Senior Mechanical Lead – Data Center Cooling & Reliability

cw; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Mechanical Lead Technician to oversee maintenance strategy and execution for mission-critical data center cooling systems. You will lead PM, PdM, and corrective maintenance for CRAC/CRAH units, chillers, CDUs, pumps, and cooling towers, ensuring redundancy and thermal stability.

This role requires strong CMMS skills, incident analysis, and collaboration with operations to protect 24/7 uptime.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of critical facilities maintenance experience with strong mechanical systems expertise.
• Experience leading maintenance programs, technical teams, and vendor scopes.
• Strong CMMS knowledge, including planning, execution, reporting, and data governance.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, sequence of operations, and system documentation.
• Proven troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills in high-availability environments.
• Working knowledge of OSHA, NFPA, environmental requirements, and applicable codes and standards.
• Ability to support 24/7 operations, including on-call rotation as required.
• Relevant trade license or certifications preferred, including CDCP, DCEP, HVAC, controls, or BAS credentials.

Responsibilities

• Lead mechanical PM, PdM, and corrective maintenance for cooling equipment.
• Serve as technical authority for cooling redundancy during maintenance.
• Develop, review, and enforce mechanical SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, and change-control requirements.
• Plan and approve outages, isolations, lockouts, valve alignments, and flow changes while maintaining required cooling capacity.
• Implement condition-based maintenance, including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasonic testing, and water-quality monitoring.
• Lead root-cause analysis for cooling incidents, leaks, and control failures; track corrective actions through completion.
• Maintain hydronic system health by monitoring flow, delta-T, pressure, and water chemistry.
• Coordinate HVAC vendor work and review service reports, test results, and corrective actions for quality and completeness.
• Support commissioning and recommissioning activities, including equipment performance testing and redundancy validation.
• Verify post-maintenance performance, including setpoints, airflow, chilled-water temperatures, pressures, and system stability.
• Maintain accurate CMMS records for mechanical assets, task lists, frequencies, and supporting documentation.
• Improve airflow management and cooling efficiency through maintenance-driven actions.
• Identify degradation, capacity constraints, and lifecycle risks; recommend capital repairs or replacements.
• Ensure compliance with environmental, refrigerant, water-treatment, and site safety requirements.
• Coordinate maintenance schedules with operations to protect thermal conditions during work.
• Develop technician capability through training, procedure reviews, and field audits.
• Support audits, inspections, and client reporting related to mechanical maintenance performance.
• Drive reliability KPIs, including PM compliance, defect backlog, repeat failures, and corrective action closure.

Skills

Mechanical systems expertise

Maintenance program leadership

Troubleshooting & root-cause analysis

Reading technical drawings

On-call support

Regulatory compliance (OSHA/NFPA)

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Cushman & Wakefield is seeking a Senior Mechanical Lead Technician to oversee maintenance strategy and execution for mission-critical data center cooling systems. You will lead PM, PdM, and corrective maintenance for CRAC/CRAH units, chillers, CDUs, pumps, and cooling towers, ensuring redundancy and thermal stability.

This role requires strong CMMS skills, incident analysis, and collaboration with operations to protect 24/7 uptime.