Data Center Facilities Manager - Riyadh

Team and role

Project delivery and operations

• Participate in colocation data center infrastructure planning and construction, track progress, coordinate communication, and anticipate operational risks.
• Test, accept, and take over facility infrastructure to ensure smooth project delivery.
• Operate colocation facilities, maintain stability, identify optimizations, and improve data center management.
• Own change management for high-risk maintenance to ensure uninterrupted facility operations; manage operational events, reporting, and fault tracking and handling.

Partners, fit-outs, and incidents

• Coordinate with vendors, internal teams, and stakeholders; audit colocation providers' maintenance programs and work with them to improve facility upkeep.
• Support DC Operations as a subject matter expert on design limitations and risks.
• Supervise data hall fit-outs, coordinating IT services, power system deployment, and cooling infrastructure implementation.
• Be available outside normal business hours to coordinate critical, high-priority facility incidents that may affect business operations.

Minimum qualifications

• Diploma or professional certification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related facility engineering discipline, and 5+ years of data center facility operations experience.
• Production experience implementing power redundancy designs such as 2N and N+1 distributed architectures.
• Deep understanding of cooling redundancy and concurrent maintainability, including N+1 and N+2 designs.
• Hands-on maintenance experience with generators, chillers, cooling towers, air handling units, UPS, and electrical sub-distribution infrastructure.
• Strong communication skills and meticulous attention to facility documentation and stakeholder coordination.

Preferred qualifications

• Ability to prioritize complex facility workstreams in fast-paced, ambiguous data center environments.
• Working knowledge of TIA-942 and ASHRAE standards for power and cooling capacity calculations.
• Experience managing vendor contracts, facility capital projects, or operational uptime programs.
• Risk assessment and decision-making skills to resolve critical facility uncertainties while maintaining business continuity.