Chief Engineer, Data Centers

JLL empowers you to shape a brighter way .   Our people at JLL are shaping the future of real estate for a better world by combining world class services, advisory and technology for our clients. We are committed to hiring the best, most talented people and empowering them to thrive, grow meaningful careers and to find a place where they belong.  Whether you’ve got deep experience in commercial real estate, skilled trades or technology, or you’re looking to apply your relevant experience to a new industry, join our team as we help shape a brighter way forward.    Chief Engineer, Data Centers   This position is responsible for managing a team of data center engineers at a large hyperscale data center campus. The role focuses on ensuring safe and efficient operations, maintaining site equipment and maintaining 100% uptime. The right person will demonstrate expertise in one specific area while being multi-skilled in others to successfully complete daily work assignments.     Your day-to-day tasks will include:   People Management   Ensure your team is completing training as assigned.    Manage day-to-day HR issues, escalating as necessary.    Performance manage direct reports through the JLL Quality Conversations process.   Maintain a schedule of Sync meetings with direct reports.    At a minimum, discussing areas for the employee to improve on and areas where the employee is meeting/exceeding expectations.   Write and deliver both the annual performance review and rating.   Participate in performance rating calibration process.    Participate in the hiring process.    Ensure site has appropriate shift coverage to maintain all critical environment spaces.    Safety   Complete hazard assessments as necessary   Comply with all safety procedures, maintaining good housekeeping and safety work areas. Recognize danger and safety hazards and propose methods to eliminate them.    Maintain compliance with all local AHJ ordinance, codes, and laws.    Complete all required safety training as scheduled.    Operations   Oversee and implement the MOP creation process.    Operate and maintain the critical equipment to ensure the campus achieves 100% uptime, while maintaining concurrently maintainable status.    Coordinate with planner scheduler to complete all preventative and corrective maintenance.    Utilize manufacturer operations manuals (O&Ms) to help create and implement training curricula for the stie operations teams to include:     Electrical distribution equipment such as: Emergency Generators, HV/MV/LV switchgears, Uninterruptible Power Systems (UPS), Battery Energy Storage Uninterruptible Power Supplies (BESSUPS), Power Distribution Units (PDUs), Automatic Transfer Switches (ATS), or any other needed systems.   Mechanical plant equipment such as: Air Cooled Chiller plant, Fan Walls, Computer Room Air Conditioning/Handler (CRAC/CRAH), Cooling Distribution Unit (CDU), Direct Expansion Units (DX), Make-up Air Units (MUA), Dedicated Outside Air Supply (DOAS), Exhaust fans, etc.   Controls and Network systems: BMS and EPMS systems, internal networks, and system telemetry flows, BACNet and ModBus communications protocols.    Perform assigned facility inspections and due diligence efforts, reporting on as found conditions impacting satisfactory client occupancy and operations.    Incident Management   Be the first point of contact for service impacting events involving the mechanical plant.   Assist the team in troubleshooting and mitigating incidents.    Assist in the creation of root cause analysis (RCAs).   Participate in RCA presentations to the customer management team.    Be available for after- hours support regarding the mechanical plant.    This includes 24x7 response.   Administrative   Utilize Corrigo (CMMS) for all work performed.    Ensure prompt and accurate work order updates.    Escalate any customer impacting incident’s in accordance with contract