Senior VP, Data Center Facilities Engineering

Title: VP, Data Center Facilities Engineering Location: Remote US

Position Overview

The Vice President – Facilities Engineering is Fleet’s owner for quality and technical governance across the full facility lifecycle, from design intent and construction execution through commissioning, site startup, turnover/acceptance, and steady-state operations.

Key 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.

Commissioning Program Ownership

• 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.

QA/QC Program Leadership

• Build and run Fleet’s QA/QC program.
• Ensure quality controls exist across vendor work.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions.

Site Acceptance & Turnover Governance

• 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.

Internal Audit & Field Validation

• Build internal audit programs.
• Establish audit cadence, scoring, reporting, and verification.
• Partner with site leaders to implement improvements.

Standards Management

• Own standards lifecycle including creation, revision, approval, publication, and change communication.
• Maintain document control and versioning.
• Lead standards review boards.

Maintenance Governance

• Own the maintenance governance framework.
• Ensure procedures align with standards and OEM requirements.
• Establish quality checks for preventive maintenance.

Training & Qualification

• Build technician and field engineer qualification programs.
• Align training to standards and lessons learned.
• Improve safety, quality, and uptime.

Cross-Functional Leadership

• Administer cross-functional program structures.
• Drive execution across stakeholders.

Metrics & Continuous Improvement

• Build KPI dashboards for commissioning quality, audits, maintenance quality, training, and defect trends.
• Drive standardization, automation, and reduced rework.

Required Qualifications

• 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.
• Willingness to travel.

Required Traits & Skills

• 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.

Location

• Flexible: Seattle, WA; Denver, CO; or Alexandria, VA.
• Travel required to Fleet offices and project sites.

Compensation & Benefits

• Expected salary: $275,000–$300,000 plus discretionary bonus.
• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid holidays, and unlimited PTO.

Fleet Data Centers Employment

Fleet Data Centers employees enjoy competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401K program, standard paid holidays, and unlimited PTO.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties to meet the organization's ongoing needs.