Global leader in infrastructure with projects in over 15 countries, offering significant internal mobility.
Strong focus on digital transformation, hiring for specialized roles in cybersecurity, data analysis, and cloud architecture.
English is a primary working language for corporate and international project roles, though Spanish is required for local operations.
Offers structured graduate and internship programs across multiple engineering disciplines throughout Spain.

Operations & Maintenance Manager - Digital Infra (Madrid)

Ferrovial

This job was originally posted in Spanish and automatically translated to English.

Requirements

Required Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 7 years' experience in data center, critical facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure operations.
At least 3 years of leadership experience managing engineering or maintenance teams.
Strong technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, UPS, backup generation, cooling infrastructure, and building management systems.
Experience managing contractors, service agreements, and vendor performance.
Proficiency in CMMS, DCIM, and operational reporting tools.

Preferred

Data center certifications such as CDCP, CDCE, Uptime Institute AOS, or equivalent.
Experience within hyperscale, colocation, or large-scale critical environments.
Knowledge of sustainability and energy efficiency frameworks (LEED, BREEAM, ISO 50001).
Professional fluency in English; Spanish is highly desirable.

Benefits

Benefits and wellbeing of employees: enjoy a complete benefits package that rewards effort and dedication. Take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.

Job Description

Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity

Are you ready to develop your professional career at a leading global infrastructure company, in a challenging environment that generates a positive impact on people's lives? At Ferrovial, we are more than a company; we are a community of innovators and pioneers. We are listed on three of the main stock markets: Nasdaq (USA), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands), and IBEX 35 (Spain). We are also members of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a team of over 24,000 professionals worldwide. Ferrovial's activities are carried out through our business units, including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.

Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognized for its ability to design and build unique civil engineering and building works, particularly in large transport infrastructure. Its historical track record includes projects totaling more than 490 km of tunnels, 19,200 km of roads (including 4,000 km of highways), 4,700 km of railway lines (including 700 km of High-Speed Rail), and 27,350 km of road maintenance and repair.

Why Ferrovial?

Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide. Tackle challenging jobs and projects that make a difference.
Collaborative excellence: Work with talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
Inclusive culture: Develop your career in an innovative and respectful environment that values every opinion, celebrates what makes us unique, and transforms differences into innovation.
Professional growth: Benefit from global mobility and participate in development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
Employee benefits and wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards effort and dedication. Take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
Productivity tools: Use cutting-edge tools, such as Microsoft Copilot, to enhance your productivity and efficiency.

Role Description:

About the Role:

We are seeking an experienced Operations & Maintenance Manager to lead the safe, reliable, and efficient operation of one or more mission-critical data center facilities. Reporting to the Digital Infrastructure leadership team, you will be responsible for ensuring maximum availability of critical systems, driving operational excellence, and leading multidisciplinary teams in a 24/7 environment.

This role plays a key part in maintaining world-class service standards, supporting customer requirements, and delivering continuous improvement across all facility operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Center Operations

Oversee the day-to-day operation of critical facility infrastructure, including electrical, mechanical, cooling, fire protection, security, and monitoring systems.
Ensure compliance with operational procedures, maintenance standards, service level agreements, and uptime commitments.
Lead incident response activities, root cause investigations, and corrective action plans for critical events.
Manage change control processes and ensure the safe execution of maintenance activities and infrastructure upgrades.
Monitor operational performance through KPIs, availability metrics, and energy efficiency indicators.

Maintenance & Asset Management

Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs for critical assets.
Manage relationships with OEMs, specialist contractors, and service providers.
Oversee asset lifecycle management, warranty tracking, and long-term replacement planning.
Ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of CMMS and DCIM platforms.

Leadership & People Management

Lead, mentor, and develop teams of engineers and technicians across multiple shifts.
Drive a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Support workforce planning, recruitment, training, and performance management activities.
Promote technical excellence and ongoing competency development.

Health, Safety & Compliance

Maintain the highest standards of health, safety, and environmental performance.
Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, industry standards, and corporate HSE policies.
Review risk assessments, permit-to-work processes, and operational procedures.
Support audits, inspections, certifications, and regulatory requirements.

Stakeholder & Customer Management

Serve as the primary operational interface for customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
Produce regular operational and performance reports for senior management.
Work closely with Engineering, Construction, and Project teams during commissioning, expansion, and fit-out activities.
Support customer audits and operational reviews.

What We're Looking For:

Required Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 7 years' experience in data center, critical facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure operations.
At least 3 years of leadership experience managing engineering or maintenance teams.
Strong technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, UPS, backup generation, cooling infrastructure, and building management systems.
Experience managing contractors, service agreements, and vendor performance.
Proficiency in CMMS, DCIM, and operational reporting tools.

Preferred

Data center certifications such as CDCP, CDCE, Uptime Institute AOS, or equivalent.
Experience within hyperscale, colocation, or large-scale critical environments.
Knowledge of sustainability and energy efficiency frameworks (LEED, BREEAM, ISO 50001).
Professional fluency in English; Spanish is highly desirable.

Key Competencies

Strong leadership and people management skills.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities in high-pressure environments.
Customer-focused mindset with outstanding stakeholder management skills.
Analytical and data-driven approach to operational performance.
Effective communication skills across technical and executive audiences.
High level of accountability, integrity, and commitment to operational excellence.

Why Join Us?

Join a growing Digital Infrastructure platform and play a key role in delivering resilient, sustainable, and future-ready data center operations that support some of the world's most demanding digital environments.

Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovators, creative, respectful, and diverse are just some of the adjectives that describe us. We are motivated by challenges and believe in the power of collaboration between our business units to move the world together. Your journey towards a great professional career starts here!

