Chief Engineer, Data Centers
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Chief Engineer, Data Centers
This position is responsible for managing a team of data center engineers at a large hyperscale data center campus. The role focuses on ensuring safe and efficient operations, maintaining site equipment and maintaining 100% uptime. The right person will demonstrate expertise in one specific area while being multi-skilled in others to successfully complete daily work assignments.
Your day-to-day tasks will include:
People Management
Ensure your team is completing training as assigned.
Manage day-to-day HR issues, escalating as necessary.
Performance manage direct reports through the JLL Quality Conversations process.
Maintain a schedule of Sync meetings with direct reports.
At a minimum, discussing areas for the employee to improve on and areas where the employee is meeting/exceeding expectations.
Write and deliver both the annual performance review and rating.
Participate in performance rating calibration process.
Participate in the hiring process.
Ensure site has appropriate shift coverage to maintain all critical environment spaces.
Safety
Complete hazard assessments as necessary
Comply with all safety procedures, maintaining good housekeeping and safety work areas. Recognize danger and safety hazards and propose methods to eliminate them.
Maintain compliance with all local AHJ ordinance, codes, and laws.
Complete all required safety training as scheduled.
Operations
Oversee and implement the MOP creation process.
Operate and maintain the critical equipment to ensure the campus achieves 100% uptime, while maintaining concurrently maintainable status.
Coordinate with planner scheduler to complete all preventative and corrective maintenance.
Utilize manufacturer operations manuals (O&Ms) to help create and implement training curricula for the stie operations teams to include:
Electrical distribution equipment such as: Emergency Generators, HV/MV/LV switchgears, Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), Battery Energy Storage Uninterruptible Power Supplies (BESSUPS), Power Distribution Units (PDUs), Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), or any other needed systems.
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