Head of Data Center Solutions & Engineering Staffing

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

Job summary

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

This position emphasizes engineering solutioning and staffing, building a center of excellence for data center engineering across sites and portfolios, with heavy involvement in pricing, governance,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in a technical field.
• 10+ years in facilities management or engineering services with data center accountability.
• 5+ years in FM solutions development or senior operations with staffing/cost ownership.
• Experience building staffing models and defending them to clients.
• Strong command of electrical/mechanical data center infra and related systems.
• Fluency in FM commercial models, SLAs/KPIs, and advanced Excel modeling.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to present to C-suite.
• Willingness to travel domestically (25-30%).

Responsibilities

• Lead solution architecture for data center IFM pursuits across portfolios.
• Interpret client requirements into defensible operating models.
• Build labor models, org charts, and scope matrices underpinning pricing.
• Collaborate with Sales, Ops, HR, Procurement, Finance, Legal, and Tech.
• Author and orchestrate technical responses: staffing, mobilization, tech stack, governance.
• Lead workshops, site walks, due-diligence visits, and client sessions.
• Conduct win/loss reviews and improve standard assets and pricing templates.
• Maintain a library of data center solution components and benchmarks.
• Design on-site engineering operating model with 24x7 coverage and remote integration.
• Plan maintenance programs across critical systems including UPS, generators, cooling, and BMS/EPMS.
• Define technology approach: CMMS configuration, asset tagging, remote monitoring, analytics.
• Quantify headcount, overtime, tools, PPE, and spares; plan subcontracted services.
• Develop staffing models by site/portfolio with rotations and coverage.

Skills

Excel modeling

Verbal & written communication

FM knowledge

Data center infrastructure知識

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, Facilities/Construction Management, or related technical discipline

Tools

CMMS/IWMS platforms

Job description

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

This position emphasizes engineering solutioning and staffing, building a center of excellence for data center engineering across sites and portfolios, with heavy involvement in pricing, governance,