Senior Team Lead - BMS-Construction Project

What you'll be doing

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervises the Data Center Technicians and the Facilities Technicians.
• Operates and maintains data center in such a condition as to assure the most optimal uptime to customers for facilities services (electrical, cooling, etc. measured by Five 9's).
• Tasks out the CFOps team in such a way that complies with all local, state, and federal requirements for fire, health and Life Safety.
• Provides tasking for the daily operations and maintenance scheduling of non-critical and critical maintenance.
• Ensures the CFOps team works effectively to achieve the CFOps goals, reviewing budget, staff planning, NPS, efficiency, etc.
• Analyzes data center equipment to obtain maximum effectiveness and efficiency, safety, cost, equipment longevity, and reliability.
• Conducts in-depth training with the Data Centre Technicians on equipment, PM's, QA and CFOps procedures/processes and manages and maintains all training documentation; provides documentation to HR.
• Ensures data center operates at maximum efficiency, including analyzing existing operating conditions, recommending new technologies, maintaining customer SLA requirements, and improving overall efficiency while maintaining budget expectations.
• Works with customers to provide successful installs that exceed expectations delight the customer.
• Supervises the safety and well-being of all CFOps team.
• Responsible for shift assignments, timekeeping review and approval and PTO approval for all assigned Data Centre Technicians and Facilities Technicians.
• Writes and Reviews non-critical and critical Method of Procedures (MOP's), Standard Operating Procedures (SOP), Standard Method of Procedure (SMP) and provides input.
• Supervises the execution of non-critical and critical Method of Procedures and ensures their thorough completion.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge and Attributes:

• Solid background in electrical and mechanical systems design review, layout, installation, commissioning and operations.
• Solid knowledge of low voltage systems, including fire, security and PLCs.
• Solid knowledge of NFPA Electrical, Fire and Life Safety and building codes.
• Solid knowledge of NEC, NFPA 70E, NFPA 72, NFPA 25 and compliance issues.
• Solid knowledge in industrial safety best practices (i.e. lockout/tag out, arc flash protection, OSHA and state regulations).
• Solid experienced with data trending / tracking and analysis and ability to rapidly learn and use PC based, integrated critical monitoring systems.
• Developing supervisor skills.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and oral
• Solid hands-on experience installing, maintaining and troubleshooting large commercial and industrial mechanical & electrical systems including:
• o 12kV switchgear
• o 480/277 and 208/120 volt electrical generation and distribution systems
• o Diesel powered AC generator plants up to 2MW
• o Static UPS systems
• o Multi-string flooded cell batteries and monitoring systems
• o Static switches
• o PLC and relay logic controls
• o Power monitoring systems
• o Data centre power distribution and management systems
• o VFD Drives
• o Large Centrifugal Chillers
• o Cooling Towers
• o Water Treatment Systems
• o HVAC equipment
• o Computer Room AC Units (CRACs)
• o Kyoto Cooling Units (where applicable)
• o Operating Building Management and Industrial PLC Control Systems
• o Emergency Standby Diesel Generator Systems
• o Fuel/Oil systems, Fuel/Oil Day tanks and Fuel/Oil Storage Tanks
• o Knowledge of NFPA 25, sprinkler and dry-stand pipe systems, including Emergency Fire Pump where applicable
• o Chilled/Condenser Water Pump
• o Well/Vault or Sump Pumps
• o Domestic Water systems, including BackFlow Prevention devices
• Solid proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project)
• Ability to train the electrical and mechanical teams on the systems and the procedures.
• Ability to conduct power and fire system capacity, safety and code compliance assessments.
• Ability to logically analyze and solve problems.

Academic Qualifications and Certifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Engineering or similar field required

Required Experience:

• Solid experience in data center and/or critical facilities.
• Moderate level experience managing and motivating critical facilities operations and maintenance teams.