Supervisor, Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer

Job overview

The Supervisor, Data Center Critical Facilities Engineer works onsite in Elk Grove Village, Illinois. The targeted annual pay range is $88,000–$132,000. Equinix’s operations team maintains and evolves critical infrastructure that powers digital connectivity. The supervisor leads data center operations and infrastructure personnel, oversees critical facility systems, and coordinates maintenance, projects, vendors, testing, and incident response. The role contributes to safe, reliable site operations and infrastructure readiness for customer and business needs.

What you'll do

• Supervise technicians and support personnel
• assign work and manage schedules
• coach and develop team members
• oversee facility systems and maintenance
• coordinate projects and cross-functional work
• monitor infrastructure performance and corrective actions
• manage vendors
• support commissioning and testing
• document results
• serve as an escalation point during incidents and outages
• participate in root-cause reviews.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

data center facilities

critical facilities engineer

supervisor

elk grove village il

full-time

infrastructure operations

electrical systems

ups and generators

hvac and cooling

vendor management

incident management

$88k–$132k/year

equinix

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Employee Assistance Program
• health, life, disability, and voluntary insurance plans
• retirement plan
• accrued paid time off and paid holidays.

Why this role

Leadership role overseeing critical data center infrastructure, including electrical distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, HVAC, and fire/life-safety systems.

About the employer

Equinix is hiring for this role. Industry: Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services. Sector: 51.