Senior Director, Critical Facilities Engineering

Company

Cox Enterprises

Job Family Group

Engineering / Product Development

Job Profile

Sr Director, Critical Facilities Engineering

Management Level

Sr Director

Flexible Work Option

No remote option; must work at a specified Cox location

Travel %

Yes, 15% of the time

Work Shift

Day

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $159,400.00 - $265,600.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

• Responsible for availability of Cox’s critical infrastructure facilities and ensuring maximum uptime of IT assets
• Build and lead a diverse, world-class data center operations team, developing both the technical capabilities and leadership
• Create and drive a culture of ownership, innovation, collaboration, accountability, and safety
• Develop robust processes and standards to enable efficiency, effectiveness, and operational excellence
• Scope and execute complex data center retrofit/upgrade projects in coordination with the divisional partners
• Provide leadership for preventive and predictive maintenance programs, IT load management, capacity planning, standardization of MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, incident management, and equipment failure root cause analysis and corrective action plans
• Works with leaders across the enterprise to understand future demands and business objectives
• Manage the installation and decommissioning of IT equipment into the facilities in a timely and repeatable manner
• Find effective ways to keep operating costs to a minimum while maintaining availability and business responsiveness
• Provide thought leadership across the company for technical facility design and operations
• Partner to ensure all security requirements are met for access management, video surveillance and legal compliance
• Stays abreast of current and future business, industry, technology direction and trends to meet business goals
• Manage key vendors for maintenance and equipment procurement to ensure pricing and availability requirements

Job Skills:

• Strong leadership, negotiation, problem solving, and team building skills
• The ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds and experiences in a collaborative and constructive manner
• Ability to express complex technical concepts effectively in customer/business terms. 
• Ability to manage conflict constructively to bring out productive change

• Ability to work effectively within time constraints and manage multiple commitments simultaneously
• Demonstrate organizational savvy to effectively interact up and down the organization
• Ability to have courageous conversations to change behaviors or build consensus
• Possess self-awareness, understanding strengths and areas where assistance may be needed

• Open minded and able to consider multiple viewpoints of an issue as well as broaden perspective
• Ability to identify and understand problems/issues and develop solutions
• Strong verbal and written communication skills required

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related discipline and 12 years’ experience in a related field. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as a master's degree and 10 years’ experience; a Ph.D. and 7 years’ experience in a related field; or 16 years’ experience in a related field
• 7 + years’ experience in a management or leadership role for a 24 / 7 environment
• Experience in data center Electrical  and Mechanical infrastructure and other complex critical systems supporting infrastructure
• Experience successfully leading large complex projects
• Experience in diverse industries such as electrical generation, electrical distribution, cooling technologies, and fire suppression systems
• Experience communicating at all levels in times of crisis
• Experience thinking strategically and executing tactically
• Experienced in change management and team building
• Experience developing leadership at various levels
• Understanding environmental health and safety programs

 

Other Essential Job Requirements and Working Conditions:

Travel: 10% -15% for visiting remote facilities and consultations

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the co