Director, Generation Operations

Fleet Data Centers designs, builds and operates mega-scale data center campuses. Fleet provides its customers with flexibility and predictability to meet their upside demand forecasts, addressing a key need in the market as traditional leased models are struggling to keep pace with the demand for new Cloud and AI infrastructure. Fleet is led by a team of industry veterans that have already made a lasting imprint on the evolution of global digital infrastructure and are committed and uniquely capable of upleveling data center development scales and operations in the face of rising demand. Fleet is well positioned to bring in-house design, engineering and operational capabilities to collaborate with customers on tailored solutions for campuses of 500MW+. This unique model enables Fleet to provide the world s largest and most sophisticated customers with a seamless extension of their own data center fleets with constant access to design innovation. Fleet headquarters is in Denver, Colorado, with satellite offices in Seattle, WA and Arlington, VA. Position Overview: TheDirector - Generation Operationsserves as Fleet soperationalleaderforbehind-the-meter on-site power generation solutions, including a combination ofleased enginesoperatedby third-party vendorsandFleet-operated generation assets, and other combinationsand types of BTM solutions. This leader is accountable for safe, compliant, and reliablegenerationoperations across the fleet-ensuring maintenance excellence, vendor performance, operational readiness, and integration with critical facilities operations. This role is central to Fleet s ability to deliver predictable outcomes for customer power availability, site resiliency, and operational scalability. The Director will build the operating model, define performance standards, stand up governance, and (whereappropriate)hire and develop internal teams to support execution. Key Responsibilities: • This leader will build and run the programs that ensure we: • Safety, security, and availability are the most important things we do. Help Fleet deliver near-perfect execution on these dimensions by building a generation operations program that is measurable, enforceable, and continuously improving. Fleet-wide generation operations ownership (portfolio/program leadership) • Own the operatingand maintenance forbehind-the-meter generation across Fleet campuses (multi-site portfolio management, standards, and governance). • Define operational requirements for reliability (availability targets, start/transfer performance expectations,sparesstrategy, service coverage, documentation). • Establish KPIs and reporting for fleet performance (availability, forced outage rate, MTTR, maintenance compliance, fuel/consumablesusage, cost/MWh or cost/hour, vendor SLA attainment). • Partner with Critical Facilities leadership to ensure operating modes align with site electrical design, protection schemes, and overall uptimeobjectives. Third-party vendor operations management (primary near-term accountability) • Own operational oversight of leased engine vendors (24/7 response readiness, preventive maintenance execution, corrective maintenance quality, spares availability, and staffing competency). • Establish and run vendor governance: scorecards, QBRs, safety performance reviews, incident/post-incident reviews, and continuous improvement plans. • Ensure vendors execute work safely and to Fleet standards (LOTO, NFPA 70E alignment, MOP/SOP discipline, and change/permit-to-work controls). • Coordinate vendor mobilization and site access requirements; ensure clear demarcation of responsibilities between Fleet, vendors, and any EPC/commissioning partners. Maintenance, reliability, and asset stewardship • Build/own the maintenance strategy forgenerationassets (PM/CM, condition-based maintenance where applicable, lifecycle planning, and spares/critical parts). • Ensure maintenance execution is documented and auditable; integrate work management into Fleet s CMMS standards (PM plans, job plans, failure coding, and closeout quality). • Own performance troubleshooting and reliability improvement: recurring issue elimination, vendor technical escalation, root cause analysis, and corrective action tracking. • Drive operational readiness for new deployments: acceptance criteria, commissioning/turnover requirements, as-builts, O&M manuals, training, and steady-state handoff. Compliance, risk, and safety management • Own operational compliance for behind-the-meter generation where applicable: air permitting interfaces, emissions monitoring/reporting requirements, environmental controls, and site inspections (in partnership with internal EHS/legal and external specialists). • Establish emergency response expectations and drills for generation events (failed starts, trips, fuel or exhaust issues, abnormal vibration/temperature, paralleling faults). • Ensure disciplined change management and risk review for generation o...