OFCI Procurement Manager

The role

Nebius is looking for an OFCI Equipment Procurement Manager – Data Centers to be responsible for the technical and commercial procurement of Owner-Furnished, Contractor-Installed (OFCI) equipment for mission-critical data center facilities. The role ensures that long-lead, high-reliability power and cooling equipment meets stringent performance, redundancy, and availability requirements while aligning procurement schedules with construction, commissioning, and go-live milestones.

This position reports to the Procurement Manager US Team Lead and is a remote position serving the geographically distributed projects for the company.

Your responsibilities will include:

Technical Scope & Engineering Coordination

• Define 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)
• Manage technical clarifications, deviations, and vendor compliance matrices

Vendor Selection & Technical Procurement

• Issue RFQs/RFPs for critical data center infrastructure equipment
• Lead 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

• Manage 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

• Develop 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

We expect you to have:

• 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

It will be an added bonus if you had:

• Hyperscale or colocation data center experience
• Knowledge of Uptime Institute Tier standards or equivalent reliability framework

Core Competencies

• Technical bid evaluation and compliance management