Sr Data Center Electrical Engineer Technical Manager

CBRE; Des Moines (IA); On-site; USD 158,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(K) plan

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Vision insurance

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Technical Senior Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical operations, maintenance and energy management across facilities. You will supervise staff, coordinate daily activities, and manage budgets while engaging with tenants and contractors to ensure high-quality building performance.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic planning, and hands-on oversight of HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and safety systems, with CBRE’s RISE values guiding decisions and actions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5-8 years of relevant experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated information and convey performance expectations.
• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products and advanced organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees, monitor training, conduct evaluations and coaching.
• Coordinate and manage daily team activities, establish schedules and assign tasks.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities and develop budgets.
• Recommend and implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs and safety manuals.
• Act as point of contact for maintenance with contractors and tenants.
• Oversee building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC and electrical issues.
• Communicate with tenants, clients, owners, facilities team and vendors.
• Drive acquisition of new management contracts and develop as-built drawings.
• Respond to emergencies and align actions with CBRE policies.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Budgeting

Staff development

Coaching

Strategic planning

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Technical Sr. Manager, you will manage the team responsible for all mechanical operations, maintenance, communications, energy management, and workforce development programs for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings.

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities. Develop operating and capital budgets.
• Recommend and implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an on-going basis. Create and maintain effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Point of contact for maintenance efforts with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel and technicians.
• Oversee all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with latest technology trends.
• Maintain on-going communication with high profile tenants, clients, owners, facility management team and vendors.
• Drive the acquisition of new management contracts. Facilitate the development of as-built drawings.
• Respond to emergency situations (fire, evacuation, equipment failure etc.) and customer concerns.
• Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own discipline, and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence others to adopt a different point of view while being guided by policies and departmental plans.
• Identify and solve technical and operational problems of complexity.
• Understand and recognize the broader impact across the department.
• Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5 - 8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The maximum salary of $175000 annually. The compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on their skills, qualifications, and experience. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance

Equal Employment Opportunity:

CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations:

CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).

Additional Information:

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affidavit Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)