VP, Data Center Facilities Engineering

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scale and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

Position Overview:

The Vice President – Facilities Engineering is Fleet’s owner for quality and technical governance across the full facility lifecycle, from design intent and construction execution through commissioning, site startup, turnover/acceptance, and steady-state operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and run programs that ensure sites are commissioned and turned over to Operations in adherence to a clearly defined, repeatable Fleet standard
• Ensure sites are only accepted when they are fully ready for operations and customer load
• Ensure the portfolio operates consistently to Fleet’s specifications and policies
• Lead major infrastructure replacement projects and capital projects outside of construction scope
• Own continuous improvement through audits, field feedback, training, and standards control
• Support safety, security, and availability by building measurable, enforceable, and continuously improving programs

Commissioning Program Ownership:

• Own Fleet’s commissioning framework and acceptance philosophy, including stage gates from pre-functional through integrated systems testing and turnover
• Define and maintain commissioning requirements, deliverables, and pass/fail acceptance criteria for construction and commissioning partners
• Drive consistent site startup readiness including operational readiness requirements such as spares, tools, procedures, training, documentation, alarm strategy, and escalation paths
• Establish a disciplined punch list and deficiency management process including severity classification, closure verification, and reporting

QA/QC Program Leadership:

• Build and run Fleet’s QA/QC program including audit plans, inspection points, evidence requirements, and corrective action workflows
• Ensure quality controls exist across vendor work including construction, commissioning, and maintenance vendors
• Identify systemic defects and repeat failures and lead root-cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions

Site Acceptance & Turnover Governance:

• Own requirements for post-construction acceptance into operations including technical, documentation, safety, maintainability, and operability readiness
• Lead acceptance reviews and decision-making ensuring sites meet defined standards before handoff
• Define and manage turnover artifacts including as-builts, one-lines, O&M manuals, test reports, sequences of operation, warranty details, parts lists, and asset data standards

Internal Audit & Field Validation Programs:

• Build internal audit programs to validate operational design is working in the field and operations are executed per Fleet standards and policies
• Establish audit cadence, sampling methodology, scoring, reporting, and closure verification
• Partner with site leaders to convert audit findings into durable improvements

Standards Management (Control, Revision, Approval):

• Own Fleet’s standards lifecycle including creation, revision, technical review, approval, publication, and change communication
• Maintain a controlled document system with versioning, effective dates, and applicability across sites
• Lead standards councils and review boards to ensure alignment and updates