Data Centre M&E Engineer – Critical Facility

CBRE; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop provided

Mobile phone provided

Job summary

CBRE in Birmingham is seeking an M&E DC Engineer to manage day-to-day data centre facilities, ensuring critical and non-critical PPMs are completed on schedule and reactive requests are fulfilled.

The role requires supervising contractors, adhering to CBRE H&S policies, and applying a risk-based maintenance approach within a critical environment. On-call and out-of-hours work are a regular part of the duties.

Qualifications

• Understanding of health and safety requirements for on-site work in data centres.
• Experience in supervising contractors on live sites and ensuring compliance.
• Desirable knowledge of environmental and safety requirements (legionella, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos).
• Experience in managing subcontractors and permit-to-work systems.
• Willingness to perform out-of-hours work and on-call duties.

Responsibilities

• Compliance with CBRE processes and procedures and client SLA adherence.
• Deliver and schedule Critical Facility PPMs; close and complete reactive works.
• Maintain safety standards and ensure permit-to-work is used where applicable.
• Apply risk-based maintenance to plant and systems in data centres.
• Ensure critical client services and networks meet required standards.
• Provide emergency response standby and escalate urgent issues as needed.
• Support audits and maintain required Records and Logs.

Skills

Health & Safety

Critical environment ops

Contract management

On-call responsiveness

Risk assessment

Education

NVQ/Building trades qualification (Level 3+)

18th Edition Wiring Regulations

Tools

Permit to work system

M&E systems basics

Job description

CBRE in Birmingham is seeking an M&E DC Engineer to manage day-to-day data centre facilities, ensuring critical and non-critical PPMs are completed on schedule and reactive requests are fulfilled.

The role requires supervising contractors, adhering to CBRE H&S policies, and applying a risk-based maintenance approach within a critical environment. On-call and out-of-hours work are a regular part of the duties.