QA / QC Manager - Data Center Facilities Operations

QA / QC Manager - Data Center Facilities Operations - Richmond VA

Our client is an established Electrical Contracting Firm that is a leader in the Data Center / Mission Critical Facilities Market. They build mission-critical facilities for data center facilities nationwide for Enterprise, Colocation and Hyperscale Companies. They provide electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, foremen, designers, electrical commissioning, operations / maintenance, and management expertise for their clients' critical power needs. This opportunity provides a career-growth minded role with exciting projects with leading-edge technology and innovation as well as competitive salaries and benefits.

Responsibilities:

• Performing periodic site walk-throughs in order to ensure Company's procedures and standards are followed. This includes assisting the Project Manager and any other support staff and contracted vendors.
• Communicating the status of the operation process with senior management.
• Site acceptance and commissioning of the facility to ensure the site meets the superior and dynamic standards of Company Standards.
• Assisting in the development of procedures/Method of Procedures (MOPs) for the DC build in addition to approving MOPs for data hall work.
• Provide coverage for onsite data center manager with both routine and emergency service on a variety of state of the art critical systems such as: medium voltage switchgear, diesel generators, UPS systems, power distribution equipment, chillers, cooling towers, computer room air handlers, fire detection / suppression; building monitoring systems; etc
• Supervise the on-site management the facility manager, facility technicians, sub-contractors and vendors, ensuring that all work is performed according to established practices and procedures.
• Manage at a high level the client relationship and act as escalation point of contact for the company for each site.
• Manage the establishment of performance benchmarks, conduct analyses and prepare reports on all aspects of the critical facility operations and maintenance.
• Work with business leaders to coordinate projects, manage capacity and optimize plant safety, performance, reliability and efficiency.
• Review MOPs and SOPs for all work on critical data center facility equipment.
• Ensure that a constant state of readiness in support of the mission goal of 99.999% uptime
• Conduct critical facilities Operations and Maintenance (O&M) program analysis and reporting
• Design Critical Environment Programs for both internal and external clients.
• Coordinate with Design/Construction Team
• Provide consulting services on existing critical environment O&M programs.
• Assess, recommend and implement industry best practices into new and existing Critical Environment Programs.
• Provide feedback to senior management for the continuous improvement of the Critical Environments program.
• Develop process documentation and training materials.

Qualifications:

• 5-7+ years of data center facility construction and commissioning experience
• 3-5 years of Quality Assurance / Quality Controls
• 5+ years leadership experience in data center facilities. Solid Understanding of Critical Electrical and Mechanical / HVAC equipment in a data center environment
• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering a plus
• Superior analytical, planning and problem resolution skills
• Highly organized with proved project management abilities
• Requires excellent verbal, written communication skills & customer relation skills
• Ability to successfully work independently; Self Starter and should prioritize well
• Proactive, resourceful, delegator and a multitasker
• Exceptional organizational skills with an attention to detail
• Travel Role as Needed / Work will be focused locally, however there can be travel up to 50%
• MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Teams)
• Previous experience in the Military / Military veterans in all branches that have experience with Electrical / Mechanical is a huge plus (Navy nukes- EMN, ETN, MMNs, Seabees, Army - Power Generation, Air Force Power Production, Generator Techs, Maritime, Coast Guard, etc.)

Company offers competitive salaries and benefits package including medical insurance, a 401(k) plan EOE/AA Employer M/F/D/V Pkaza LLC is a third-party employment firm. All fees assessed by Pkaza LLC will be paid by our employer that we represent and not by the candidate