Lead Engineer

CBRE; Derry/Londonderry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Lead Engineer to oversee maintenance in critical environments. This role involves managing a team, ensuring compliance with safety standards, and maintaining operational efficiency in data centers. The successful candidate will utilize their electrical engineering expertise and strong communication skills to deliver exceptional service and support critical operations. Join a dynamic team where your contributions will play a vital role in maintaining high standards of service delivery and operational excellence in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in operating data centres and critical environments is desirable.
• Knowledge of health and safety training such as IOSH is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance activities and ensure compliance with SLAs.
• Provide technical management reports and monitor environmental conditions.
• Support cost-effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.

Skills

Electrician with recognized qualifications

17th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations

Excellent contract/supplier management skills

Excellent facilitation and communication skills

Self-motivated and resourceful

Confident decision maker

Understanding of water hygiene (L8)

Knowledge of emergency response protocols

Education

Apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering

HND in Electrical Engineering

C&G qualifications

Tools

BMS Controls

HVAC systems

PC and MS Office skills

Job description

Lead Engineer

Job ID: 212666

Posted: 01-Apr-2025

Service line: GWS Segment

Role type: Full-time

Areas of Interest: Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s): London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

Job Title: Lead Engineer

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, are recruiting a Lead Engineer to join the team located in London. The successful candidate will be able to apply a risk-focused maintenance approach and operations of plant and systems in data centres/critical environments and general office environments.

Role Summary:

1. Able to manage own time and allocate works to other team members
2. Able to manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform)
3. Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs
4. Operate dilapidation and update plans relating to critical environments
5. Operate change control process covering business critical areas
6. Provide technical management reports as required
7. Provide emergency response standby/call-out
8. Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes
9. Support critical environment related technical audits
10. Support cost-effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.
11. Operate within annual engineering budgets for the maintenance and repair of the services
12. Responsibility for ensuring all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems
13. Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements
14. Plan Statutory Compliance Maintenance and Testing and report as required the Statutory Compliance Audit Report to the Technical Services Manager
15. Ensure all PPM’s and Critical Facility PPM’s are carried out to schedule
16. Monitor and analyse environmental conditions, review the loading and working conditions of critical equipment regularly
17. Liaise with the CBRE EHS specialist to ensure audit compliance at all times
18. Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with CBRE H&S procedures, using the permit to work system where applicable and action improvements identified during the building and workplace inspections and reviews
19. Escalate urgent issues identified through to the Technical Services Manager

Experience Required:

1. Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G)
2. 17th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - essential
3. Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments - desirable
4. Knowledge of emergency response/standby/call out activities and protocols
5. Understand the monitoring of utilities and environmental programmes
6. IOSH or equivalent H&S training
7. Excellent contract/supplier management skills
8. Excellent facilitation, communication skills at all levels
9. Self-motivated, resourceful and pro-active
10. Confident decision maker
11. Understanding of water hygiene (L8) - desirable
12. BMS Controls experience / HVAC experience - desirable
13. Operational experience of UPS, Standby Power and Critical Environment Cooling
14. Operational experience of managing Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Systems
15. PC and MS office skills