Data Center Shift Lead- (Loyang)

CBRE Asia Pacific; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Asia Pacific is seeking a Data Center Technical Team Lead to perform preventative maintenance and complex repairs within a large data center operation. You will lead a skilled technical team, coordinate daily activities, and ensure uptime of critical facilities.

This role requires hands-on technical expertise, licensure in electrical or HVAC, strong communication, and the ability to partner with tenants, vendors, and contractors.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or equivalent in a technical discipline; Journeyman Electrician or HVAC license preferred.
• Experience in staffing, training, coaching, and performance management is a plus.
• Ability to convey complex information and manage expectations across stakeholders.
• Willingness to work shifts including weekends/holidays.
• Must meet the physical requirements of a field role.
• Understanding of procedures and standards to solve moderately complex problems.
• Strong MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Excellent organizational skills and numerical aptitude.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities, schedules, and cross-training.
• Improve preventive maintenance programs and maintain safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinate maintenance with contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.
• Oversee building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues.
• Communicate with tenants, clients, owners, facility management, and vendors.
• Respond to emergencies and customer concerns.
• Lead by example in line with CBRE RISE values and align stakeholders.
• Apply multidisciplinary knowledge to achieve team objectives.
• Identify and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues.

Skills

Staffing & coaching

Communication

Problem solving

Shift flexibility

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Technical apprenticeship

Journeyman Electrician or HVAC license

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Data Center Technical Team Lead, you will perform preventative maintenance and complex corrective repairs within a large Data Center operation.

This job is part of the Critical and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for technical maintenance services in critical client environments.

What You'll Do:

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. See and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an ongoing basis. Maintain effective building specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinate maintenance efforts with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.
• Oversee all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with the latest technology trends.
• Guide ongoing communication with tenants, clients, owners, facility management team, and vendors.
• Respond to emergency situations and customer concerns.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You'll Need:

• Training in a Technical discipline having served an apprenticeship or equivalent and / or a combination of experience and education will be considered. Journeyman/Electrician or HVAC license, preferred, and state and local licensures, where required.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Ability to work shifts that may include weekends and holidays.
• Must meet the physical requirements of this role
• Understanding of existing procedures and standards to solve slightly complex problems.
• Ability to analyze possible solutions using technical experience to apply appropriate judgment and precedents.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Strong organizational skills with an inquisitive mindset.
• Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial- related calculations.