Senior Manager, Critical Engineering Operations

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 520,000 - 860,000; Full time

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. seeks a Critical Facilities Engineer to review banking project approaches, ensure resilient infrastructure, and integrate project schedules with operations. You will advise on logistics, risk mitigation, and lifecycle maintenance while collaborating with project teams and vendors.

The role focuses on data centers, power distribution, HVAC, UPS, and environmental monitoring to minimize disruptions and maintain high availability of critical IT services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering.
• Experience as a Critical Facilities Engineer in banking is preferred.
• Knowledge of data centers, power distribution, HVAC, UPS and monitoring.

Responsibilities

• Review project managers' approaches to critical facility works to minimize banking disruptions.
• Provide expertise for design resiliency and efficient operation of critical infrastructure.
• Coordinate integration of CFE projects with existing facilities and schedules.
• Identify risks and develop mitigation to protect operations.
• Incorporate redundancy, failover, and resiliency into project designs.
• Provide cost estimates and guidance for infrastructure upgrades within budgets.
• Advise on life cycle maintenance strategies for assets.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and thorough documentation.
• Oversee vendor performance and ensure timely delivery of services and products.

Skills

Electrical engineering

Project management

Banking industry experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

HVAC systems

Power distribution

UPS systems

Job description

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What this job involves

Join our facilities management team as a Critical Facilities Engineer, where your primary responsibility will be to review and assess project managers' approaches to critical facility project works in order to minimize disruptions to banking operations. You will provide expertise in logistics, operations, and techniques to ensure the design, resiliency, and efficient functioning of critical infrastructure supporting IT projects. Collaborating closely with project teams, you will provide advice to project managers to integrate project schedules seamlessly into existing operational environments, while maintaining high levels of availability, reliability, and resilience.

• Team Player: Proven track record of integrating into a team and showing collaboration when difficult problems arise. Willing and able to speak up when there is a problem identified, confidence to challenge others.
• Review: Evaluate project managers' approaches to works, including logistics, operations, and techniques, to minimize impact on banking operations and ensure compliance with industry best practices.
• Risk Mitigation: Identify potential risks associated with project implementations affecting critical facilities, and develop mitigation strategies to minimize interruptions to business operations.
• Integration: Collaborate with project teams, facilities managers, and BCIM professionals to seamlessly integrate CFE projects into existing critical infrastructure while optimizing resource utilization and minimizing disruptions.
• Resiliency Planning: Incorporate resiliency considerations, redundancy measures, and failover mechanisms into project designs, ensuring continual critical operations.
• Budgeting and Procurement: Provide technical guidance and cost estimates for critical infrastructure upgrades or replacements needed to support projects during the budgeting process.
• Life Cycle Asset Management: Provide life cycle advice, maintenance strategy requirements.
• Compliance and Documentation: Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, industry standards, and internal policies related to critical facility operations and maintain accurate documentation on design specifications, maintenance procedures, and incident reports.
• Vendor Management: Oversee vendors and contractors to ensure timely delivery of services and products, while maintaining quality, safety, and adherence to resilience standards.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical or mechanical engineering or related field.
• Registered Engineer a plus
• Proven experience as a Critical Facilities Engineer, with expertise in project management within the banking industry.
• Thorough knowledge of critical facility infrastructure, including data centers, power distribution, HVAC systems, UPS systems, and environmental monitoring.
• Familiarity with design standards, resilience principles, and best practices for critical facility operations within a banking environment.

Location:

On-site –Hong Kong, SAR, China

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