Assistant Critical Operations Manager (Nights)
On-siteLeesburg, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Operate, monitor, and maintain mechanical, electrical, fire life safety, and base building systems within a single campus data center, responding to abnormal conditions and ensuring maintainability. Assist the Critical Operations Manager in developing CAPEX and OPEX budgets, executing project scopes, obtaining proposals, and managing vendor relationships and service contracts. Implement standardized safety cultures, create detailed technical procedures for maintenance and emergency events, and manage site audits for internal and external compliance. Lead training and mentoring of junior staff while utilizing CMS, EPMS, and BMS systems to optimize cooling efficiency and prevent unplanned outages. This night shift role requires on-call availability for emergency situations and adherence to NFPA standards.
Required Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent
- 2 -3 years' experience in a data center or other related mission critical operations role
- Knowledge of data center (hyper scale, enterprise, and colocation), and telecommunications industries
- Experience working with various Microsoft office applications and other database housing software
- 1 -2 years' experience in administering and managing facility preventative maintenance programs
- 1 -2 years' experience in vendor and project management
- Ability to handle a multitude of tasks and work well in stressful situations
- Working understanding of the electrical and mechanical systems used in a data center environment
- Working knowledge of NFPA70e, NFPA72, NFPA25, and compliance issues as well as building codes in regard to fire life safety
- Working knowledge and experience in data center trending and analysis, with the ability to rapidly learn and use PC based site monitoring systems
- Must be able to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Must be willing to work outside normal business hours, including weekends, late nights, holidays, and on-call support
- Must be comfortable working in a high stress, fast paced environment with shifting priorities
- Must be eligible to work in the United States
- Must pass comprehensive background and drug screening
Desired Qualifications
- You are a strong communicator
- You are persuasive and clear, blending analytics with experience in decision-making
- You do not get flustered easily
- You can juggle multiple priorities while balancing urgent requests with shifting timelines and deliverables
- You are a team builder
- You take the time to understand and develop the strengths of your resources while formulating long-term plans for the growth and success of the team
- You are naturally curious and driven toward continual improvement
- While you celebrate your successes, you take time to review and analyze campaigns for future learning
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