Data Center Facilities Manager - Riyadh

Team and role

Responsibilities

• Plan and track colocation data center infrastructure construction, facilitate communication, anticipate risks, and oversee testing, acceptance, and handover.
• Operate colocation infrastructure, maintain stability, find optimization opportunities, and improve data center management.
• Manage changes for high-risk maintenance activities to protect uninterrupted facility operations.
• Moderate operations, report events, and track and handle faults to improve data center service capabilities.
• Coordinate with vendors, internal teams, and stakeholders to support facility delivery.
• Audit provider maintenance programs and collaborate to improve facility upkeep.
• Advise DC Operations on design limitations and risks as a subject matter expert.
• Supervise data hall fit-outs, coordinating IT services, power systems, and cooling infrastructure.
• Be available outside normal business hours to coordinate critical facility incident response.

Minimum qualifications

• Diploma or professional certification in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a related facility engineering discipline, plus 5+ years of data center facility operations experience.
• Proven production experience implementing power redundancy designs such as 2N or N+1 distributed architectures.
• Deep understanding of cooling redundancy and concurrent maintainability requirements, including N+1 or 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 detail for 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 data center power and cooling capacity calculations.
• Experience managing vendor contracts, facility capital projects, or operational uptime programs.
• Strong risk assessment and decision-making capabilities to resolve facility uncertainties while maintaining business continuity.