Critical Environment Technician Manager

Microsoft Microsoft · Big Tech · Des Moines, IA +1 · Critical Environment Ops

This role manages a team of technicians responsible for the operations and maintenance of critical environments within Microsoft's data centers. The manager will oversee electrical, mechanical, and HVAC systems, ensuring safety, reliability, and efficiency. Responsibilities include people management, system operations, maintenance oversight, and ensuring adherence to safety and security protocols.

What you'd actually do

  1. Managers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.
  2. Serve as an operations specialist one or more major area of operations (e.g., electrical, mechanical, controls, generators, and work on advanced tasks independently.
  3. Oversee and coach team with the inspection of critical environment-related facility equipment (e.g., controls, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning [HVAC], mechanical systems), building, and grounds regularly for unsafe or abnormal conditions to develop and analyze trends.
  4. Safely and quickly respond to and lead an onsite incident response team for all abnormal conditions that impact operations and coordinate with other critical facilities professionals to perform corrective repairs.
  5. Understands, follows, ensures, and coaches team on safety and security requirements (e.g., job hazard assessments [JHAs], toolbox talks), and business processes and procedures to properly perform work in a safe, quality, and reliable manner in accordance with applicable federal, state, local, and Microsoft requirements.

Skills

Required

  • People management
  • Operations management
  • Maintenance and repair of critical facility equipment (electrical, mechanical, HVAC)
  • Incident response
  • Safety and security protocols
  • Data center operations

Nice to have

  • Computerized maintenance management system (CMMS)
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Third-party contractor management