Senior Critical Facilities Manager

About the Business

Our client is a well-funded organisation operating at the intersection of energy and digital infrastructure, with a significant international presence and a fast-growing portfolio of mission-critical facilities across multiple regions. They’re in the midst of a major build phase, bringing a large-scale, next-generation data centre online as part of a broader expansion strategy.

The Opportunity

As Senior Critical Facilities Manager, you’ll lead 24/7 operations for one of the region’s most significant new data centre builds. You’ll be the critical link between the operations floor and the DC Operations Director — owning uptime, driving incident response, and building the team and processes that will carry this site from commissioning through to full-scale operation.
This is a rare chance to shape a hyperscale facility’s operating DNA from the ground up, rather than stepping into someone else’s playbook.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading 24/7 data centre operations, owning uptime, reliability and SLA performance

• Acting as the key escalation point for incidents — driving resolution and root cause analysis

• Bridging strategic execution and reporting with the DC Operations Director

• Overseeing vendor performance and maintenance delivery quality

• Driving compliance with SOP/MOP/EOP, safety and regulatory standards

• Leading change management, risk assessment and operational impact planning

• Providing technical leadership across critical infrastructure and commissioning

• Building and developing a high-performing team ready to scale with the business

• Owning customer and stakeholder engagement to strengthen partnerships

• Managing OPEX budgets and supporting CAPEX planning

• Driving continuous improvement in PUE/WUE, cost efficiency and best practice

What You’ll Bring

• A degree in Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management or related field

• Substantial, demonstrated experience leading hyperscale data centre operations, including direct people leadership

• Deep technical knowledge of power, mechanical, BMS/BAS/DCIM and Direct Liquid Cooling systems

• Hands-on experience in data centre commissioning and live operations

• A solid grip on technical governance, compliance frameworks and asset lifecycle management

• The composure to make sound decisions under pressure, and the influence to bring people with you

What’s On Offer

• Competitive salary and insurances

• Wellbeing benefits and genuine work-life balance

• Real investment in your professional development

• The chance to help build a hyperscale facility from the ground floor, within a global group with serious momentum behind it

If you’re a Critical Facilities leader who wants to build something rather than just maintain it, we’d love to hear from you.

Ready to make an impact? Apply now.