Facility Manager

Aligned Data Centers - Salt Lake City, UT

Full-time - Senior

Salt Lake City, UT

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Facility Manager at Aligned Data Centers is responsible for overseeing the mechanical and electrical operations, maintenance, and energy management programs within a critical facilities environment. This role requires a strong focus on ensuring compliance with all change control processes, including development, approvals, and execution. The Facility Manager will play a key role in hiring, training, and managing operations personnel on-site, fostering a culture of mentorship and personal development among team members. In addition to personnel management, the Facility Manager will support the scheduling, development, and execution of preventive maintenance, contracted maintenance, and general maintenance activities. This includes reviewing and approving change requests, Method of Procedures (MOPs), Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and Emergency Operating Procedures (EOPs). Continuous evaluation of building systems is essential to ensure efficient operations, and the Facility Manager will enforce safe work responsibilities and safety procedures for both employees and contractors. The role also involves evaluating, assigning, and monitoring maintenance and operations tasks, as well as incident handling for critical facilities employees and contractors. Building strong partnerships through routine communication with customers and vendors is crucial, as is collaborating with internal departments to support various initiatives, including sales tours, customer events, and sustainability projects. The Facility Manager will assist in developing, managing, and forecasting the operational and capital expenditure budgets for the facility. In emergency situations, the Facility Manager will act as the first responder, addressing issues such as fire, evacuation, and equipment failures. Additionally, maintaining inventory control programs and ensuring compliance with applicable codes and regulations are key responsibilities of this role.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate coordination and supervision of all mechanical/electrical operations, maintenance, and energy management programs within a critical facilities environment.
• Ensure conformance with all change control development, approvals, and execution.
• Assist in the hiring, training, and management of operations personnel on site.
• Lead the company culture via mentoring of operations personnel in career and personal development.
• Support the scheduling, development, and execution for all preventive maintenance, contracted maintenance, and general maintenance.
• Review and approve change requests, MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs.
• Continuously evaluate all building systems to ensure efficient operations.
• Enforce safe work responsibilities and safety procedures for critical facilities employees and contractors.
• Evaluate, assign, and monitor the maintenance, operations, and incident handling of critical facilities employees and contractors.
• Foster partnerships via routine communication with customers and vendors.
• Partner with internal departments to support sales tours, customer fit outs, customer events, sustainability & safety initiatives, capital projects, and audits.
• Assist in developing, managing, and forecasting OPEX and CAPEX budget for the facility.
• Act as the first responder in site escalation to emergency situations (i.e., fire, evacuation, equipment failure, etc.) and customer concerns.
• Assist with maintaining inventory control programs and purchasing parts and supplies.
• Ensure compliance with applicable codes, requisitions, government agencies, and directives related to building operations.
• Serve as the primary technical resource for building specifics in all facility & operational facets.
• Act as a key stakeholder in evaluating Aligned's processes to ensure continuous improvement and innovation.

Requirements

• Minimum five years of increased responsibility and oversight of building systems and critical facilities equipment.
• Professional licenses 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.
• Proficiency in MS Office applications, including Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.

Nice-to-haves

• Occasional travel may be required for training and/or to support other business-related requests.