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Director, Cross Functional Engineering (data centers)

  • JR-148562
  • On Site
  • Toronto
  • Montreal
  • Operations
  • Full time

Who are we?

Equinix is the world’s digital infrastructure company®, operating over 260 data centers across the globe. Digital leaders harness Equinix's trusted platform to bring together and interconnect foundational infrastructure at software speed. Equinix enables organizations to access all the right places, partners and possibilities to scale with agility, speed the launch of digital services, deliver world-class experiences and multiply their value, while supporting their sustainability goals. 

 

Joining our operations team means that you will be at the forefront of all we do, maintaining critical facilities infrastructure as part of a close-knit team delivering best-in-class service to our data center customers. We embrace diversity in thought and contribution and are committed to providing an equitable work environment that is foundational to our core values as a company and is vital to our success. 

Director, Cross Functional Engineering (data centers)

Job Summary

The Regional Data Center Operations team is looking for an experienced leader to provide operational support and direction. A successful Cross-Functional Engineering Director will develop standard operating policies, procedures, and manuals and play an active role in internal training. This role oversees key regional functional areas, including BMS control systems and asset management, and provides supplemental engineering site support as required to support critical facility uptime.

Responsibilities

  • Leads a diverse and inclusive cross-functional team that provides Asset Management expertise, Controls Systems expertise, Complex Project analysis, and raised site support for critical facility infrastructure

  • Ensure the team works safely, optimally, and with a focus on human error avoidance

  • Provide mentorship, direction, and support to help the team achieve its goals

  • Reviews and provides support of complex projects, ensuring alignment with regional and company goals

  • Ensure compliance with Equinix's required standards, critical metrics, and SLAs

  • Oversee accurate processes and complete documentation

  • Provides budget recommendations and manages to performance indicator goals

  • Act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional business leaders, anticipate needs and make recommendations based on industry knowledge

  • Collaborate with other global leaders to develop an operational strategy and be responsible for its implementation

  • Manage a team comprised of asset management, controls engineering, sustainability, and MEP engineering, which supports Site Operations within the region

  • Define objectives, provide performance counseling, mentorship, career development, and succession planning for your direct reports

  • Work with the Cross Functional Leader to forecast group operational training needs, establish plans, and secure resources for deploying training

  • Be the highest-level escalation point within the team for complex mechanical and electrical issues

Qualifications

  • Experience leading, encouraging, and developing a team of critical facility experts

  • Commitment to maintaining and improving continuous improvement processes and culture

  • 10+ years of experience managing critical facilities, strong preference for data center experience

  • Expertise in critical facility engineering, including mechanical, electrical, and control systems

  • Technical expertise in critical power and cooling systems, life safety, and environmental compliance

  • Ability to participate in regular meetings across time zones

  • Travel 25% across Canada

  • Bilingual French skills preferred

French Translation

Code d’emploi : G3425D2 - Directeur, Installations IBX essentielles

Résumé de l’emploi

L’équipe des Opérations des centres de données régionaux est à la recherche d’un leader expérimenté capable d’assurer un soutien et une direction opérationnels. Pour s’acquitter convenablement de ses fonctions, le directeur d’ingénierie pluridisciplinaire met sur pied des politiques, procédures et manuels opérationnels et prend activement part à la formation interne. Le titulaire de ce poste supervise des domaines fonctionnels régionaux clés tels que les systèmes de gestion technique de bâtiment (GTB) et la gestion de l’équipement, et il assure le soutien d’ingénierie additionnel sur place nécessaire pour assurer le fonctionnement des installations essentielles.

Responsabilités

  • Diriger une équipe diversifiée, inclusive et pluridisciplinaire chargée de fournir une expertise en matière de gestion d’équipement et de systèmes de contrôle, d’analyser des projets complexes et d’assurer un soutien en aire technique dans les infrastructures d’installations essentielles

  • Veiller à ce que l’équipe travaille de manière sécuritaire et optimale en insistant sur la prévention des erreurs humaines

  • Fournir un mentorat, une direction et un soutien pour aider l’équipe à remplir ses objectifs

  • Évaluer des projets complexes et fournir un soutien dans leur réalisation de sorte à les faire cadrer avec les objectifs régionaux et organisationnels

  • Assurer le respect des normes obligatoires, indicateurs essentiels et ENS d’Equinix

  • Superviser le respect strict des procédures et la production d’une documentation complète

  • Fournir des recommandations budgétaires et veiller à l’atteinte des cibles d’indicateurs de rendement

  • Agir comme conseiller de confiance à l’endroit de dirigeants d’entreprises pluridisciplinaires, anticiper les besoins et présenter des recommandations fondées dans une connaissance du secteur

  • Collaborer avec d’autres leaders mondiaux à la conception d’une stratégie opérationnelle et être responsable de la mise en œuvre de celle-ci

  • Gérer une équipe dont les tâches ont trait à la gestion d’équipement, à l’ingénierie des contrôles, à la durabilité et à l’ingénierie mécanique, électrique et de la plomberie, et qui appuie les opérations des différents sites régionaux

  • Définir des objectifs, assurer un soutien au rendement, et voir à l’avancement professionnel et la planification de la relève à l’égard de vos subalternes directs

  • Collaborer avec le responsable pluridisciplinaire afin de prévoir les besoins en formation opérationnelle du groupe, de planifier leur formation et d’obtenir les ressources nécessaires à cette fin

  • Agir comme autorité ultime au sein de l’équipe en cas de problème mécanique ou électrique complexe

Qualifications

  • Expérience dans la direction, la motivation et la constitution d’une équipe d’experts en matière d’installations essentielles

  • Engagement à préserver et améliorer les processus et la culture de perfectionnement continu

  • Au moins dix ans d’expérience en gestion d’installations essentielles, l’expérience en matière de centres de données étant un atout important

  • Expertise en ingénierie des installations essentielles, y compris en ce qui touche les systèmes mécaniques, électriques et de contrôle

  • Expertise technique en matière de systèmes essentiels d’alimentation, de refroidissement, de sécurité et de conformité environnementale

  • Capacité de participer à des réunions régulières planifiées en fonction d’autres fuseaux horaires

  • Capacité de se déplacer à travers le Canada 25 % du temps

  • Compétences en français un atout

Equinix is committed to ensuring that our employment process is open to all individuals, including those with a disability.  If you are a qualified candidate and need assistance or an accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.

Equinix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and, in the U.S., an Affirmative Action employer.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to unlawful consideration of race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, place of birth, citizenship, sex, pregnancy / childbirth or related medical conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or domestic partnership status, age, veteran or military status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, political / organizational affiliation, status as a victim or family member of a victim of crime or abuse, or any other status protected by applicable law. 

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