Chief Engineer, Vantage Data Centers
Customizable enterprise data center solutions
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Customizable enterprise data center solutions
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To design, build and operate resilient, sustainable digital infrastructure for the world’s leading technology companies with a relentless focus on customer experience.
Role
Who you are
- Using your knowledge of the systems in place, coupled with performance data collected, evaluate the performance of systems and suggest cost-effective improvements to service and operating efficiency
- Ensure the availability of an adequate inventory of tools and other supplies to operate the building
- Protect and improve the value of our assets and ensure that building machinery and systems meet or exceed their expected life
- Organize administrative functions related to site operations, such as a work orders and maintenance activities, budgets, etc
- Assist with the preparation of operational and capital portions of the budget
- Ensure that major projects performed at the building are properly planned, executed and closed out in accordance with best current practices in our industry
- Oversee the activities of contractors working within the building
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business or related field, or equivalent work experience required
- Profound expertise in mission critical infrastructure installations; a know-how holder for the overall site infrastructure, electrical and mechanical
- Experience in facility/plant engineering and maintenance supervision, strongly preferred
- Direct managerial experience and interpersonal skills, strongly preferred
- Proven record of excellent internal and external customer service
- Ability to communicate well in both oral and written reports
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and building automation system
What the job involves
- The Manager, Chief Engineer will manage a team of CFTs with direction from the Director of Operations
- This position will oversee workflow/work order management, training plans, event management, customer communications, hiring and performance management of their assigned CFT team
- Our CFTs are respected, well-trained, customer-focused and some of the best facilities engineers you will find in the industry
- This position will leverage your extensive experience to help guide the team in some of the more challenging aspects of maintenance in areas such as: critical MOP development, testing plans, sparing approaches, capital planning, end-of-life replacement and expansion of existing facilities while eliminating risk to our customers and their businesses
- While this position is leadership-focused, the intent is to be a Chief Engineer first and a people manager second
- This role is not a ‘regular’ Critical Facilities Engineer position, and if you are someone who could pick up the tools and do the job yourself, if needed, then this position is perfect for you
- Our intent is to elevate our team with a Chief Engineer who has ‘been there, done that’ and can show others how it should be done as well
- Daily management and administration of the engineering & operations functions at the facility with the objectives of safely and effectively operating machinery and building systems
- Hold employees accountable on preventive/corrective maintenance of facility equipment
- Understand the engineering and operational aspects of the building systems and recognize system performance deficiencies immediately and respond to operational and emergency situations
- Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback
- Manage contracted service work at the facility, including understanding and developing the scope of service, bidding, awarding and administering any contracts
- Train CFEs, as appropriate, in new processes and procedures
- Direct and maintain the site-specific preventive maintenance and work order program
- Oversees projects on execution and quality
- Authors AAR (RCA)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
AI technology is scaling, demanding more powerful and expensive facilities to store the data of the companies that are spearheading this acceleration. Because AI tech demands higher-powered cooling requirements, extra effort must go into keeping these data centers carbon neutral, which is why Vantage Data Centers designs facilities that are efficient, scalable, and sustainable.
Such a rapidly growing market means the facilities and infrastructure supporting it must be flexible and suitable for expansion. Vantage keeps this in mind, designing scalability into its centers. It now operates 32 hyperscale campuses across the globe, serving several leading technology companies. In 2017, it was acquired by Digital Bridge Holdings, and has surpassed Unicorn status with a valuation of $15 billion.
With VC awarded at the start of 2024, Vantage is extending and accelerating its capabilities across North America and the EMEA regions. As cloud computing and AI companies grow at a breakneck pace, Vantage has established itself as the obvious data-storage choice for hyperscaling companies, which sets it up for great success in the future.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jan 2024
$6.4bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2023
$1.5bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $11.6bn
Company benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Life and AD&D
- Short and long-term disability coverage
- Paid time off
- Employee assistance
- Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
Company values
- We are committed to providing world-class customer service
- Operational excellence is our foundation and way of life
- Without employee and client safety, nothing else matters
- Security, for both clients and employees, is a top priority—always
- We engineer to meet customer needs while maintaining cost effectiveness
- We innovate, iterate and automate in the relentless pursuit of continuous improvement
- We incorporate Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles across our business to create long-term value
- By valuing diversity and inclusivity, we collaborate to build better solutions
- Accountability to our customers and transparency in our metrics show proof of performance
- Honesty is the only policy: we communicate openly no matter the risk or reward
Company HQ
Cherry Creek, Denver, CO
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Leadership
Sureel Choksi
(CEO, not founder)Was previously on the Board of Directors at Vantage before being promoted to CEO in 2013. Alongside his work at Vantage, Choksi is on the Board for Scala Data Centers, Zayo Group and Strada Education Foundation.
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