Job Title
Facilities Manager
Job Description Summary
Facilities Manager is responsible for the 24/7 reliability of data center operations by supervising critical electrical and mechanical systems through proactive maintenance and rigorous incident response. You will also manage operational budgets, vendor relationships, and regulatory compliance while supporting strategic planning for system upgrades and facility expansions.
Job Description
About the Role:
- Supervise the daily operation of electrical, mechanical, and building systems.
- Maintain 24/7 uptime and reliability across all data center facilities.
- Manage incident response, find the root cause of issues, and fix them for good.
- Run preventive and predictive maintenance programs to keep equipment healthy.
- Stay on top of safety rules, government regulations, and audit needs.
- Handle vendor relationships, service contracts, and the operational budget.
- Help with planning for future capacity, upgrading systems, and site expansions.
About You:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Facilities Engineering (an MBA is a plus).
- 5 to 8 years of experience in facility or infrastructure management, specifically within data centers or other 24/7 critical environments.
- Solid technical knowledge of power distribution, cooling systems, fire protection, and building management systems (BMS).
- Strong background in compliance and risk, including familiarity with industry standards like Uptime Institute, ASHRAE, and local safety regulations.
- Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams, overseeing vendors, and handling incident response and site performance.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;
Being part of a growing global company;
Career development and a promote from within culture;
An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
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