Vantage Data Centers
Experience | Scalability | Efficiency By Design
Manager, Site Deployment
Location
Alabama + 3 moreAll locations: Alabama, Florida, Iowa, Virginia
Posted
65 days ago
Salary
Not specified
Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglish
Job Description
• Own end-to-end site deployment execution for assigned campuses/expansions, coordinating cross-functional stakeholders to achieve Operational Readiness and steady-state handoff to Site Operations.
• Plan and run readiness cadences (checklists, startup gates, acceptance milestones), drive issue resolution, and escalate blockers to the Director as needed.
• Staffing and onboarding: partner with Talent Acquisition and Site Ops leadership to forecast needs, support hiring, and ensure onboarding/training plans enable 24/7 readiness at day one.
• Standards and documentation: compile/adapt MOP/SOP/EOP templates to the site context; ensure O&M manuals, as-builts, permits, warranties, and compliance documents are complete and filed prior to turnover.
• Systems readiness: drive deployment and verification of CMMS, Asset Management, Billing, and related data loads (equipment, maintenance plans, spares, warranties).
• Security & Safety: verify physical security systems and safety protocols meet corporate standards; ensure signage, PPE, procedures, and training are in place.
• Site mobilization: ensure critical spares, tools, consumables, and shop spaces are procured, staged, and inventoried ahead of turnover.
• Commissioning quality: partner with Commissioning and Construction to review test results and acceptance criteria; confirm operability thresholds before handoff.
• Team leadership: directly supervise Coordinators/Senior Coordinators (where applicable); mentor junior personnel and foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Lessons learned: capture and socialize post-turnover learnings to improve speed-to-market, cost, and quality across future deployments.
• Maintain a deployment plan aligned to construction delivery dates; facilitate cross-team synchronization and readiness reviews.
• Track and drive completion of quality control checklists and Site Start-Up processes; publish status to stakeholders.
• Coordinate third-party maintenance agreements and verify permits, licenses, and agreements required for operations are executed before turnover.
• Verify operator training on critical systems; coordinate scenario drills and EOP walk-throughs.
• Manage a readiness risk register and drive mitigations across safety, security, operability, and documentation.
• Provide staffing recommendations based on site demand models; support interviewing and onboarding.
• Conduct site walks and formal inspections; document and close findings prior to Operational Turnover.
• Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Schedule adherence to acceptance gates, percentage of turnover artifacts complete at D-0, punch-list closure time, commissioning defect rate, time-to-CMMS readiness.
• Competencies: Operational rigor, systems thinking, stakeholder influence, risk management, people development.
Job Requirements
- 6–8 years’ experience across critical facilities operations, industrial construction/commissioning, or project management in mission-critical environments; at least 2 years in a team-lead or supervisory capacity.
- Demonstrated strength coordinating cross-functional projects and driving readiness to fixed milestones.
- Working knowledge of electrical, mechanical, and controls systems in data centers or similar critical infrastructure.
- Proficiency with CMMS/Asset Management workflows; familiar with commissioning documentation and turnover packages.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and people leadership skills; proven mentoring experience.
- Ability to travel up to 40% (including within North America) based on project and site needs.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision coverage
- life and AD&D
- short and long-term disability coverage
- paid time off
- employee assistance
- participation in a 401k program that includes company match
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