Vice President, MEP Operations

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• Provide executive leadership for all MEP operations across NC, TX, and WV datacenter campuses.
• Lead and develop three Regional Directors, ensuring consistent standards, accountability, and operational maturity across all sites.
• Establish and enforce operational frameworks, SOPs, and performance expectations aligned with Nscale’s reliability and uptime objectives.
• Partner with Engineering, Construction, and Program teams to ensure seamless handoff from build to operations.

• Own the uptime, resilience, and operational performance of all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems across the portfolio.
• Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance programs, ensuring compliance with OEM standards and internal reliability targets.
• Drive root‑cause analysis, corrective action planning, and continuous improvement across all sites.

• Oversee third‑party operations contracts, ensuring performance, compliance, and alignment with Nscale’s operational standards.
• Manage vendor SLAs, KPIs, and escalation paths for operations, maintenance, and specialty service providers.
• Ensure contract governance, cost control, and operational transparency.

• Provide executive oversight for physical security operations, access control, and incident response across all campuses.
• Ensure alignment between security operations, site leadership, and corporate risk management.
• Maintain a culture of safety, compliance, and operational discipline.

• Oversee all break‑fix activities, ensuring rapid response, quality execution, and minimal operational impact.
• Lead upgrade projects, system enhancements, and lifecycle replacement programs across all campuses.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Program Management to prioritize and sequence upgrade work.

• Own operational KPIs, dashboards, and executive reporting for site performance, reliability, and risk.
• Ensure consistent documentation, audit readiness, and adherence to compliance requirements.
• Drive operational benchmarking and standardization across all campuses.

• 5+ years of experience in mission‑critical operations, datacenter MEP leadership, or large‑scale industrial infrastructure.
• Proven leadership of multi‑site operations teams in high‑availability environments.
• Deep technical expertise in electrical and mechanical systems (HV/MV distribution, generators, UPS, cooling plants, controls, etc.).
• Experience managing third‑party operations providers and large‑scale service contracts.
• Strong operational discipline, crisis management capability, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast‑growth, high‑complexity environment with evolving requirements.

• Executive leadership and team development
• Operational excellence and reliability engineering
• Vendor and contract management
• Risk mitigation and incident response
• Cross‑functional collaboration (Engineering, Construction, Security, Program Management)
• Data‑driven decision‑making and KPI management

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