly
• Experience with preventative maintenance programs
• Management experience, especially in a technical environment with a hourly workforce
• Experience with preventative maintenance programs

Attributes of a Groqstar:

• Problem solver. Leans into problem solving and issue identification
• Takes ownership
• Humility - Egos are checked at the door
• Collaborative and Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room together
• Growth Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
• Curious and Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
• Passion, grit, and boldness - no limit thinking; fueling informed risk taking

Attributes of a Groqstar:

• Problem solver. Leans into problem solving and issue identification
• Takes ownership
• Humility - Egos are checked at the door
• Collaborative and Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room together
• Growth Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
• Curious and Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
• Passion, grit, and boldness - no limit thinking; fueling informed risk taking

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation: At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $88,00 CAD to $167,300 CAD, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.