Norway Job Openings

CBRE

Head of Data Center Operations

Hamar

FULL TIME

July 29, 2024

Head of Data Center Operations
Job ID
163036
Posted
18-Apr-2024
Service line
GWS Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Building Management, Data Centers, Digital & Technology/Information Technology, Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management, Property Management, Workplace Strategy
Location(s)
Hamar - Hedmark - Norway
ABOUT CBRE GLOBAL WORKPLACE SOLUTIONS
CBRE Data Centre Solutions (DCS) is a part of the CBRE Group with over 115.000 employees worldwide and delivers fully integrated real estate, facilities and technology solutions for data centre owners, occupiers and investors across the globe. As a dedicated business line within CBRE, DCS is dedicated to solving complex challenges within every stage of the data centre lifecycle.
Green Mountain has exclusively partnered with CBRE to staff our new data center site in Hamar. We need numerous positions within Operations to support what will become Norway’s largest data center. As a CBRE employee at Green Mountain you will be an integrated and important part of the Green Mountain team. The data center will be your permanent workplace where you also will enroll in our joint training and development program. You will be working alongside colleagues from both companies and share a common vision, values, work culture and objectives.
Join us now in HAMAR (Norway) and bring your unique talent and skills to our Team.


YOUR CHALLENGES & TASKS

The main purpose of this role as "Data Center Manager / Critical Facility Manager - Data Center" is to manage our site and its critical environment technically and to ensure 24/7 Operations as well as a proper delivery of our contracted technical services to the client on the agreed site in terms of quality, health & safety and finance.
Your key responsibilities in detail:
  • Provide leadership, and that contractual commitments are met and exceeded
  • Manage all mechanical and electrical maintenance & services activities on the contracted site incl. managing the cross-functional team
  • Ensure that opportunities for the strategic development of the contract are explored, to deliver increased turnover and profitability, ensure additional services and projects are added, and contracts are re-won on re-tender
  • Ensure the provision of healthy and safe working conditions and that both clients and Company health and safety policy and process is
  • effectively implemented across both our teams’ services and subcontractors’ activities and are regularly review
  • Ensure contracts are staffed by fully competent teams, ensuring post holders are fully competent, and that effective succession planning
  • arrangements are in place
  • Ensure appropriate control systems to ensure statutory, policy and contractual commitments are met
  • Ensuring a customer focus within all areas of operational activities, and that effective relationships are maintained with key client contacts
  • Provision of leadership and guidance, advice, coaching and direct support, where required to deliver best practice selection, training, assessment and recognition/reward
  • Delivering effective business communication through advice, review, leadership and direct contribution to management and team meetings, briefings, consultation forums, correspondence, publicity, monthly and ad-hoc reporting and other publications, as appropriate
Your Supervisory Responsibilities in detail:
  • Provides formal supervision to individual employees within single functional or operational area
  • Recommends staff recruitment, selection, promotion, advancement, corrective action and termination
  • Plans and monitors appropriate staffing levels and utilization of labor, including overtime
  • Prepares and delivers performance appraisal for staff. Mentors and coaches team members to further develop competencies
  • Leads by example and models behaviors that are consistent with the company's values


YOUR PROFILE

  • Proven track record in a management role which has included responsibility for service, culture, people and business growth
  • Previous experience in operational environments and one of the following: Mechanical, Electrical, facilities management, projects, building services
  • Stout experience in dealing with a range of people from junior to senior level including site employees, suppliers and customers
  • Enthused by a fast paced, high growth environment with the affinity to work in a matrix organisation
  • Results focused with the drive to grow the business
  • Relevant electrical qualification (Electronics Technician, Electrical Engineer, HVAC (m/f/d) or equivalent
  • Good understanding of electrical maintenance necessary
  • Commercial awareness / Business acumen should be self-explanatory
  • Ability to understand commercial and financial metrics is necessary incl. good organization skills and an "eye" for details
  • Experience in internal and external client management
  • Highly developed interpersonal and communication skills
  • Applicants (m/f/d) should be highly motivated and self-confident
  • High degree of integrity and sincerity
  • Excellent presentation skills - written, verbal and presentation
  • Business fluency in both Norwegian and English


OUR BENEFITS - WHAT YOU´LL GET IN RETURN

  • Future-proof job opportunity with a true development guarantee in one of the fastest-growing Data Centre markets worldwide
  • TOP trainings with internationally recognized state-of-the-art certifications
  • Attractive salaries based on experience and qualification with an annual salary assessment/increase and other good social benefits
  • International working environment with inspiring cross-border career opportunities
  • Creative working culture with challenging responsibilities and a high level of autonomy
  • DIVERSITY, OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY and WORK-LIFE BALANCE are practiced values!
  • Relocation support

Do you need more good reasons? Please take a look at our recent won awards:

  • Best Companies for Career Growth 2024 (Wall Street Journal)
  • TOP Company 2024 (Kununu)
  • Data Center Company of the Year 2023
  • Data Centre Service Provider of the Year 2023 (Datacloud Global Awards)
  • Commitment to Diversity and Talent Development Award 2023 (Datacloud Global Awards)

HAVE WE AROUSED YOUR INTEREST?

If yes, please submit your application documents (CV, selected certificates, no cover letter necessary) incl. your availability and the ref. no. 163036 and salary expectations via our application system.

For the sake of the environment, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively via e-Mail and to refrain from post applications.

CBRE GWS
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

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