Technical Infrastructure Site Manager

Colt provides network, voice and data centre services to thousands of businesses around the world, allowing them to focus on delivering their business goals instead of the underlying infrastructure.

Why we need this role

The Technical Infrastructure Site Manager plays a critical role in ensuring the safety, reliability, and performance of Colt’s network infrastructure across France. Responsible for the operational management of mechanical and electrical systems at Colt node sites, long-distance network repeater facilities, and associated offices, this role ensures business continuity through proactive maintenance, robust health and safety practices, and effective management of third-party providers.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, landlords, suppliers, and project teams, you will drive operational excellence, optimise site performance and energy efficiency, manage site operating budgets, and support infrastructure upgrades, expansions, and end-of-life replacement programmes that enable Colt’s network to grow and evolve securely and sustainably

What you will do

Infrastructure and Cost Efficiency:

• Ensuring effective management of building services (through third party contractors)
• Ensuring site cleanliness (through third party contractors)
• Installation of mechanical & electrical infrastructures for the sites assigned to you
• Supporting successful compliance of ISO14001 (Environmental), ISO27001 (Information Security Management System), ISO9001/20000 (Quality & Service Management System)
• Business As Usual, day to day operational running of your sites
• Maintenance and repair of existing infrastructure
• Monitoring of all infrastructure (ensuring all remote & local BMS monitoring is fully functional)
• Completing capacity reports when requested
• Monitoring of energy efficiency and proactively drive & record savings
• Managing maintenance costs
• Writing of standard and emergency operations procedures and training of operatives staff
• Available for out of hours planned and reactive support, which can involve switching of HV & MV systems and supporting any generating routine testing.
• Liaise with Landlord representatives
• Keeping the JCAD risk register up to date with current operational risks
• Identifying internal and third-party team technical and professional development and training.
• Rack/footprint availability reporting
• Small works requests, Capacity Reporting
• Site Opex cost controlling (including PO raising and receipting)
• Supporting the End Of Life infrastructure equipment and associated Capex forecasting
• Energy Efficiency (Targeted Opex cost savings)

Managing Risk, Health, Safety and Environmentals:

• Managing a safe system of working across all works
• Ensuring a ‘Permits To Work ’regime is in place and a PTW’s are issued for all works including Prevention Plan
• Undertaking Health & Safety audits and completing supporting checklists
• Completing Health & Safety and/or Accident reporting
• Influencing safe use of the technical areas by all visitors and contractors (Other dept. sub contractors)
• Managing Third-party contractors whilst onsite
• Complying with ‘Change Control’ processes
• Risk assessment creation and updating method statements to be site and task specific
• Ensuring all Health & Safety compliance is in place onsite at all times

Projects:

• Infrastructure End Of Life (EOL) replacement works
• New Node or container site builds
• Energy efficiency initiatives and projects

Commercial Support:

• M&E contract negotiation and management
• Providing power and environmental solutions to site needs
• Assists legal teams in regard to contract negotiation & projects

What we're looking for

• Experience of working with medium/large mission critical Mechanical & Electrical infrastructures in a Supervisory / technical / engineering capacity.
• Technical competence in electrical, mechanical and/or cooling disciplines including transformers, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, DC Systems, ATS/STS units, PDU units, chillers, air handling units, RCU/CRAC units.
• Experience working with controls, security monitoring systems, fire safety systems and working understanding of start-up/commissioning processes.
• Strong familiarity with EU safety regulations and controls.
• Demonstrated skills in requirements gathering, resource organization, task prioritization, scheduling.
• Demonstration of effective delivery of objectives and assigned tasks
• Great attitude with internal and external customers and external parties,