RESPONSIBILITIES - Other duties may be assigned

• Manage the site team, develop capabilities, and set policies necessary to satisfy customers, engage employees, and achieve financial objectives.
• Implement operating standards required for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and to be an environmentally-friendly community partner.
• Manage expenditures, staffing, and capital projects to ensure compliance with financial goals. Oversee site operations and capital expense budgets to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements.
• Provide leadership in conjunction with local managers (DCO, FAC, Security) and remote line of business owners to ensure operational standards are achieved.
• Manage operations, space planning, power and cooling services, equipment installations, physical security, maintenance, janitorial services, landscaping, business continuity/disaster recovery for site(s). Confer with professional staff (COE) to find resolution to operational problems, authorize operational procedures and approve all operating expenditures.
• Understand federal, state and local operating regulations or laws. Establish, implement, and maintain facilities policies, procedures and organizational structures necessary to maintain compliance with all laws and regulations. Obtain and keep current all necessary licenses, permits and certifications as required.
• Drive innovation into facilities programs/systems with an environmentally conscious attitude.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers. Develop and coordinate maintenance agreements, maintenance procedures, testing procedures, inspections, reporting, and utilize best accounting practices.
• Supervise the preparation of and implementation of effective operating budget.
• Serve as a leader in the community. Participate in community activities and organizations as appropriate through the maintenance of professional association affiliations and participation within association programs.
• Maintain positive relationships and communication with staff and executive level management.
• Ensure proper training and growth of staff.
• Participate on acquisition teams (when needed) to assess and integrate new facilities when required.
• Interface and work with Sales team on new customer planning, changes and implementation.
• Work with other COE Managers to set standards and to constantly look for ways to improve.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree preferably in Business, Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science, MIS or equivalent professional experience in lieu of a degree.
• Ten or more years of experience in data center operations management, facilities management, corporate engineering, or other related field.
• Five or more years of experience leading cross-organizational teams, ideally operating in a critical-facility environment.

KNOWLEDGE,SKILLS, AND ABILITIES

• Strategic agility and good decision-making skills.
• Ability to build and lead teams and to work well in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Keen planning skills along with the ability to lead through influence and to be a proactive partner with a strong customer-service orientation.
• Problem solver at a tactical and functional level, possess excellent oral and written communication skills, a solid work ethic and unquestioned integrity.

• Manage the site team, develop capabilities, and set policies necessary to satisfy customers, engage employees, and achieve financial objectives.
• Implement operating standards required for cost control, waste reduction, quality, safety, and to be an environmentally-friendly community partner.
• Manage expenditures, staffing, and capital projects to ensure compliance with financial goals. Oversee site operations and capital expense budgets to ensure compliance with organizational expenditure requirements.
• Provide leadership in conjunction with local managers (DCO, FAC, Security) and remote line of business owners to ensure operational standards are achieved.
• Manage operations, space planning, power and cooling services, equipment installations, physical security, maintenance, janitorial services, landscaping, business continuity/disaster recovery for site(s). Confer with professional staff (COE) to find resolution to operational problems, authorize operational procedures and approve all operating expenditures.
• Understand federal, state and local operating regulations or laws. Establish, implement, and maintain facilities policies, procedures and organizational structures necessary to maintain compliance with all laws and regulations. Obtain and keep current all necessary licenses, permits and certifications as required.
• Drive innovation into facilities programs/systems with an environmentally conscious attitude.
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers. Develop and coordinate maintenance agreements, maintenance procedures, testing procedures, inspections, reporting, and utilize best accounting practices.
• Supervise the preparation of and implementation of effective operating budget.
• Serve as a leader in the community. Participate in community activities and organizations as appropriate through the maintenance of professional association affiliations and participation within association programs.
• Maintain positive relationships and communication with staff and executive level management.
• Ensure proper training and growth of staff.
• Participate on acquisition teams (when needed) to assess and integrate new facilities when required.
• Interface and work with Sales team on new customer planning, changes and implementation.
• Work with other COE Managers to set standards and to constantly look for ways to improve