Data Centre Senior Facility Manager

About the role

Formulate and lead the on-site team day to day operational management, team management and vendor management. The role will assume overall responsibilities for site facility management (operation & Maintenance), finance, HSE management and procurement & vendor management. To achieve excellence in preventative and reactive maintenance programs incorporating industry best practice, innovative maintenance techniques and statutory and contractual compliance. Oversee the management and control of all plant, mechanical and electrical systems and to co-ordinate remedial action with the Engineering Team in the event of Business-Critical failures.

Key responsibilities

• Provide leadership and direction to multi skilled Engineering Operations teams made up of directly employed staff and appointed vendors
• Ensure that all staff and vendors employed within the client's facilities strictly adhere to client and JLL's policies and procedures
• Act as point of escalation for critical failures to assist the technical team to make safe, identify, analyze, rectify and report improvements
• Implement operation related standards and procedures, preventive & planned maintenance program, repair & replacement initiative program and helpdesk management
• Manage both hard service and soft service operation and ensure all agreed procedures and standards are implemented
• Overall responsibility for all site repair and maintenance carried out by subcontractors to ensure work completion, quality and method of working for compliance with specification and ordinance requirements
• Monitor, measure and report upon the performance of all specialist contractors in terms of their ability to carry out the work against the agreed contractual budget
• Co-ordinate meetings periodically with contractors, specialist vendors and suppliers to ensure that required standards are established and maintained, and develop corrective action plans when performance falls below expectations
• Ensure that maintenance documentation meets the required standards and sufficient information is provided to operate an effective asset management regiment
• Assist/support the client with statutory compliance requirements/certifications for the site

About you

• Must be Certified Data Centre Professional
• Tertiary Qualifications in a mechanical, electrical or operational engineering discipline
• 6 - 8 years of relevant experience in engineering or critical environment space
• 2 - 3 years' experience in the operation of electrical and mechanical services in Tier III or equivalent data centre or critical facility
• Competent and experienced in maintenance and operations of data center and/or critical environment space
• Hands-on experiences and knowledge in M&E and building related systems, e.g. CRAU, chillers, PDU, UPS, Switch Gears Ops, DX cooling, Network structure cabling, Security
• Competent in undertaking Job Hazards Analysis (JHA)
• Excellent people skills and ability to interact with a wide range of client and vendor staff
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, technical writing or business justification
• Sound computer skills in window-based operating system and possess AutoCAD skill will be advantage