Site Director - Moses Lake (Grant Node)

Careers at Keel    Keel Infrastructure is a publicly traded energy and digital infrastructure company that develops and owns data centers and power assets across North America.   At Keel, you’re not just joining a company, you’re helping build the infrastructure behind the future of compute.   Why Keel   We’re at the intersection of energy and technology, two industries transforming in real time.   The work is complex. The pace is fast. The impact is real.   You’ll be part of a team that values:   Ownership — we take responsibility and follow through   Collaboration — we work across teams, functions, and borders   Curiosity — we ask questions and keep learning   Endurance — we build for the long term     What It Feels Like to Work Here   Fast-moving, high-growth, and hands-on Smart, driven people solving real challenges together   Work that directly supports AI and next-generation infrastructure Room to grow, stretch, and take on more What We Offer   Competitive salary, bonus and equity opportunities   Comprehensive health and wellness benefits Retirement savings with company contribution Employee referral program We are currently looking for a Site Director - Moses Lake to join our team Role summary The senior Keel Operations authority at the Moses Lake facility and the primary point of contact for the anchor tenant. Keel operates a governance model: the FM operations provider runs the plant day to day with its own site organization; this role governs that operator, owns the tenant relationship, and holds the change, escalation, and acceptance authorities that make an outsourced operating model accountable. The role additionally owns the operations side of the construction-to-operations transition. Commissioning execution and delivery quality belong to the Keel delivery organization under the Director of Data Center Commissioning & Quality Assurance; this role is the operations acceptance counterpart at the formal transition-to-operations gate — delivery attests completion, operations accepts readiness. This transition scope is front-loaded into the first two quarters in seat and burns off after occupancy. The dual permanent mandate — operator governance and tenant advocacy — is deliberate and concentrated in one accountable role. The Site Operations Coordinator (direct report) absorbs transactional volume so this role does not degrade into administration. Key accountabilities Hold operations acceptance authority at the formal transition-to-operations gate, as dual signatory alongside the Director of Data Center Commissioning & Quality Assurance: delivery attestation by the delivery organization; operational readiness acceptance by this role, on documented evidence. Gate FM operator mobilization: CMMS population quality using turnover asset data, PM schedule seeding, shift structure validation, badge and access provisioning, and acceptance of mobilization milestones prior to steady-state operations and billing. Verify operational readiness before energization: MOPs/SOPs/EOPs validated through witnessed tabletop and live drills; independent verification of FM operator training competence (beyond training delivery); critical spares confirmed on shelf against the approved list, including long-lead liquid-cooling wet-side spares. Contribute operations scenarios (including thermal transient and CDU failure modes) to the integrated systems test scripts owned by the delivery organization. Govern FM operator performance in steady state through independent verification against the Keel-owned KPI framework rather than operator self-reporting; convert findings into corrective action through the operator’s site leadership and, where commercial, through the FM Commercial function. Hold change management authority: approval of maintenance windows, MOP deviations, deferral requests, and configuration changes above operator-delegated thresholds. Serve as Keel incident command interface during abnormal events; own tenant and executive communications; conduct post-incident review acceptance. Own the anchor tenant relationship: SLA reporting delivery, escalation interface to the tenant operations team, quarterly business reviews, and the working relationship that protects occupancy economics. Maintain the site duty rotation and delegated-authority matrix with the Site Operations Coordinator; ensure the tenant holds a documented escalation path at all times. Supervise the Site Operations Coordinator. Explicitly not in scope Commissioning program ownership, test script development, CxA management, L4/L5 test execution, and construction quality assurance (Director, Data Center Commissioning & Quality Assurance scope); directing FM operator technicians or shift staff (direction flows exclusively through FM operator site leadership); executing maintenance, operations, or vendor work; FM invoice adjudication and contract commercial negotiation (FM Commercial function); lease negotiation (leasing team, with Ops review input). Scope demarcation — FM operations provider and Keel delivery organization Keel Operations governs and accepts; the FM operator executes operations; the Keel delivery organization (Infrastructure, including the Director of Data Center Commissioning & Quality Assurance) executes and attests delivery. The table defines the boundaries so this role duplicates neither. FM operator counterpart titles are indicative pending the staffing exhibit in the executed FM services agreement. Function This role (Keel Ops) owns Counterpart owns Commissioning & handover Operations acceptance at the transition gate; operations input to IST scenarios; readiness verification (drills, spares, training competence) Keel delivery org (Director, Cx & QA) owns the Cx program, CxA management, L4/L5 execution, turnover documentation, and delivery attestation Operator mobilization Acceptance gate: CMMS