Data Center Services Manager

1 Month ago • 10 Years + • Facilities Management

Job Summary

Job Description

The Data Center Services Manager will oversee all aspects of data center development and operation. This involves partnering with facility managers, engineers, and design/construction teams to create scalable solutions for data centers, computer farms, power distribution, and cooling. Responsibilities include managing schedules, budgets, and interdependencies across multiple projects. The role requires establishing delivery models, managing vendor relationships, creating growth plans, developing training programs, researching construction methods, and acting as a single point of accountability for major construction projects. The manager will support the development of detailed designs, drive procurement, construction, and commissioning, leveraging a Plan of Records (PoR). Locations include Dubai, UAE and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in relevant engineering or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years experience in mission critical facility design & construction
  • 7+ years leadership experience with direct reports
  • Experience with data center equipment (switchgear, generators, chillers etc.)
  • Project management expertise
Good to have:
  • Knowledge of fast-track design-build processes
  • Knowledge of start-up/commissioning processes
  • Experience with electrical and mechanical systems

Job Details


Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, Construction Engineering, Construction Management or equivalent practical experience.
  • 10 years of experience in mission critical facility design and construction environments.
  • 7 years of experience in leadership role(s) with direct reports.
  • Experience with data center equipment/environments, including switchgear, generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, controls, security monitoring systems, and fire safety systems.
  • Experience with project management.

Preferred qualifications:

  • Knowledge of fast-track design build processes/associated documents and agreements, and electrical and mechanical systems.
  • Knowledge of start up/commissioning processes.

About the job

Our thirst for technology is a part of everything we do. The Data Center Engineering team takes the physical design of our data centers into the future. Our lab mirrors a research and development department -- cutting-edge strategies are born, tested and tested again. Along with a team of great minds, you take on complex topics like how we use power or how to run state-of-the-art, environmentally-friendly facilities. You're a visionary who optimizes for efficiencies and never stops seeking improvements -- even small changes that can make a huge impact. You generate ideas, communicate recommendations to senior-level executives and drive implementation alongside facilities technicians.

As a Data Center Services Manager, you will be involved in all aspects of the development and operation of our data centers. You will partner with our local/regional facility managers, plant engineers, and design and construction teams to develop creative and scalable solutions. You will provide leadership and management for the team delivering data centers, computer farms, networking, AC and DC power distribution/conversion, and cooling methods at multiple scales. You will manage complex schedules, budgets, and inter-dependencies.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

  • Establish and maintain delivery models and global relationships with multiple vendors, measuring Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and metrics.
  • Create growth plans and be involved in hiring/recruiting of talent. Create scalable training programs to help ensure the success of team members.
  • Research and implement construction means and methods of data center equipment and facilities, and carry design concepts into production and integrate into facilities.
  • Manage site-wide data center construction and delivery organization. Act as a single point of accountability and oversight related to major, new construction projects or large capital improvement projects in existing facilities, utilizing internal and external resources.
  • Support the development of detailed, localized designs, leveraged from the programmatic design Plan of Records (PoR). Drive procurement, construction, and commissioning.

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