Joseph Trick

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About Joseph Trick

Data center operations and critical facilities leader with 10+ years in mission-critical environments, currently serving as a Facility Technical Manager (M1) at Meta’s Gallatin, TN campus. Accountable for safe, reliable 24/7 operations across a ~200MW multi-building campus (3 operating buildings plus 2 under construction), leading a team of 5 direct reports (3 managers, 2 ICs), 15+ total reports, and 17 contingent workers. Owns $1.16M in Opex and drives disciplined work management, vendor/SLA governance, and operational risk controls to sustain top-tier reliability—delivering 100% availability (rolling 12 months) and maintaining an OSHA Case Incident Rate of 0.0. Recognized for strong incident leadership, cross-functional decision support during complex events, and consistent execution against safety, compliance, and resiliency targets. Previously, as Facility Technical Manager A/P, led a cross-functional automation and process control organization supporting campus controls strategy, maintenance planning, and workflow governance. Drove controls RCM/PM optimization through insourcing opportunities and enablement planning (training, tooling, procedures) to reduce vendor dependency and improve schedule adherence. Led a campus CMMS/EAM pilot by building the asset hierarchy adopted for broader rollout, standardizing SOP templates, executing UAT, and defining planner/process roles to improve global work management consistency. Established documentation and qualification governance to reduce friction across operations leadership, corporate engineering, and global support partners, while managing and developing a team of five ICs. Earlier at Meta, progressed from Controls SME (IC5) to Lead Controls SME (IC6), owning BMS change management and controls performance for mission-critical infrastructure. Brought deep technical expertise across PLC/DDC systems, controls hardware, and multi-language logic, and partnered with Design/Engineering/Construction to deliver reliable turnovers and retrofits. Key impacts include cooling and controls sequence-of-operations optimizations (e.g, temperature-based AHU staging), end-to-end controls readiness leadership for new building turnover (FacNet turn-up, FOAK inspections, factory witness tests, Level II/IV field verification, procedures and training), and risk reduction through vendor diversification and structured, unbiased selection processes for systems integrators. Earned FacOps Top Performer/High Performer recognition and sustained Exceeded/Greatly Exceeded ratings across performance cycles.