Data Centre Day Engineer

CBRE; High Wycombe; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job description

Data Centre Day Engineer

Job ID: 213674

Posted: 11-Apr-2025

Service line: GWS Segment

Role type: Full-time

Areas of Interest: Data Centers, Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management

Location(s): High Wycombe - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Job Title: Data Centre Day Engineer
Business Sector: Data Centre Solutions
Location: High Wycombe, UK

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.

Purpose of the Job

CBRE is responsible for maintaining and operating Critical Environments on behalf of our Customer.

Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance and reactive works to Critical Plant, equipment, and systems in accordance with agreed service levels.
• Respond and manage site engineering emergencies within the critical environments.
• Monitor the Data Centre environments for changes in condition and identify the cause, providing reports to the Team and Customer on the cause and effect.
• Assist in ensuring 100% uptime of Customer Data Centres.

The role reports into the Site Supervisor and works closely with the Contract Manager and Customer DC Manager.

Key Tasks

• Ensure that routine maintenance is carried out to all critical plant, equipment, and systems.
• Operation, troubleshooting, and first-time fix for the following (This list is not exhaustive):
• Building Management Systems (BMS)
• Air Conditioning Systems including DX, Chilled water, and Adiabatic AHUs
• Generators and controls
• AC/DC single-phase and three-phase motors
• UPS Systems
• Emergency lighting
• HV/LV System
• Fire Systems including VESDA and Gas Suppression
• Inspection and Condition Checks of Critical Plant
• Incident Management and Escalation
• Management of Subcontractors including Issue and ensure appropriate controls within the Permit to Work systems.
• Ensure all Data Centre Critical Records are maintained and accurately recorded.

Education and Experience

• Electrical Engineer / City & Guilds – Electrical or a technical qualification such as BTEC, ONC, or City & Guilds, or equivalent ideally with a mechanical or electrical apprenticeship – or significant experience.
• Multi-Skilled - Mechanical / Electrical Knowledge of UPS / Generators / Power Distribution / HVAC.
• Experience of working in a Data Centre Environment.
• HVAP - current or expired.
• Desirable - Knowledge and understanding of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).

Skills

• Desirable - Air Conditioning qualifications.
• Ensures customers are the centre of attention and build positive relationships through understanding their needs and operating environment.
• Communicates effectively in a prompt, appropriate manner to positively influence customers and colleagues' understanding and behaviours.
• Is able to plan own workload, prioritise tasks, and use systems efficiently. Identifies own strengths and how to use them most effectively, while developing new skills and knowledge.
• Demonstrates a progressive mindset, and offers new ideas or ways of delivery to support the team and the customer.
• Identifies energy efficiencies to assist Customer to meet their targets.
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of technical and professional aspects of work in order to deliver the level of expertise to support the team and customer.
• Remains calm and controlled in emergency situations.
• Acts in a way that is open, honest, and consistent with the values of CBRE GWS and does what is right, even when it is difficult.
• Demonstrates behaviours to sustain an integrated HSE culture, to protect our environment and the wellbeing and safety of our team, customers, and supply chain.

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.