Data Center Critical Facilities Specialist

Lead Critical Facilities Engineer for Equinix’s UK Data Center operations, heavy involvement in site phase build activities, major project planning with vendor coordination, and customer-facing collaboration. Acts as a technical lead during incidents, directing teams and guiding response while providing mentorship across levels from apprentices to senior engineers. Responsibilities include incident management support, coordinating timelines, engaging stakeholders in customer meetings/MBRs, and ensuring coordinated team responses. Requires strong organizational skills in project planning, vendor management, and customer communications, with a collaborative, customer-focused mindset in a fast-paced environment. This role emphasizes technical oversight, problem-solving, and the ability to lead and mentor across the data center operations team, while maintaining strong internal and external stakeholder engagement.