Senior Data Center Technical Director

Company: CBRE
Location: Ashburn
Posted on: May 1, 2025

Job Description:

Senior Data Center Technical Director

Job ID

216810

Posted

22-Apr-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Data Centers, Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management

Location(s)

Ashburn - Virginia - United States of America, Atlanta - Georgia - United States of America, Baltimore - Maryland - United States of America, Boston - Massachusetts - United States of America, Charlotte - North Carolina - United States of America, New York City - New York - United States of America, Philadelphia - Pennsylvania - United States of America, Raleigh - North Carolina - United States of America, Southbury - Connecticut - United States of America, Sterling - Virginia - United States of America, Tampa - Florida - United States of America

About the Role:

As a CBRE Technical Sr. Director, you will oversee the department responsible for all mechanical operations, maintenance, communications, energy management, and workforce development programs for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings. This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

What You'll Do:

--- Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.

--- Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.

--- Execute operational strategies, ensuring efficient and effective operations.

--- Act as a key business partner to put in place initiatives and start process improvements.

--- Partner with national and global senior management to develop and implement strategies that optimize operational performance and support the business.

--- Oversee client services support activities to drive the productivity of client-facing professionals.

--- Direct the business operations activities nationally. Develop partnerships with internal department

management.

--- Apply deep knowledge of multiple disciplines, broad industry knowledge, and commercial awareness. Drive financial and functional performance within disciplines and across business.

--- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Negotiate with senior management, customers, and external parties of divergent interests to reach an agreement of strategic importance while being guided by the business segment and the organization's functional strategy.

--- Conceptualize new methods, techniques, processes, and standards across job disciplines or functions.

--- Direct the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems by applying advanced critical thinking.

What You'll Need:

--- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 12-15 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.

--- Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.

--- Ability to exchange sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.

--- Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.

--- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

--- Expert organizational skills with an unrivaled inquisitive mindset.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Senior Technical Director position is $135,000 annually and the maximum salary for the Senior Technical Director position is

$185,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate's skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE's applicable benefit program.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company's success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

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