Asset Manager – Data Center Infrastructure

IREN•Fort Worth, TX

16h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Asset Manager – Data Center Infrastructure owns lifecycle management of all infrastructure assets for IREN’s Childress campus, including mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), controls, and fire and life-safety systems. The role governs asset records, compliance, and performance, applying enterprise asset strategies and data standards at the campus, tailoring them with a documented basis, and driving results with Operations. The position leads the campus asset management team and is part of the site team, with a solid line to Operations and functional direction from the Asset Management & Governance pillar. The role is recruited from Fort Worth and requires working from the Fort Worth office and spending approximately 50% of the time at the Childress campus, or relocating to the Childress area. It owns the campus asset registry and associated data quality, supports audits and evidence requests, applies maintenance strategies and criticality models, supports change management, and works with Operations and Planning & Reliability to improve reliability, availability, and maintainability. It also leads lifecycle cost evaluations, reporting and analytics, and development of the campus asset management team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent experience.
At least 7 years of experience in asset management, reliability, or critical-facilities engineering, ideally in data centers or mission-critical environments.
Strong working understanding of data center MEP assets, including UPS, generators, switchgear, chillers, CRAC/CRAH, CDU, and pumps.
Working understanding of controls systems such as BMS, EPMS, and SCADA, and of fire and life-safety systems.
Demonstrated ownership of a CMMS, including registry governance, preventive maintenance programs, data quality, and reporting.
Experience applying ISO 55001-aligned governance, audit, and evidence management.
Ability to apply and tailor maintenance strategies and criticality models with a documented technical basis.
Ability to translate technical data into clear executive reporting.
Experience leading or developing a small technical team and ability to build a campus asset management team as the cluster grows.
Able to work from the Fort Worth office and at the Childress campus approximately 50% of the time, or relocate to the Childress area.
Valid driver's license.
Clear, measured communication skills for engaging technicians, planners, vendors, and executives.
Must provide own steel-toed work boots; other personal protective equipment will be supplied.
Pre-employment screening, including a background check and substance testing, may be required according to company policies.

Nice To Haves

CMRP, CAMA, or IAM certification.
Experience in data centers or other mission-critical environments.
Familiarity with NFPA, ASHRAE, and Uptime/TIA-942 practices.
Experience with CMMS platforms such as Fiix, Maximo, MCIM, Hexagon, or SAP PM.

Responsibilities

Manage the lifecycle of infrastructure assets from commissioning and handover through operation, modification, renewal, and disposal.
Maintain the CMMS asset registry as the controlled source of truth, ensuring all assets are accounted for and records are complete and accurate.
Govern asset data quality, naming conventions, and taxonomy in line with enterprise data standards.
Lead and support internal and external asset-base audits, including registry accuracy, physical verification, preventive maintenance compliance, critical spares, and documentation; own corrective-action closure.
Provide accurate and timely evidence for customer, auditor, insurer, and regulator requests, including SOC 2 / ARA and compliance reviews.
Coordinate with the Inventory team to schedule, conduct, and reconcile critical-spares cycle counts to the registry.
Support the Change Advisory Board by assessing asset and criticality impacts of proposed changes and ensuring registry and documentation updates follow approved changes.
Apply enterprise maintenance strategies and standards at the campus; tailor them to local assets and conditions with a documented basis, propose deviations for approval, and drive outcomes with Operations.
Hold campus technical accountability (TA2) for asset information, criticality, and local strategy application; approve matters within set limits and escalate others to the pillar's engineers.
Maintain campus asset criticality mapping under the enterprise A–D model, aligned with redundancy, consequence, and SLA exposure, and communicate changes to the pillar.
Act as counterpart to the Planning & Reliability Manager and as a conduit between the campus and the Asset Management & Governance pillar.
Run the bad-actor and root-cause analysis loop with Operations, using FMEA/RCM inputs, failure-code quality, MTBF/MTTR, PM compliance, backlog, and condition-monitoring findings.
Feed reliability findings into enterprise strategy reviews and drive campus reliability, availability, and maintainability performance against enterprise targets.
Lead total-cost-of-ownership evaluations and support Operations with campus budgeting and critical-spares strategies.
Develop and deliver campus asset performance reports covering asset health, reliability, lifecycle exposure, risk, and required investment for site and executive audiences.
Conduct data analysis and build dashboards from CMMS and condition-monitoring data.
Lead the campus asset management team, including the Asset Data Analyst from the start; set priorities, develop capability, and ensure consistent use of enterprise standards.

Benefits

100% company-paid employee medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums; 75% company-paid dependent coverage.
Company-paid short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Voluntary life, critical illness, and accident coverage.
Health Savings Accounts when paired with the High-Deductible Health Plan.
Employee Assistance Program and wellness resources.
401(k) retirement plan with company match.
Paid professional development and access to financial planning and legal services.
Paid time off and paid holidays.
Professional development for certifications, continuing education, or role-related training.
Company events and team-building activities.
Relocation assistance, as applicable and based on candidate circumstances.
Total compensation may include short-term and long-term incentives.