Facilities Manager

Facilities Manager (TBD)

As Facilities Manager supporting our multi-site locations in Boston, Harwell (UK) and Tsukuba (Japan), you will lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of mission-critical mechanical systems supporting Quera Computing. This role owns company-wide mechanical maintenance execution, vendor performance, operational readiness, and technician leadership across electrical, cooling and HVAC infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations, maintenance, and service execution for critical mechanical and HVAC infrastructure.
• Own mechanical plant readiness, including preventive maintenance, corrective work, inspections, and restoration activities.
• Manage site engineers & technicians, contractors, and service vendors, ensuring strong safety performance, quality, documentation, and SLA adherence.
• Drive troubleshooting and response for mechanical failures, abnormal conditions, and performance degradation impacting uptime.
• Partner with engineering and scientific teams on retrofits, upgrades, system turnover, and operational acceptance.
• Lead or support root cause analysis for major or recurring issues and ensure corrective actions are fully implemented and sustained.
• Maintain audit-ready records including procedures, service reports, maintenance history, turnover documentation, and CMMS data.
• Champion safe work practices, environmental compliance, and disciplined process execution across all mechanical operations.
• Develop and execute facilities management plans for key locations. Optimize infrastructure lifecycles, develop preventative maintenance plans, and qualify maintenance vendors.
• Qualify, retain, and manage consultant teams and contractors to participate in the planning and execution of facility build-outs and capital projects
• Coordinate with consultants to secure all necessary development and building permits
• Oversee contractors and vendors during construction, ensuring the work is performed consistent with the contract documents
• Manage all project documentation and workflow including drawings, permits, RFIs, and change orders
• Manage physical security programs and procedures for all facilities

Qualifications

• Experience leading mechanical plant operations, HVAC service, or critical cooling maintenance in data centers or other uptime-critical environments.
• Strong knowledge of chilled water systems, cooling towers, pumps, CRAHs, AHUs, CDUs, and related controls platforms.
• Experience managing vendors, maintenance programs, incident response, and service execution in 24x7 operations.
• Experience supporting commissioning, turnover, or operational acceptance of new or upgraded systems is preferred.
• 7-10 years of work experience in project management in a multi-disciplinary real estate environment is required.
• Must be willing to work on site 5 days a week & respond to off hour emergencies.
• Ability to travel on occasion to global sites (e.g., UK, Japan)

Skills and Competencies

• Strong troubleshooting judgment and calm decision-making under pressure.
• Deep commitment to safety, procedure adherence, and documentation rigor.
• Clear communicator able to translate plant conditions, risks, and actions for varied stakeholders.
• Strong planning and execution discipline across maintenance, backlog, and operational priorities.

Salary Range: 145,000 - 190,000. We consistently monitor external market data and update base salary ranges accordingly. We determine base compensation decisions on several factors, including as geographic placement, role-specific knowledge, skills, and/or experience. In addition to our base salary offerings, we also provide equity grants for all new hires.

QuEra is committed to cultivating a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We highly value diversity in our current and future employees and do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.