Data Center Facilities Manager ( {{city}})

Job Title: Facilities Manager Work Location: Sandusky, OH Duration: Full-Time Required Qualifiations: Previous Data Center Management & Market Scaling Experience Strongly Preferred Job Description & Responsibilities: Lead and mentor a team of facility technicians and support staff, fostering a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement. Ensure conformance with all change control development, approvals, and execution. Assist in the hiring, training, and management of operations personnel on site. Leads the company culture via mentoring of operations personnel in career and personal development. Oversee all aspects of facility operations to ensure the facility operates efficiently and effectively. Support the scheduling, development and execution for all preventive maintenance, contracted maintenance, and general maintenance. Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols. Conduct regular safety inspections and manage emergency response procedures. Review and approve change requests, MOPs, SOPS, and EOPs. Maintain accurate records of facility operations, maintenance activities, and customer interactions. Provide regular reports to senior management on facility performance metrics. Continuous evaluation of all building systems to ensure efficient operations. Enforce safe work responsibilities and safety procedures capabilities of critical facilities employees and contractors. Evaluate, assign, and monitor the maintenance, operations, and incident handling of critical facilities employees and contractors. Serve as the primary point of contact for customers, addressing any concerns or issues promptly and maintaining strong relationships to enhance customer satisfaction. Partner with internal departments to support sales tours, customer fit outs, customer events, sustainability & safety initiatives, capital projects and audits. Assist in managing OPEX and CAPEX budget for the facility. First responder in site escalation to emergency situations (i.e., fire, evacuation, equipment failure etc.) and customer concerns. Ensure compliance with applicable codes, requisitions, government agencies and directives as relates to building operations. Primary technical resource for building specifics in all facility & operational facets. Thorough understanding of deployed company product & infrastructure. Key stakeholder in evaluating company's processes to ensure continuous improvement and innovation. Skills & Qualifications: Minimum five years of increased responsibility and oversight of building systems and critical facilities equipment. Professional licenses are strongly preferred (electrical and mechanical licenses) Ability to comprehend, analyze, and interpret complex project documents, AutoCAD, Visio, and PDF documents. Ability to project manage effectively. Ability to develop installation standards and project tracking/management documents. Ability to effectively respond, verbally or written, to sensitive issues, complex inquiries, or complaints. Requires a high level of commitment to customer service, whether co-workers or clients. Requires knowledge of all applicable rules, laws, codes, regulations, and ordinances in performing data/communications and MEP projects. Ability to estimate cost of client installations and other assigned projects. Cost tracking for projects. Knowledge of purchase order requests process and invoice tracking. Ability to analyze and solve problems involving several options with limited information. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form and to work independently. Demonstrate ability to work well under pressure with a proactive approach to unusual occurrences. Requires good organizational skills, attention to detail and an openness to new ideas and procedures. MS Office applications. i.e., Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint. Occasional travel may be required for training and/or to support other business-related requests. For more information or to view other opportunities, visit us at Paladin Consulting is an EEOC employer.

Created: 2025-09-06