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Datacenter Facilities Manager

Nebius· Data Center Design and Construction
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France Hauts-de-FranceFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Lead a multidisciplinary team to maintain highly available, mission-critical data center infrastructure, overseeing daily facilities operations, maintenance programs, capital projects, vendor performance, safety, compliance, and operational risk.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the day-to-day operation of all critical data center infrastructure.
  • Ensure the availability and reliability of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, security, and life-safety systems.
  • Maintain compliance with Service Level Agreements, operational standards, and uptime objectives.
  • Oversee 24/7 operational support, including incident response, escalation, and recovery.
  • Ensure Standard Operating Procedures, Emergency Operating Procedures, and Methods of Procedure are accurate, current, and consistently followed.
  • Review and approve high-risk maintenance activities and changes affecting critical infrastructure.
  • Support capacity planning and ensure infrastructure can meet current and future operational requirements.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop Critical Facilities Engineers and Technicians.
  • Manage shift schedules, staffing levels, technical training, competency assessments, and performance evaluations.
  • Establish clear responsibilities, performance expectations, and development plans.
  • Foster a culture of safety, accountability, teamwork, ownership, and continuous improvement.
  • Coordinate contractor and vendor activities to ensure work is completed safely, on time, and to the required quality standards.
  • Support recruitment, onboarding, and retention of facilities personnel.
  • Develop and oversee preventive, predictive, condition-based, and corrective maintenance programs.
  • Manage maintenance planning, scheduling, work orders, and equipment records through the Computerized Maintenance Management System.
  • Ensure maintenance activities are properly risk-assessed, documented, approved, and communicated.
  • Monitor equipment condition and lifecycle performance and develop repair, upgrade, and replacement strategies.
  • Ensure maintenance activities minimize operational risk, service disruption, and unplanned downtime.
  • Review recurring equipment failures and implement long-term corrective actions.
  • Maintain accurate asset registers, maintenance records, technical documentation, and spare-parts inventories.
  • Oversee the operation and maintenance of critical systems (electrical distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, BMS/DCIM, fire/safety, security, water treatment, etc.).
  • Ensure compliance with French Labour Code, EU directives, environmental regulations, local requirements, and company policies.
  • Maintain a strong health, safety, and environmental culture across the facility.
  • Manage Permit to Work, Lockout/Tagout, electrical isolation, hot-work, confined-space, and contractor-safety programs.
  • Ensure employees and contractors hold appropriate training, authorizations, and certifications.
  • Lead incident, near-miss, and equipment-failure investigations.
  • Prepare for and support regulatory inspections, customer assessments, insurance reviews, and audits.
  • Ensure emergency-response plans, drills, and escalation procedures are maintained.
  • Support planning and delivery of infrastructure upgrades, replacements, expansions, and capital projects.
  • Review designs, risk assessments, and commissioning plans.
  • Coordinate project work with operations to minimize risk.
  • Participate in factory acceptance testing and commissioning.
  • Ensure complete operational handover with training and documentation.
  • Monitor project budgets, schedules, risks, and contractor performance.
  • Develop and manage facilities operating and capital budgets.
  • Forecast maintenance, staffing, utility, equipment-replacement, and service-contract costs.
  • Review maintenance contracts and SLAs.
  • Monitor vendor performance and conduct regular reviews.
  • Support procurement of equipment, spare parts, and services.
  • Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency without compromising safety, reliability, or compliance.
  • Identify and implement opportunities to improve energy efficiency and reduce environmental impact.
  • Monitor Power Usage Effectiveness and environmental performance.
  • Support sustainability programs and reporting requirements.
  • Optimize cooling, electrical loading, and equipment performance.
  • Evaluate energy-saving initiatives while protecting reliability.
  • Track and report metrics: infrastructure availability, PM completion, MTTR, MTBF, PUE, energy/water consumption, capacity utilization, incident trends, vendor performance, safety, budget.
  • Prepare operational reports and recommendations for senior leadership.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Building Services Engineering, Facilities Management, or related technical discipline.
  • A master’s degree is advantageous but not required.
  • Equivalent technical education with substantial relevant experience may be considered.

Skills

Required:Critical facilities managementTeam leadershipMaintenance planning and CMMS

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation
  • Career growth and learning opportunities
  • Flexibility and ownership
  • Collaborative and innovative culture
  • Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
  • International environment and talented teams
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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