Facility Operations Lead

LFG designs, builds and manages power infrastructure for compute systems and utility providers. The Facility Operations Lead is responsible for the around-the-clock operation of our Moses Lake facility, so that customer equipment stays powered and cooled without interruption. You will lead the site team, own the maintenance program, and take new buildings into operation as construction finishes.

What you will do

• Operate and maintain the site's electrical, mechanical, fire protection and security systems.
• Lead the site's technicians and contractors, and manage the shift schedule and on-call rotation.
• Run the preventive and corrective maintenance program in the maintenance system.
• Write and enforce operating procedures, and approve planned changes to live systems.
• Lead incident response and root cause analysis.
• Track capacity, energy efficiency and uptime, and report on them.
• Enforce site safety rules, including Washington State safety requirements, lockout/tagout and arc flash precautions.
• Take handover of new buildings from the Construction Lead and take part in commissioning.
• Manage customer access, service vendors and the site operating budget.
• Hire and train site staff from the local area.

Required qualifications

• 7 or more years operating data centers or other critical facilities, including at least 2 years leading a team.
• Working knowledge of UPS systems, generators, switchgear, chillers and building management systems.
• Experience writing and following formal operating procedures for live systems.
• Strong safety record and knowledge of electrical safety practices.
• Experience managing maintenance vendors and budgets.

Preferred qualifications

• Electrical or mechanical trade background, or military technical training such as the Navy nuclear program.
• Experience bringing a new facility from construction into operation.
• Data center operations certification, for example from Uptime Institute.

Additional Requirements

• Willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
• Must be willing to travel to other LFG locations
• On site at an operating data center with construction under way
• Available to respond to site emergencies at any hour
• Time in electrical and mechanical rooms and outdoors in all weather
• Protective equipment; work around high-voltage equipment and loud machinery