About the role

  • Data Center Operations Manager overseeing cross-trade fire protection services for data centers in Texas. Leading operations and P&L management while ensuring quality and safety standards.

Responsibilities

  • Own the vision, growth strategy, and full P&L performance for the data center vertical across all applicable company trades
  • Assess the data center market landscape, identify emerging opportunities, and position the company competitively for new project pursuits
  • Partner with Market Development, Sales, and Estimating to develop and refine pricing programs
  • Serve as the company's internal subject matter expert on data center fire protection systems
  • Collaborate with the individual trade line-of-business managers to align resources, workflows, and execution strategies
  • Manage, modify, and oversee all operations, personnel, and processes within the data center vertical across every trade performed
  • Ensure proper execution of fire sprinkler, pre-action, fire alarm, special hazards, underground, and consulting scopes
  • Oversee job setup, contracts, change orders, purchase orders, subcontractor management, and accounting processes
  • Monitor and actively manage project budgets vs. actuals
  • Maximize labor production and efficiency across trades while maintaining quality standards
  • Oversee change order management across all trades to protect margin
  • Own the data center vertical P&L, with full accountability for revenue, gross margin, and profitability
  • Prepare and adhere to the segment operations budget
  • Recruit, develop, and retain a high-performing, cross-trade team
  • Champion training at all levels
  • Own safety for the data center vertical team
  • Ensure full adherence to safety and risk assessment policies and procedures
  • Propose and implement technology and process improvements to increase productivity and profitability

Requirements

  • High School diploma or GED required
  • Higher education degree or equivalent work experience preferred
  • Deep familiarity with NFPA 13, NFPA 72, NFPA 750, NFPA 2001, and FM Global data sheets relevant to data center fire protection
  • Working knowledge of data center construction phases, critical environment protocols (hot aisle/cold aisle, raised floor, MEP coordination), and commissioning processes
  • 10+ years leading, managing, and developing teams in fire protection construction
  • Deep, hands-on experience in the data center vertical is required
  • Experience working directly with data center owners, hyperscale developers, colocation operators, or their general contractors required
  • Special hazards suppression system experience (clean agent, pre-action, VESDA, FM-200, NOVEC, CO₂) required
  • Fire sprinkler and pre-action system design and/or field experience strongly preferred
  • Fire alarm design and/or field experience preferred
  • Multi-trade or cross-discipline operations experience preferred
  • Demonstrated P&L ownership or financial management experience preferred
  • Fire sprinkler, fire alarm, or special hazards sales or business development experience a plus

Benefits

  • Safety First
  • Integrity
  • Customer Focused
  • Humility
  • Ownership
  • Teamwork

Job title

Data Center Operations Manager

Job type

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

High School Diploma

Location requirements

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