VP, Data Center Facilities Engineering

Fleet Data Centers is seeking a Vice President of Facilities Engineering to provide quality and technical governance across the full facility lifecycle. The role owns commissioning, QA/QC, site acceptance and turnover, standards and maintenance governance, training, audits, metrics, and cross-functional execution for mission-critical facilities and data centers.

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 through measurable, enforceable, continuously improving programs
• Own Fleet’s commissioning framework and acceptance philosophy
• Define commissioning requirements, deliverables, and pass/fail acceptance criteria
• Drive consistent site startup readiness including spares, tools, procedures, training, documentation, alarm strategy, and escalation paths
• Establish a disciplined punch list and deficiency management process
• Build and run Fleet’s QA/QC program
• Ensure quality controls exist across vendor work
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions
• Own post-construction acceptance requirements
• Lead acceptance reviews before operational handoff
• Manage turnover artifacts including as-builts, O&M manuals, test reports, warranties, parts lists, and asset data
• Build internal audit programs
• Establish audit cadence, scoring, reporting, and verification
• Partner with site leaders to implement improvements
• Own standards lifecycle including creation, revision, approval, publication, and change communication
• Maintain document control and versioning
• Lead standards review boards
• Own the maintenance governance framework
• Ensure procedures align with standards and OEM requirements
• Establish quality checks for preventive maintenance
• Build technician and field engineer qualification programs
• Align training to standards and lessons learned
• Improve safety, quality, and uptime
• Administer cross-functional program structures
• Drive execution across stakeholders
• Build KPI dashboards for commissioning quality, audits, maintenance quality, training, and defect trends
• Drive standardization, automation, and reduced rework

Requirements:

• 10+ years in mission-critical facilities engineering, commissioning, QA/QC, or data center operations
• Experience owning commissioning standards in hyperscale or large-scale environments
• Strong knowledge of critical MEP infrastructure
• Experience building audit programs
• Ability to translate engineering intent into field standards
• Strong documentation discipline
• Cross-functional leadership experience
• Integrity and ethical leadership
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Emotional intelligence
• Strategic and critical thinking
• Analytical decision-making
• Influence and stakeholder management
• Operational risk awareness
• Relationship management