Job Description
Job Title: Area Lead – Data Center Operations
Location: Fayetteville, GA (1435 SR-54 W Fayetteville, GA )
Duration: 8 Week+ Contract
Pay: $40-44/hr depending on experience
Job Summary
The Area Lead plays a critical leadership role in the day-to-day execution of data center deployment and operational tasks. This role serves as the front-line manager of technician teams, overseeing workstreams, clearing blockers, driving daily coordination, and ensuring that project timelines and quality standards are consistently met. The Area Lead is both a tactical executor and a strategic thinker—able to resolve issues on the fly while proactively planning ahead to reduce risk and maintain momentum.
Key Responsibilities
- Direct daily activities of technicians across assigned scopes (e.g., rack & stack, MOR builds, cable routing, labeling, cleanup, etc.)
- Ensure work is executed safely, efficiently, and in compliance with DCPM and site-specific standards
- Lead and document daily stand-ups with Lead Technicians; review and synthesize input from individual daily reports
- Verify technician staffing, shift readiness, and scope alignment each day
- Observe work in progress to ensure consistency, accountability, and productivity
- Serve as first point of escalation for issues, blockers, and unexpected challenges
- Independently resolve technical or operational issues when within authority
- Escalate unresolved matters promptly to the Program Manager or Site Manager with context and recommendations
- Maintain live issue tracker; proactively follow up on open items until resolution
- Coordinate with cross-functional partners (safety, security, facilities, logistics) to clear roadblocks
- Think several steps ahead—ensure technicians and Leads have the materials, access, instructions, and support they need to execute tomorrow’s work
- Coordinate shift hand-offs and documentation across day and night teams
- Support execution of look-ahead schedules and adapt plans based on site readiness or change orders
- Anticipate and mitigate common risks (e.g., hardware delays, rework needs, equipment availability, manpower issues)
- Summarize team output, challenges, and risk flags in daily reports to Program Manager and/or client
- Communicate schedule changes, scope clarifications, or risk conditions to Leads in real time
- Assist in maintaining project dashboards, tracking metrics like device counts installed, hours burned, and blockers removed
Qualifications & Experience
Required:
- 3–5+ years of experience in data center or mission-critical environments, preferably in a supervisory or team lead capacity
- Proven ability to manage and motivate technical teams in fast-paced, high-expectation settings
- Strong communication skills; able to synthesize reports, lead meetings, and escalate with clarity
- Familiarity with structured cabling, racking, equipment installation, labeling, and cable management standards
- Ability to read and interpret installation diagrams, BOMs, and project scopes
- Comfortable using Excel, SharePoint, and mobile reporting tools for tracking and documentation
Preferred:
- Experience supporting data center projects or similar hyperscale clients
- Familiarity with DCPM standards, shift planning, and escalation procedures
- OSHA 10/30 or site-specific safety certifications
- Experience with AI/GPU cluster deployments, MOR builds, and PRD cable scopes
Brooksource provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, citizenship, disability, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, amnesty or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Job Tags
Contract work, Local area, Shift work, Night shift,