Senior Data Center Chief Engineer - 24/7 Uptime Lead

Cushman & Wakefield; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 119,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Vision plan

Dental insurance

FSAs

HSAs

Retirement plan

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Chief Engineer to lead the safe, reliable operation of mission-critical data center infrastructure in a 24/7 environment. You will manage electrical, mechanical, cooling, monitoring, and life-safety systems and drive continuous improvement for uptime and resiliency.

Responsibilities include supervising a multidisciplinary team, coordinating with vendors, enforcing safety protocols, and shaping procedures and capacity planning.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in critical facilities or data centers.
• 3–5 years of supervisory leadership.
• Experience with UPS, generators, switchgear, PDUs, HVAC.
• Experience with BMS/EPMS/DCIM monitoring.
• Ability to read electrical diagrams and specs.
• Experience with commissioning and turnover activities.
• Familiar with NFPA/NEC/OSHA standards.
• Willingness for on-call rotations.
• Certifications such as CDCP, DCEP, OSHA preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily operations and maintenance of mission-critical infrastructure.
• Ensure high availability and minimize downtime through monitoring and maintenance.
• Supervise multidisciplinary technical team for 24/7 operations.
• Monitor alarms from BMS/EPMS/DCIM; lead root-cause analyses.
• Develop and enforce SOPs, SOPs, EOPs, and change control.
• Oversee vendor and contractor activities in critical environments.
• Promote safety, lockout/tagout, electrical and arc-flash protocols.
• Support capacity planning and infrastructure upgrades.
• Maintain accurate documentation and change logs.
• Support commissioning and turnover of new systems.
• Identify continuous improvement for reliability and risk reduction.

Skills

BMS/EPMS/DCIM

Electrical systems

Mechanical systems

Leadership

Troubleshooting

On-call

Reading schematics

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield seeks a Chief Engineer to lead the safe, reliable operation of mission-critical data center infrastructure in a 24/7 environment. You will manage electrical, mechanical, cooling, monitoring, and life-safety systems and drive continuous improvement for uptime and resiliency.

Responsibilities include supervising a multidisciplinary team, coordinating with vendors, enforcing safety protocols, and shaping procedures and capacity planning.