Operations Engineering Manager

The Data Centre Operations Engineering Manager is responsible for overseeing all engineering and facilities functions on site, including both direct and indirect reports. This role ensures that electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems are operated and maintained to meet defined service levels, while maintaining compliance with company policies, regulatory requirements, and safety standards. The role supports the Data Centre Manager to ensure strategic goals are met and site compliance and safety are maintained to the highest standard.

This role covers both Mon–Fri and shift-based teams, with responsibility for first-line escalation on the on‑call roster.

• Support Data Centre Manager with daily operations on site. Lead engineering teams to ensure accurate labour management and planning to fulfil required workloads within acceptable time frames.
• Take responsibility for Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) across all engineering maintenance and reactive activities, promoting a strong safety culture.
• Work with stakeholders (central teams/customers etc.) to define strategic objectives for the site and manage their implementation.
• Ensure engineering teams are trained and competent in their functional roles and to act as first‑line responders for site incidents to minimise downtime (internal, external, scenario etc.).
• Implement and oversee a rigorous change management system to maintain 100% uptime and zero customer impacting failures.
• Plan, implement, and supervise all operations, maintenance, and energy management programs.
• Identify and risk assess operational deficiencies and recommend improvements to enhance site performance.
• Ensure operational standards, compliance requirements, and company policies are embedded in day‑to‑day activities.
• Oversee critical facility systems including BMS, CAFM, mechanical, and electrical infrastructure.
• Act as a Senior Authorised Person (where applicable) for High Voltage and Low Voltage electrical systems.
• Support with enhancing maintenance by recommending and implementing improvements to the maintenance programme.
• Understand engineering design and operational aspects of all site systems.
• Manage incident and emergency response, including equipment failures, fires, evacuations, and security incidents.
• Participate in the company on‑call rota as first‑line escalation.
• Review service failures, produce incident reports, and track corrective action plans to completion.
• Monitor and report on weekly and monthly metrics, prioritising critical operational issues to drive productivity and reduce repeat failure increasing overall service availability.
• Develop and maintain Data Centre operating procedures (OPs, emergency, standard, etc.) to ensure consistency and reliability.

• Oversee resolution of all identified issues across all site infrastructure and items that are assigned via management and supervisory teams.
• Ensure teams are responding to all faults, incidents, and remedial actions and that they are logged, tracked, and closed via the Service Desk Incident Management System.
• Oversee scheduling of planned preventative maintenance, contracted maintenance, and general maintenance to minimise service disruption.
• Oversee management of the site Permit to Work (PTW) system and ensure Risk Assessments and Method Statements (RAMS) are reviewed and applied.
• Coordinate with internal engineering teams and contractors to safely deliver maintenance, repairs, and customer‑impacting activities.
• Maintain accurate operational records, including CMMS/CAFM data, asset information, incident reports, and maintenance documentation.
• Support Data Centre Manager with raising and maintenance of Risk Register and life cycle planning for all site assets.

• Ensure all activities comply with HSE legislation, local regulations, and company policies.
• Promote and maintain a strong health and safety culture across the site.
• Utilise monitoring systems (BMS, PMS, CMS) to support effective fault response, performance monitoring, and operational decision‑making.
• Support incident investigations and Root Cause Analysis (RCA),…