Chief Critical Infrastructure Engineer - Red Oak, TX
Description
The Opportunity
Customers of this data center expect 100% uptime. As Chief Critical Infrastructure Engineer, you make that promise real.
Our client is an enterprise data center and cloud services operator with a world-class facility in Red Rock, Texas. You'll be the senior technical authority on site, owning the power, HVAC and mechanical systems and the procedures that keep them running, around the clock.
Location: Red Rock, TX · Type: Full-time · Shifts: First (day), second (afternoon) or third (night) · Salary: $140,000–$155,000 per year, plus full benefits. Relocation packages available for the right candidate.
What You'll Own
Success here looks like a site that never goes down, customers who go live on schedule, and a team that runs to your standard.
- Uptime. Handle every facility issue in day-to-day operations, from first alert to resolution, so the site holds at 100% uptime.
- Power and cooling. Take technical responsibility for the facility's power and HVAC systems.
- Customer deployments. Make sure customer solutions go in correctly and on time, including space, power and network preparation, and support each customer through integration.
- Process and procedure. Set the operating standard. Develop and review MOPs and SOPs, and drive them through the team.
- Reporting and presentations. Deliver monthly metrics and present the facility's technical capabilities to customers and stakeholders.
- Leadership. Supervise and develop the site team, and manage multiple priorities and deadlines without losing focus on the critical path.
Requirements
What You Bring
You've run critical facilities before. You're ready to run this one.
- 7+ years of facility operations and management experience in the data center industry
- Strong technical knowledge of critical infrastructure systems: UPS, generators and mechanical (HVAC) systems
- A track record of supervising and leading technical teams
- Working familiarity with industry codes, standards and procedures, including environmental and safety regulations, ISO 9000 (quality), ISO 14000 (environmental) and OHSAS 18000 (health and safety)
- Excellent written and verbal communication, with strong skills in technical presentations and proposal design
- Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university preferred, or equivalent training, education and experience
Benefits
What You'll Get
Salary: $140,000–$155,000 per year, depending on experience and shift. Third shift (nights) is paid at $155,000 for as long as you remain on nights. If you move to days, salary adjusts to $150,000.
Full benefits:
- Health, vision and dental coverage
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with company match
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Relocation Package up to $12,000
The role is open across first, second and third shifts.
As published by workable · 10 questions · 10 written answers
First name, Last name, Email, Headline, Phone, Address, Photo, Education, Experience, Summary, Resume, Cover letter
- This role is open on first, second and third shift. Which are you willing to work?
- Are you legally authorized to work in the US?
- Will you now, or in the future, need visa sponsorship? If you currently have a visa in form please detail.
- What are your salary expectations for this role?
- Are you within commuting distance of Red Oak, TX, or planning to relocate?
- Walk me through the worst facility incident you've led. What did you do in the first 15 minutes, and what changed afterwards?
- How do you maintain and test UPS systems? How would you handle a battery string failure?
- What happens, step by step, when you lose utility power? How do you test your generators?
- What cooling systems have you run, and how do you respond to a chiller failure with temperatures rising?
- Describe a MOP you wrote for a live critical change. What happens when a step goes off-script?