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# Data Centre Operations Manager

- **Company:** Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
- **Location:** Bristol, United Kingdom
- **Salary:** £156,000 - £176,800
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Data Centers, Building Management System (BMS), Reliability Availability Maintainability and Safety Software
- **Published:** November 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/data-centre-operations-manager/57557809

## About the Role

* Proven experience managing the day-to-day operations of live data centres.
 * Strong knowledge of critical facilities infrastructure, including UPS, generators, HV/LV and cooling systems.
 * Experience managing engineering teams and contractors.
 * Background in critical environment maintenance, PPM and incident management.
 * Proven experience delivering data centre projects while maintaining live operations.
 * Understanding of MOPs, RAMS, permits and operational change control.
 * Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills., * Critical facilities / UPS / HV/LV / Construction + Infrastructure

## Description

We're looking for an experienced Data Centre Operations Manager to oversee the day-to-day running of live data centre environments while also delivering complex infrastructure projects.

This is a hands-on operational management role, suited to someone with experience managing critical facilities, leading engineering teams and maintaining uptime, alongside delivering data centre migrations, upgrades and expansions., * Manage the day-to-day operations of live data centre environments, ensuring availability and reliability.

 * Lead on-site engineering teams, technicians and third-party contractors.
 * Oversee critical infrastructure, including HV/LV, UPS, generators, chillers, cooling systems and BMS.
 * Manage PPM, reactive maintenance and critical facilities activities.
 * Lead responses to critical incidents, troubleshooting and root cause analysis.
 * Deliver data centre projects, including migrations, relocations, upgrades, expansions and fit-outs.
 * Ensure project work is completed safely within live environments without disrupting operations.
 * Manage MOPs, RAMS, permits, change control and maintenance windows.
 * Oversee power and cooling capacity, suppliers, SLAs, KPIs and operational budgets., To understand more about what we do with your data please review our privacy policy in the privacy section of the Oscar website.