Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of capital projects within the Data Center Operations team, ensuring mission-critical infrastructure projects meet stringent hyperscale requirements.
Responsibilities
Respect and enforce Data4's Integrated Management System (IMS) policies
Ensure compliance with health and safety, environmental, information security, and data protection policies
Coordinate supplier H&S documentation and site access
Lead the planning, coordination, execution, and closure of assigned capital and infrastructure projects
Define the scope, requirements, deliverables, schedule, resources, budget and acceptance criteria for each project
Requirements
Degree or vocational qualification in Electrical Engineering
Degree or vocational qualification in Telecommunications
Degree or vocational qualification in Mechanical Engineering
Degree or vocational qualification in Building Services
Build and lead the operating model behind a rapidly expanding network of distributed AI infrastructure sites, owning deployment and ongoing support for every site.
Compensation
Competitive Compensation + Equity
Responsibilities
Translate site requirements into detailed launch plans covering power, cooling, connectivity, physical security, equipment installation, testing, commissioning, and handoff
Lead site activation from construction and fit-out through commissioning, production launch, and steady-state operation
Define the contract workforce model for each market, including staffing levels, scopes of work, training, escalation paths, and performance expectations
Select, onboard, and manage outsourced operators, field-service providers, maintenance partners, and other critical vendors
Create and maintain operating procedures, runbooks, preventive-maintenance programs, incident-response processes, and site-level documentation
Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable the Project Engineers and Implementation Specialists assigned to the Data Center practice.
Set clear expectations for technical leadership, execution quality, utilization, communication, behavior, and employee development.
Maintain a current view of PE and IS skills, experience, certifications, readiness, location, availability, and development needs.
Create training, mentoring, succession, and career-development plans that build leadership depth and reduce dependency on individual experts.
Work with Resource Management and delivery leaders to align qualified PEs and ISs to projects based on complexity, technical risk, geography, and customer requirements.
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or equivalent technical, trade, military, operational, and leadership experience.
Nice to have: 10+ years of progressive Data Center field engineering or infrastructure-delivery experience
Nice to have: Experience supporting complex, high-volume, multi-site, colocation, mission-critical, or hyperscale programs
Nice to have: Experience developing technical proficiency frameworks
Nice to have: Experience evaluating and developing national, regional, specialty, or union-capable delivery partners