OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager
Job description
The OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager - Data Centers supports the technical and commercial procurement of Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed (OFCI) equipment for mission-critical data center facilities. The role ensures long-lead, high-reliability power and cooling equipment meets performance, redundancy, and availability requirements while aligning procurement schedules with construction, commissioning, and go-live milestones.
At a glance
- Work mode
- Remote · Europe
What you'll do
- Support OFCI equipment scope in collaboration with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
- Review and validate technical specifications, single-line diagrams, layouts, and equipment datasheets with data center design, engineering, and construction teams
- Ensure compliance with data center design criteria (Tier levels, redundancy, fault tolerance, uptime targets)
- Support the OFCI Procurement Manager with technical clarifications, deviations, and vendor compliance matrices
- Issue RFQs/RFPs for critical data center infrastructure equipment
- Support the OFCI Procurement Manager with technical and commercial bid evaluations with engineering stakeholders
- Conduct vendor technical interviews and design alignment workshops
- Negotiate contracts covering performance guarantees, availability, FAT requirements, delivery milestones, and warranties
- Support procurement and delivery of long-lead, mission-critical electrical equipment: generators, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, PDUs, busways
- Support procurement and delivery of long-lead, mission-critical mechanical equipment: chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, heat exchangers
- Support procurement and delivery of long-lead, mission-critical controls and monitoring equipment: BMS, EPMS, SCADA, protection and control systems
- Monitor vendor engineering, manufacturing, and testing schedules
- Review vendor drawings, protection studies, and control logic
- Coordinate and participate in FATs, integrated systems testing (where applicable), and inspections
- Manage non-conformances, corrective actions, and technical change control
- Support logistics strategies for oversized and critical equipment
- Coordinate international shipping, customs clearance, and just-in-time delivery
- Ensure equipment preservation, storage, and environmental controls on site
- Support installation readiness reviews and contractor handover
- Track long-lead items and procurement activities on the project critical path
- Identify and mitigate risks related to capacity, lead times, factory constraints, and supply chain disruptions
- Coordinate interfaces between OFCI equipment and contractor-installed systems
- Provide detailed procurement and risk reporting to project leadership
- Ensure completeness and accuracy of as-built documentation, O&M manuals, and warranties
- Support commissioning, IST, and turnover to operations teams
What we're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field of study (i.e. Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Supply Chain Management, Project Management, etc.) or equivalent combination of experience and technical training
- 5+ years of experience in technical procurement or engineering for data centers or mission-critical facilities
- Proven experience procuring long-lead, high-reliability OFCI equipment
- Strong understanding of critical power and cooling systems
- Experience with FATs, commissioning, and contractor coordination
- Technical bid evaluation and compliance management
- Critical equipment vendor management
- Manufacturing and quality oversight
- Schedule and risk control for long-lead items
- Strong cross-functional communication
Nice to have
- Hyperscale or colocation data center experience
- Knowledge of Uptime Institute Tier standards or equivalent reliability frameworks
- Familiarity with IEC, IEEE, NFPA, NEC, ASHRAE, and local codes
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Career growth and learning opportunities
- Flexibility and ownership
- Collaborative and innovative culture
- Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects
- International environment and talented teams
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About Nebius
Leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy
Nebius is building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment. Built by engineers, for engineers, the company owns hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI, from large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization.
Mission
Building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.
Key facts
- 1,500+
- Amsterdam
- AI cloud infrastructure
- Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS)
- Global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel
- Team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D
What they value
- Fast moving
- Bold thinking
- Constant growth
- Meaningful impact
- Trust and real ownership
- Opportunity to shape the future of AI