VP, Data Center Facilities Engineering

VP, Data Center Facilities Engineering – Fleet Data Centers

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of up leveling data center development scales and operations in the face of rising demand.

Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world’s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet headquarters is in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA.

The Vice President – Facilities Engineering is Fleet’s owner for quality and technical governance across the full facility lifecycle, from design intent and construction execution through commissioning, site startup, turnover/acceptance, and steady‑state operations.

• This leader will build and run the programs that ensure we:
• Ensure sites are commissioned and turned over to Operations in adherence to a clearly defined, repeatable “Fleet standard,”
• Accept sites only when they are truly ready for operations and customer load,
• Ensure the portfolio operates consistently to Fleet’s specifications and policies
• Take on major infrastructure replacement projects, and other capital projects outside of our construction scope
• Own continuous improvement through audits, field feedback, training, and standards control.
• Safety, security, and availability are the most important things we do. Help Fleet deliver near‑perfect execution on these dimensions by building programs that are measurable, enforceable, and continuously improving.

• Own Fleet’s commissioning framework and acceptance philosophy (what “good” looks like), including stage gates from pre‑functional through integrated systems testing and turnover.
• Define and maintain commissioning requirements, deliverables, and pass/fail acceptance criteria for construction and commissioning partners.
• Drive consistent site startup readiness, including operational readiness requirements (spares, tools, procedures, training, documentation, alarm strategy, and escalation paths).
• Establish a disciplined punch list/deficiency management process, including severity classification, closure verification, and “no‑surprises” reporting.

• Build and run Fleet’s QA/QC program for critical infrastructure execution, including audit plans, inspection points, evidence requirements, and corrective action workflows.
• Ensure quality controls exist across vendor work (construction, commissioning, maintenance vendors), with clear accountability and measurable results.
• Identify systemic defects and repeat failures; lead root‑cause analysis and drive corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) across teams.

• Own the requirements for post‑construction acceptance into operations (technical, documentation, safety, maintainability, and operability readiness).
• Lead acceptance reviews and decisioning, ensuring Fleet only takes custody when the site meets defined standards.
• Define and manage turnover artifacts (as‑built, one‑lines, O&M manuals, test reports, sequences of operation, warranty details, parts lists, asset data standards).

• Build internal audit programs that validate:
• The operational design is working in the field (design‑for‑operations validation using technician/field engineer feedback), and
• Operations are being executed per Fleet standards, policies, and maintenance requirements.
• Establish audit cadence, sampling methodology, scoring,…