Job Description

Engineering Supervisor

Job ID

244268

Posted

31-Oct-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s)

Croydon - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Job Title: Data Centre Engineering Supervisor

Business Sector: Data Centre Solutions

COMPANY PROFILE

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally, we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

Key Responsibilities

Able to manage a team of Engineers
Able to manage own time and allocate works to other team members
Able to manage cost related to delivery of maintenance activities (specialist and self-perform)
Ensuring all client services, computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing and revenue earning services meet client requirements or appropriate SLAs
Operate change control process covering business critical areas
Provide technical management reports as required
Provide Technical Support and Leadership to the building Engineers
Form Part of the Escalation chain for any unforeseen incidents and site issues, in and out of hours - providing technical support and leadership.
Support critical environment related technical audits
Responsibility for ensuring all critical related engineering maintenance documentation/records are kept in clearly identified and retrievable systems
Advise the Facilities Management Team of changes in critical environment requirements
Plan Statutory Compliance Maintenance and Testing and report as required the Statutory Compliance Audit Report to the Technical Services Supervisor
Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with CBRE H&S procedures, using the permit to work system where applicable and action improvements identified during the building and workplace inspections and reviews
Escalate urgent issues identified through to the Technical Manager
Responsible for the Curation of the site library of Technical paperwork such as Switching Schedules and SOPs
Responsible for ensuring site training requirements and curating the site specific training program under the guidance of the Campus Technical Manager
Responsible for technical Sign off for new recruits and guidance of engineers technical development
Responsible for Ensuring CBRE platforms utilised and maintained such as Quantum to ensure risk radar kept up to date.
Lead cultural change on a daily basis, through being an effective role model for safe working practices, compliance, quality standards and best practice methods.
Positive contribution to the "team" effort, with a "can do" attitude and raising of standards.
Develop the engineering team though coaching and mentoring on critical maintenance and operations as defined within CERM methodologies.
Actively manage and where required, supervise engineering risks through applying CERM methodologies.
Oversee the site engineering team in the proficient use and application of CERM.
Undertake other tasks, as required by the Technical Manager, in accordance with experience and competencies.

PERSONAL SPECIFICATION

Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G)
18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations - essential
Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments
Knowledge of emergency response/standby/call out activities and protocols
Understand the monitoring of utilities and environmental programmes
IOSH or equivalent H&S training
Excellent facilitation, communication skills at all levels
Self-motivated, resourceful and pro-active
Confident decision maker
Understanding of water hygiene (L8) - desirable
BMS Controls experience / HVAC experience - desirable
Operational experience of UPS, Standby Power and Critical Environment Cooling
Operational experience of managing Environmental, Health & Safety and Quality Systems
PC and MS office skills
Experience of system integration and handover preferred
Management Experience Essential
Strong Communication skills Essential
Candidate must be confident with training others, communicating in high pressure situations with superiors and clients and be able to enforce the CBRE safety Rules

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.