Senior Engineering Operations Leader - Corporate Campus

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 201,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan with company contributions

Comprehensive Medical, Dental & Vision

Paid parental leave at 100% of salary

Paid Time Off and Company Holidays

Daily Pay

Job summary

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Manager to lead the Engineering Operations program across the client HQ campus. You will supervise maintenance, reliability, and technical service delivery, coordinating with stakeholders and vendors to ensure uptime and safety.

This role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 10+ years in facilities engineering, 5+ years of leadership, and hands-on expertise with HVAC, electrical, BAS/BMS, and CMMS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, or related technical field; 10+ years of progressive experience in facilities engineering, building maintenance, facilities operations, or related technical operations.
• 5+ years of people-leadership experience managing multidisciplinary Engineering or maintenance teams.
• Experience supporting large campuses, complex corporate environments, or critical operating environments.
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire/life safety, BAS/BMS, generators, emergency power, controls, and related building systems.
• Knowledge of RCM, Root Cause Analysis, asset lifecycle management, and preventive/predictive maintenance practices, incident management handling.
• Strong analytical capability and experience using KPIs and operational data to drive decisions and improvement.
• Demonstrated experience with operating budgets, forecasting, expense management, and cost control.
• Experience supporting capital projects, shutdowns, commissioning, and project turnover into facilities operations.
• Experience managing and working with Union Team members will be key in this role.
• Strong leadership, communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Proficiency with CMMS software, energy management systems, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership for Engineering Operations, maintenance, reliability, compliance, and continuous improvement across the client HQ.
• Partner with the Chief Engineer and Engineering leadership to prioritize maintenance, repairs, infrastructure needs, staffing, safety, and operational requirements.
• Oversee preventive, predictive, corrective, and reactive maintenance programs to improve equipment reliability, extend asset life, and minimize downtime.
• Apply reliability and asset-management practices including RCM, root-cause analysis, asset criticality, lifecycle planning, and repair-versus-replace recommendations.
• Provide oversight of major building systems including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, fire/life safety, BAS/BMS, generators, emergency power, controls, and related infrastructure.
• Ensure work affecting critical laboratories, IDF/telecommunications spaces, and other technology-sensitive environments is appropriately planned, risk-assessed, and coordinated to protect business continuity.
• Oversee planned shutdowns, critical maintenance activities, operational risk assessments, and restoration activities.
• Provide governance of the Engineering CMMS/work-order program, including PM completion, corrective maintenance, backlog, SLA performance, documentation, and data integrity.
• Utilize Corrigo, operational dashboards, KPIs, and performance data to identify trends, recurring issues, resource needs, and improvement opportunities.
• Lead, coach, and develop Engineering staff while establishing clear expectations for performance, accountability, safety, customer service, and professional development.
• Ensure appropriate staffing, scheduling, technical coverage, and resource allocation across SJC facilities.
• Manage and monitor Engineering OPEX, including maintenance expenses, service contracts, vendors, overtime, purchase orders, accruals, forecasts, and financial variances.
• Provide Engineering and IFM support for client-managed capital projects, including asset information, technical input, operational-impact assessments, shutdown planning, commissioning, turnover, and integration into ongoing operations.
• Manage performance of third-party contractors, technical vendors, and specialty service providers against established KPIs, SLAs, safety requirements, and service expectations.

Skills

Facilities engineering

Leadership

HVAC systems

Budgeting & cost control

Stakeholder management

CMMS familiarity

Data analysis & KPIs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Corrigo CMMS

BAS/BMS systems

MS Office Suite

Job description

Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated in San Jose, CA is seeking a Senior Engineering Operations Manager to lead the Engineering Operations program across the client HQ campus. You will supervise maintenance, reliability, and technical service delivery, coordinating with stakeholders and vendors to ensure uptime and safety.

This role requires a Bachelor's in Engineering, 10+ years in facilities engineering, 5+ years of leadership, and hands-on expertise with HVAC, electrical, BAS/BMS, and CMMS.