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[Remote] Data Center COE Operations Manager

Remote · Canada Full-time

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ABB is a company that helps industries run leaner and cleaner. The Data Center COE Operations Manager will be responsible for managing day-to-day service activities for the Data Center Services Center Of Excellence, ensuring exceptional customer service and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

  • Improves service availability, quality, and customer experience across all field service operations
  • Develops, implements, and reviews field service strategy aligned with global business objectives
  • Ensures strong customer focus, urgency, and care in all service interactions to drive retention
  • Drives continuous improvement, first‑time‑right execution, and KPI‑based performance management
  • Identifies on‑site opportunities to enhance customer operations and communicates them to account teams
  • Leads a culture of operational excellence, risk management, and effective end‑to‑end service delivery
  • Manages resource planning, workload balancing, and compliance with all HSE standards and ABB Way requirements
  • Oversees Surge Team operations, including onboarding, training, compliance, and validation of timesheets, expenses, and supplier invoices
  • Provides leadership, coaching, and development for Field Service Engineers/Technicians to ensure high‑quality execution
  • Collaborates across ABB teams to assign personnel, resolve technical issues, support project execution, and drive continuous improvement

Skills

  • A Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business or commensurate experience
  • Sound knowledge of Data Center Start-up and Commissioning strategies, field service personnel development and the electrical industry within the Data Center market
  • Knowledge of MS suite of products including MS Project, Google suite of products (Sheets, Docs, Drive, and Slides), SAP, and project issue resolution software (BIM, Compass, CxAlloy, Procore, etc.)
  • Must be able to interpret and work from engineering drawings and technical specifications
  • Technical understanding of power delivery equipment: transformers, switchgear, breakers, relays, etc
  • Maintain high standards for safety and housekeeping and assure compliance with all environmental regulations
  • Strong leadership, clear communication, teamwork, and a proven customer‑focused mindset
  • Willing to travel up to 50% of time
  • Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

  • Short-term incentive plan/annual bonus
  • Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
  • Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
  • Vision benefit
  • Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
  • Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
  • Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
  • Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
  • Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid.  Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
  • Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance
  • Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
  • Employee discount program
  • 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
  • Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
  • ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
  • Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

Company Overview

  • ABB provides electrification and automation solutions for various industries. It was founded in 1988, and is headquartered in Zürich, Zurich, CHE, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://global.abb/group/en.
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