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As a CO+I CE Technician Manager, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.\nOur infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.\nWith environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.\nMicrosoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.\nThis position requires verification of NZ Citizenship or NZ PR due to citizenship-based legal restrictions applicable to the role and, as a result, you will need to provide either a valid NZ passport or NZ PR VISA to verify your NZ Citizenship/PR\nResponsibilities\nPeople Management \nManagers deliver success through empowerment and accountability by modeling, coaching, and caring.\nModel - Live our culture; Embody our values; Practice our leadership principles.\nCoach - Define team objectives and outcomes; Enable success across boundaries; Help the team adapt and learn.\nCare - Attract and retain great people; Know each individual’s capabilities and aspirations; Invest in the growth of others.\nEquipment and Systems Operations\nServe as an operations specialist one or more major area of operations (e.g., electrical, mechanical, controls, generators, and work on advanced tasks independently.\nOversee and coach team with the inspection of critical environment-related facility equipment (e.g., controls, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning [HVAC], mechanical systems), building, and grounds regularly for unsafe or abnormal conditions to develop and analyze trends.\nMonitor performance of maintenance and operations utilizing telemetry, control systems, and other platforms and is able to identify all alarms.\nUtilize internal computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) to track all equipment assets and to complete work order requests for maintenance work and generate reporting to identify outstanding and ongoing work orders.\nSafely and quickly respond to and lead an onsite incident response team for all abnormal conditions that impact operations and coordinate with other critical facilities professionals to perform corrective repairs.\nEnhances, develops new, or follows preexisting emergency operating procedures (EOPs), methods of procedure (MOPs), and standard operating procedures (SOPs) in relation to incidents.\nGathers necessary information and creates incident timelines/data, root-cause analyses, and/or action items following an abnormal condition.\nEquipment and Systems Maintenance\nGuide, oversee, and perform various types of maintenance (e.g., planned, predictive, corrective) and repairs following methods of procedure (MOPs), and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for one or more disciplines and one or more types of equipment (e.g., electrical, mechanical, cooling systems) and escalate when appropriate.\nServe as a subject matter expert for one type of equipment and oversee everyday tasks and troubleshooting within their area of expertise\nHave a hands-on understanding of how equipment works within disciplines they have been trained and how to troubleshoot equipment, systems, subsystems, and components independently within their trained discipline(s).\nProvide and/or assign team to provide necessary escort to third-party contractors, sub contractors, vendors, and service providers on site for all severity leveled procedures. Coordinate and schedule supplier/vendor on-site activities and recognizes circumstances when to stop supplier work to address potential and/or identified concerns.\nTake part in getting third-party work underway (e.g., making sure systems are properly energized/deenergized), ensuring the work is started and completed in a safe manner in accordance with standard practices, procedures, federal/local legislation, and municipal codes.\nAdvises colleagues on inspection and supervision issues.\nProvides consultation to lower-level colleagues in troubleshooting systems and problems\nCritical Environment Culture\nUnderstands, follows, ensures, and coaches team on safety and security requirements (e.g., job hazard assessments [JHAs], toolbox talks), and business processes and procedures to properly perform work in a safe, quality, and reliable manner in accordance with applicable federal, state, local, and Microsoft requirements.\nProactively ensures safety and security requirements are followed and met for the work of themselves and others.\nMaintain safe working conditions and escalate immediately when unsafe working conditions are observed.\nAssesses and identifies appropriate resources and equipment necessary to fully support environmental health and safety (EH&S) objectives.\nParticipates in required meetings, trainings, and necessary handoffs.\nOther\nEmbody our culture and values\nQualifications\nRequired Qualifications:\nHigh School Diploma, GED, or equivalent AND 3+ years mission critical services work/applied learning experience (e.g., high availability assembly/manufacturing/critical infrastructure environments such as data centers, oil and gas refineries, hospitals, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or related fields)OR equivalent experience.\n\nAbility to work shifts, including shift assignments during non-standard business hours that may include evening, nighttime, weekends, and/or holidays\nWhile not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications :\nHigh School Diploma, GED, or equivalent AND 6+ years mission critical services experience (e.g., high-availability assembly/manufacturing/critical infrastructure environments such as data centers, oil and gas refineries, hospitals, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or related fields)OR Associate's Degree or technical trade certification (e.g., military, trade school), or higher-equivalent education AND 5+ years mission-critical services experience (e.g., high-availability assembly/manufacturing/critical infrastructure environments such as data centers, oil and gas refineries, hospitals, pharmaceutical, manufacturing, or related fields)\nOR equivalent experience.\n\n1+ year(s) people management experience.\n1+ year(s) experience in a specialized area (e.g., mechanical field, electrical field, controls field) or related field.\nBackground Check Requirements:\nAbility to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:\nMicrosoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.\nThis is a 100% onsite position, so it isn't eligible for hybrid or remote working.\nThis position requires verification of NZ Citizenship or NZ PR due to citizenship-based legal restrictions applicable to the role and, as a result, you will need to provide either a valid NZ passport or NZ PR VISA to verify your NZ Citizenship/PR\nThis position will be open for a minimum of 5 days, with applications accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.\nMicrosoft is an equal opportunity employer. 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