# OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager

**Company**: Nebius
**Location**: Remote - Europe
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager-- Data Centers is responsible for supporting the technical and commercial procurement of Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed (OFCI) equipment for mission-critical data center facilities.

Responsibilities:

### Technical Scope & Engineering Coordination

- 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 technical clarifications, deviations, and vendor compliance matrices.

### Vendor Selection & Technical Procurement

- 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.

### Critical Equipment Oversight

- Support procurement and delivery of long-lead, mission-critical equipment, including:

- Electrical: generators, medium- and low-voltage switchgear, transformers, UPS systems, PDUs, busways.

- Mechanical: chillers, cooling towers, CRAH/CRAC units, pumps, heat exchangers.

- Controls & Monitoring: BMS, EPMS, SCADA, protection and control systems.

### Manufacturing, FAT & Quality Control

- 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.

### Logistics, Site Delivery & Installation Readiness

- 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.

### Schedule, Risk & Interface Management

- 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.

### Documentation, Commissioning & Handover

- Ensure completeness and accuracy of as-built documentation, O&M manuals, and warranties.

- Support commissioning, IST, and turnover to operations teams.

- Close out OFCI packages in accordance with data center operational requirements.

Requirements:

- 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.

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.

Competencies:

- 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.

Benefits & Perks:

- 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.

## Skills

### Required
- technical procurement
- engineering
- data centers
- mission-critical facilities
- project management
- supply chain management

### Nice to have
- hyperscale data center experience
- Uptime Institute Tier standards
- IEC
- IEEE
- NFPA
- NEC
- ASHRAE

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