Data Center Team Lead

CBRE; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE, Inc. is seeking a Data Center Technical Team Lead to manage a large data center operation. You will supervise daily activities, schedules, and cross-train staff while coordinating maintenance with contractors and tenants.

The role requires leadership, problem solving, and strong knowledge of building systems. Flexibility for shifts, weekend availability, and physical requirements are expected in this fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Training in a technical discipline with an apprenticeship or equivalent, or related experience/education.
• Journeyman/Electrician or HVAC license preferred, and any required state/local licensure.
• Experience in staffing, training, coaching, and performance management is preferred.
• Ability to convey expectations and handle sensitive information professionally.
• May require weekend/holiday shifts.
• Must meet physical requirements of the role.
• Understanding of procedures and standards to solve moderately complex problems.
• Ability to analyze solutions using technical judgement and precedents.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Strong organizational skills and an inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities, schedules, and tasks.
• Implement improvements to preventive maintenance programs and manuals.
• Oversee building systems including fire safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues.
• Communicate with tenants, clients, owners, and vendors regularly.
• Respond to emergencies and client concerns.
• Lead by example, align with CBRE RISE values, influence stakeholders.
• Apply discipline knowledge to achieve team objectives.
• Identify and troubleshoot day-to-day and moderately complex issues.

Skills

Staff management

Coaching/Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Office

Advanced math

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Apprenticeship or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

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. Set 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 re