Data Center Solutions Director for Hyperscale & AI/HPC

Cushman & Wakefield; Lincoln (NE); On-site; USD 145,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision & Dental

FSA/HSA benefits

Retirement Savings Plan

Life & Disability Insurance

Paid & Unpaid Time Off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Director, Solutions Data Centers to lead integrated facilities management and solution architecture for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centers. You will translate complex requirements into operating models, staffing plans, and commercial constructs, coordinating across functions.

You will develop staffing models, manage the technical narrative, and present outcomes to client engineering leadership, while building reusable assets and driving win strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Facilities/Construction Management, or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in facilities management, critical facilities operations, or engineering services, including 5+ years with direct data center accountability.
• 5+ years in FM solutions development, bid management, or senior operations with staffing/cost ownership.
• Demonstrated experience building staffing models for critical facilities.
• Working knowledge of electrical distribution, UPS, generators, cooling, BMS/EPMS, and life-safety systems.
• Fluency in FM commercial models, SLA/KPI regimes, and pricing mechanics; advanced Excel modeling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present to C-suite and engineering audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for data center IFM pursuits and global portfolios.
• Translate client requirements into a defensible operating model and staffing plan.
• Build labor models, org charts, span of control, and scope matrices.
• Collaborate with Sales, Operations, HR, Finance, Legal, and Tech to deliver integrated solutions.
• Author and orchestrate technical responses: staffing plan, mobilization, governance, and risk schedules.
• Lead workshops and site walks; defend engineering and FM approach to clients.
• Maintain library of solution components and benchmark staffing ratios.
• Define maintenance program across MV/LV, UPS, chillers, BMS/EPMS, and fire life safety.

Skills

Solution architecture

Staffing models

Excel modeling

Commercial models

Data center infra knowledge

Communication (written & verbal)

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related field

Facilities/Construction Management degree or equivalent

Certifications (PE, CEM, CFM, ATD/ATS, CDCP/CDCS, PMP, LEED AP, NFPA 70E)

Tools

CMMS/IWMS platforms

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Director, Solutions Data Centers to lead integrated facilities management and solution architecture for hyperscale, colocation, and enterprise data centers. You will translate complex requirements into operating models, staffing plans, and commercial constructs, coordinating across functions.

You will develop staffing models, manage the technical narrative, and present outcomes to client engineering leadership, while building reusable assets and driving win strategies.