Lead Engineer – Critical Environments (Data Centre)

Company: CBRE Local UK
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Location: London
Job Description:

Lead Engineer – London

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, is recruiting a Lead Engineer to join the team located in London.

Role Summary

  • 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 dilapidation and update plans relating to critical environments
  • Operate change control process covering business critical areas
  • Provide technical management reports as required
  • Provide emergency response standby/call‑out
  • Monitor utilities management and environmental programmes
  • Support critical environment related technical audits
  • Support cost‑effective procurement of engineering maintenance services.
  • Operate within annual engineering budgets for the maintenance and repair of the services
  • 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 Manager
  • Ensure all PPM’s and Critical Facility PPM’s are carried out to schedule
  • Monitor and analyse environmental conditions, review the loading and working conditions of critical equipment regularly
  • Liaise with the CBRE EHS specialist to ensure audit compliance at all times
  • 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 Services Manager

Experience Required

  • Electrician with recognised qualifications (apprenticeship, HND, C&G)
  • 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations – essential
  • Previous experience in operating data centres/critical environments – desirable
  • 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 contract/supplier management skills
  • 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

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Posted: May 27th, 2026