Senior Chief Building Engineer

JLL; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

JLL is seeking a Senior Chief Engineer to lead the engineering team in ensuring safe, reliable and cost-efficient operation of facility systems across our site. You will supervise engineers and maintenance staff, manage contractor activities, ensure regulatory compliance, and maintain infrastructure documentation while driving uptime and performance improvements.

The role offers exposure to complex facility systems and requires a proactive leader capable of implementing reliability-based

Responsibilities

• Provide operational leadership for the engineering team and oversee maintenance activities.
• Ensure machinery and systems operate safely, efficiently, and with 100% uptime.
• Coordinate contractor activities and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Maintain infrastructure documentation and implement maintenance best practices.

Skills

Leadership

Engineering supervision

Maintenance management

Regulatory compliance

Infrastructure documentation

Job description

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way.

Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented peopleand empowering them tothrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong. Whether you've got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you're looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.

What this job involves:

As Senior Chief Engineer, you'll provide operational leadership for the engineering team, ensuring machinery and systems operate safely, efficiently, and cost-effectively while achieving 100% uptime through reliability-based maintenance practices. You'll implement equipment inspection and monitoring programs, define maintenance best practices, and continuously evaluate operations to enhance effectiveness and maximize performance. Your responsibilities include supervising engineers and maintenance staff, managing contractor activities, ensuring regulatory compliance, and maintaining all infrastructure documentation. This position offers the opportunity to lead a high-performing team while expanding your capabilities through exposure to complex facility systems.