Director of Data Center Solutions & Engineering

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

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Director, Solutions Data Centers to lead the design and articulation of integrated facilities management solutions for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and AI/HPC data centers. This client-facing role translates complex requirements into operating models, staffing plans, and commercial constructs.

The role emphasizes engineering staffing, wage strategy, and labor-market feasibility, building a center of excellence for critical facilities engineering across sites

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or related technical discipline.
• 10+ years in facilities management, critical facilities operations, or engineering services with data center accountability.
• 5+ years in FM solutions development, bid management, or senior operations with staffing/cost ownership.
• Experience building critical-facilities staffing models and defending them to clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for data center IFM pursuits across portfolios.
• Translate client requirements into defensible operating models and staffing plans.
• Build labor models, org charts, and scope matrices to underpin pricing and governance.
• Partner with Sales, Operations, HR, Talent Acquisition, Procurement, Finance, EHS, Sustainability, Legal and Technology to deliver integrated solutions.
• Author and orchestrate technical responses: narrative, staffing plan, mobility and transition plan, tech stack, governance, risk register.

Skills

Facilities management

Staffing models

Excel modeling

Client facing

Data center knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Tools

CMMS/IWMS platforms

BMS/EPMS integration

Excel

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Director, Solutions Data Centers to lead the design and articulation of integrated facilities management solutions for hyperscale, colocation, enterprise, and AI/HPC data centers. This client-facing role translates complex requirements into operating models, staffing plans, and commercial constructs.

The role emphasizes engineering staffing, wage strategy, and labor-market feasibility, building a center of excellence for critical facilities engineering across sites