Critical Environments Director (Electrical Engineering)

ABM•Dallas, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Critical Environments Director (Electrical Engineering) serves as the ABM Performance Solutions (APS) portfolio-level electrical authority for the client's mission critical data centers. Reporting to the Account Director, this role provides technical leadership across commissioning, turnover, maintenance, change control, incident response, reliability, and electrical infrastructure performance. As a trusted advisor to both ABM and the client, the Director leverages operational data, engineering expertise, and forensic analysis to optimize maintenance strategies, mitigate risk, improve asset performance, and support the long-term reliability of a growing global portfolio. This is a senior individual contributor role that leads through technical expertise, influence, and client engagement rather than direct people management. The position will initially support new facility deployments and commissioning efforts before expanding to stabilized operating sites. The JOB OBJECTIVE is to lead the electrical maintenance, engineering, reliability, and operational readiness programs across the client portfolio, ensuring safe, standardized, disruption-free operation of critical power infrastructure. Partner with client design, construction, commissioning, engineering, and operations teams across a growing global portfolio of mission critical facilities to improve reliability, standardization, resiliency, and operational excellence.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering preferred; equivalent technical education, electrical trade experience, and mission critical leadership may be considered.
10 or more years of relevant electrical engineering, electrical operations, or critical facilities experience, including at least 7 years in data centers or comparable mission critical environments.
Experience with hyperscale, colocation, multi-tenant, or similarly complex data centers, including commissioning, integrated systems testing, operational readiness, and turnover.
Strong knowledge of critical power distribution, UPS and batteries, generation, transfer systems, controls, protection, and electrical safe-work practices.
Experience developing and approving MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, switching procedures, maintenance standards, and change-control documentation.
NFPA 70E qualification required; experience leading electrical incident response, root-cause analysis, and corrective-action programs.
Proficiency with CMMS platforms and interpretation of EPMS, BMS, BAS, and equipment performance data.
Ability to lead through influence across a geographically dispersed portfolio and communicate complex technical issues to executive, engineering, operations, trades, and client audiences.
Ability to travel more than 50% and provide after-hours escalation support.

Nice To Haves

Professional Engineer (PE); journeyman or master electrician license; commissioning credential such as CCP, CxA, or CBCP; PMP, CFM, NETA, reliability, or comparable technical certification.

Responsibilities

Serve as the account senior electrical technical authority and establish portfolio standards for operation, maintenance, reliability, safety, and risk management.
Lead reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) initiatives through analysis of equipment performance data, battery monitoring systems, predictive maintenance technologies, asset health indicators, and operational trends.
Develop analytical frameworks, performance dashboards, engineering methodologies, and data-driven maintenance strategies to identify failures before they occur.
Review electrical designs, one-line diagrams, equipment selections, commissioning plans, control systems, and test procedures for operational suitability and maintainability.
Participate in design, construction, Level 1-5 commissioning, integrated systems testing, operational readiness, energization, and turnover of new facilities and expansions.
Oversee turnover documentation, CMMS data, warranties, spare parts, training records, and closure of commissioning deficiencies.
Approve MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, switching procedures, and change-control requests; chair or participate in technical reviews for system-impacting work.
Serve as the senior escalation point for incidents, failures, abnormal conditions, and emergencies; perform electrical calculations, forensic engineering investigations, root-cause analysis, and corrective action planning.
Monitor asset health, alarms, capacity, maintenance results, and reliability indicators, recommending lifecycle and resiliency improvements.
Present engineering findings, risks, readiness assessments, and improvement initiatives directly to clients and executive stakeholders.
Drive standardization of procedures, maintenance programs, metrics, documentation, and lessons learned across all supported sites.
Support scope development, vendor and contractor evaluation, technical review of service contracts and capital projects, and cost-effective improvements that do not compromise safety or reliability.