Operations SME, Electrical

🕒 September 17

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

⚙️ Operations

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Aligned Data Centers

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2013

🏗️ Construction

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Construction • Consulting • Logistics

Aligned Data Centers is a leading provider of flexible, scalable data center solutions with a strong emphasis on sustainability and operational excellence. They offer a range of services including connectivity, migration, and remote hands across various strategic locations in North America and Latin America. Their innovative designs incorporate hybrid cooling systems and are tailored to meet diverse technology requirements, facilitating swift expansion and efficient use of resources. Aligned is committed to sustainable practices, boasting 100% uptime and zero water usage in their data halls, positioning itself as a key player in the evolving data center industry.

📋 Description

• Provide technical knowledge, processes, and tools to site operations teams as an electrical subject matter expert • Support new campus design, systems operations, incident root-cause analysis, training, vendor management, maintenance optimization, and troubleshooting • Drive operational standards and functional requirements in capital projects • Review drawings, contract documents, and customer requirements for electrical technical standards and capital project updates • Ensure critical infrastructure is reliable, efficient, and aligned with sustainability goals • Create operations training and development content and sponsor training for operations personnel • Conduct training, drills, and monitored evolutions across Aligned sites • Mentor and support development of high-potential personnel • Provide frameworks for site performance analytics, failure analysis, and issue resolution • Improve critical system performance, water and electrical usage efficiency, and infrastructure reliability • Drive safety culture and reduce risk and injury to personnel • Develop industry-leading operational processes and procedures • Monitor adherence to operations standards, policies, and procedures through documentation reviews, maintenance and acceptance activities, and data center audits • Develop BCP and runbook standards covering site management, vendor management, maintenance, alarms, incidents, and compliance • Provide project oversight and technical support for complex activities • Triage and recover critical equipment or systems during incidents • Perform root-cause analysis and lead incident deep-dives • Analyze incidents and equipment failures to identify trends, lessons learned, and improvement areas • Engage with industry and vendors on emerging technologies • Lead technical review and validation of new technologies • Provide technical leadership in evaluating sustainable practices • Communicate complex topics to senior leadership, the Board of Directors, and teams with varying technical experience

🎯 Requirements

• 8+ years relevant electrical industry experience or electrical trade level experience • Bachelor’s degree in related field plus 4+ years relevant electrical or power generation industry experience will be considered in lieu of 8+ years electrical industry experience • SME designation in electrical equipment and systems • Advanced experience with interpreting construction drawings and equipment specifications • Ability to analyze critical infrastructure sequence of operations, design parameters, alarms and indicators, and performance trends • Subject matter experience across the life cycle of data center operations from design, acceptance, operations, maintenance, troubleshooting, and event management • Expertise creating standards and programs for best-in-breed data center operations • Strong written and verbal communication skills • Strong customer service acumen • May travel at times up to 30%

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance • HSA with employer contribution for eligible participants • FSA for health and dependent care • 401(k) plan with company match • Paid time off and holiday pay • Short-term disability insurance • Life insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Voluntary life coverage • Critical illness coverage • Legal coverage • Additional disability coverage • Employee assistance program (EAP) • Wellhub gym membership • Other wellness initiatives • Bonus opportunities • Professional development opportunities