Lead Engineer

CBRE, Inc.; Kemp Town Estate; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate services firm is seeking a Lead Engineer in Kemp Town Estate, United Kingdom. The candidate will oversee maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety protocols in critical environments. Required qualifications include being a qualified electrician and experience in data centers. Strong contract management and decision-making skills are essential. This role contributes significantly to client operations, making it crucial for organizational success.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments is desirable.
• Knowledge of emergency response activities and protocols is necessary.
• PC and MS Office skills required.

Responsibilities

• Manage own time and allocate work to team members.
• Ensure all client services meet SLAs.
• Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes.
• Escalate urgent issues to the Technical Services Manager.

Skills

Electrician with recognised qualifications

17th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations

Excellent contract/supplier management skills

Excellent facilitation and communication skills

Self-motivated and resourceful

Confident decision maker

Operational experience of UPS and Standby Power

Operational experience of Environmental, Health & Safety

Education

Electrician apprenticeship or HND

IOSH or equivalent H&S training

Tools

BMS Controls

Microsoft Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• Able to manage own time and allocate works to other team members
• Able to manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform)
• Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs
• Operate dilapidation and update plans relating to critical environments
• Operate change control process covering business critical areas
• Provide technical management reports as required
• Provide emergency response standby/call-out
• Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes
• Support critical environment related technical audits
• Support cost‑effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.
• Operate within annual engineering budgets for the maintenance and repair of the services
• Responsibility for ensuring all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems
• Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements
• Plan Statutory Compliance Maintenance and Testing and report as required the Statutory Compliance Audit Report to the Technical Services Manager
• Ensure all PPM's and Critical Facility PPM's are carried out to schedule
• Monitor and analyse environmental conditions, review the loading and working conditions of critical equipment regularly
• Liaise with the CBRE EHS specialist to ensure audit compliance at all times
• 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
• Escalate urgent issues identified through to the Technical Services Manager

Qualifications

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

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.

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) is a division of CBRE uniquely positioned to provide a complete set of services to corporate occupiers of commercial real estate across EMEA. GWS is redefining "workplace" because we believe every place of work can become a competitive advantage for our clients. Productivity, reliability, engagement, quality, brand – the workplace contributes to business results, whether it's an office, a retail outlet, a laboratory, a data centre, a manufacturing environment or a virtual location. 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 Brighton.