Ferrovial offers equal opportunity to all candidates. We treat all applications equally, regardless of gender, race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, nationality, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, or any other protected class under applicable legislation.

#WeAreFerrovial

Requirements

Required Qualifications & Experience

Preferred

Benefits

Benefits and wellbeing of employees: enjoy a complete benefits package that rewards effort and dedication. Take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.

Job Description

Únete a Ferrovial: Donde la Innovación se encuentra con la Oportunidad

¿Estás listo para desarrollar tu carrera profesional en una compañía global líder en infraestructura, en un entorno retador y generando un impacto positivo en la vida de las personas? En Ferrovial, somos más que una compañía; somos una comunidad de innovadores y pioneros. Cotizamos en tres de los principales mercados bursátiles: Nasdaq (EE.UU.), Euronext Ámsterdam (Países Bajos) y IBEX 35 (España). También somos miembros del Índice de Sostenibilidad Dow Jones y FTSE4Good. Operamos en más de 15 países y contamos con un equipo de más de 24,000 profesionales en todo el mundo. La actividad de Ferrovial se lleva a cabo a través de nuestras unidades de negocio, incluyendo Autopistas, Aeropuertos, Construcción y Energía.

Ferrovial Construcción es reconocida a nivel internacional por su capacidad de diseño y construcción de obras singulares en obra civil y edificación y principalmente en grandes infraestructuras de transporte. En su track-record histórico se incluyen hasta la fecha obras que acumulan más de 490 km de túneles, 19.200 km de carretera (incluyendo 4.000 km de autopistas) o 4.700 km de líneas de ferrocarril (incluyendo 700 km de ferrocarril de Alta Velocidad) y 27.350 km de mantenimiento y reparación de carreteras.

¿Por qué Ferrovial?

Presencia global, impacto local: forma parte de una empresa que define el futuro de las infraestructuras en todo el mundo. Enfréntate a trabajos desafiantes y proyectos que marcan la diferencia.
Excelencia colaborativa: trabaja con profesionales talentosos en un entorno de colaboración en el que tus ideas y contribuciones serán valorados.
Cultura inclusiva: Desarrolla tu carrera en un entorno innovador y respetuoso, que valora cada opinión, celebra lo que nos hace únicos y transforma las diferencias en innovación.
Crecimiento profesional: benefíciate de la movilidad global y entra en procesos de desarrollo diseñados para garantizar tu crecimiento profesional.
Beneficios y bienestar de los empleados: disfruta de un completo paquete de beneficios que recompensa el esfuerzo y dedicación. Aprovecha las iniciativas diseñadas para apoyar tu salud física y psicológica.
Herramientas de productividad: utilice herramientas de vanguardia, como Microsoft Copilot, para mejorar tu productividad y eficacia.

Descripción del rol:

About the Role:

This role plays a key part in maintaining world-class service standards, supporting customer requirements, and delivering continuous improvement across all facility operations.

Key Responsibilities:

Data Center Operations

Oversee the day-to-day operation of critical facility infrastructure, including electrical, mechanical, cooling, fire protection, security, and monitoring systems.
Ensure compliance with operational procedures, maintenance standards, service level agreements, and uptime commitments.
Lead incident response activities, root cause investigations, and corrective action plans for critical events.
Manage change control processes and ensure the safe execution of maintenance activities and infrastructure upgrades.
Monitor operational performance through KPIs, availability metrics, and energy efficiency indicators.

Maintenance & Asset Management

Develop and optimize preventive and predictive maintenance programs for critical assets.
Manage relationships with OEMs, specialist contractors, and service providers.
Oversee asset lifecycle management, warranty tracking, and long-term replacement planning.
Ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of CMMS and DCIM platforms.

Leadership & People Management

Lead, mentor, and develop teams of engineers and technicians across multiple shifts.
Drive a high-performance culture focused on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Support workforce planning, recruitment, training, and performance management activities.
Promote technical excellence and ongoing competency development.

Health, Safety & Compliance

Maintain the highest standards of health, safety, and environmental performance.
Ensure compliance with applicable regulations, industry standards, and corporate HSE policies.
Review risk assessments, permit-to-work processes, and operational procedures.
Support audits, inspections, certifications, and regulatory requirements.

Stakeholder & Customer Management

Serve as the primary operational interface for customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
Produce regular operational and performance reports for senior management.
Work closely with Engineering, Construction, and Project teams during commissioning, expansion, and fit-out activities.
Support customer audits and operational reviews.

What We're Looking For:

Required Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Facilities Management, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 7 years' experience in data center, critical facilities, or mission-critical infrastructure operations.
At least 3 years of leadership experience managing engineering or maintenance teams.
Strong technical knowledge of electrical distribution systems, UPS, backup generation, cooling infrastructure, and building management systems.
Experience managing contractors, service agreements, and vendor performance.
Proficiency in CMMS, DCIM, and operational reporting tools.

Preferred

Data center certifications such as CDCP, CDCE, Uptime Institute AOS, or equivalent.
Experience within hyperscale, colocation, or large-scale critical environments.
Knowledge of sustainability and energy efficiency frameworks (LEED, BREEAM, ISO 50001).
Professional fluency in English; Spanish is highly desirable.

Key Competencies

Strong leadership and people management skills.
Excellent problem-solving and decision-making capabilities in high-pressure environments.
Customer-focused mindset with outstanding stakeholder management skills.
Analytical and data-driven approach to operational performance.
Effective communication skills across technical and executive audiences.
High level of accountability, integrity, and commitment to operational excellence.

Why Join Us?

Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovadores, creativos, respetuosos y diversos son algunos de los adjetivos que nos describen. Nos motiva los retos y creemos en el poder de la colaboración entre nuestras unidades de negocio para mover el mundo juntos. ¡Tu viaje hacia una gran carrera profesional comienza aquí!