Union Data Center Lead Technician

Cable Technician - Lead Technician

CBRE DIRECTLINE, a CBRE Data Center Solutions business, is a leading technology infrastructure services provider enabling mission critical data center infrastructure for the world’s technology leaders.

This role primarily involves the installation and decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure within a Data Center environment. A key aspect is the continuous pursuit of sustainable, repeatable, and improved solutions and processes. The role includes leading crews, providing structured feedback on project progress to stakeholders, ensuring high-quality workmanship, maintaining Data Center cleanliness, and adhering to all production, safety, and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices.

Collaboration with stakeholders to resolve project obstacles and the ability to read and comprehend blueprints and building documentation is required. A broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies is essential.

• Installation/decommissioning of network and cabling infrastructure in a Data Center environment.
• Deliver sustainable and repeatable solutions and processes, always with an eye on improvement.
• Provide structured feedback on project progress to stakeholders.
• Exhibit quality workmanship on all work and maintain Data Center cleanliness.
• Follow all production, safety and quality standards, codes, and industry best practices.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders to remove project obstacles.
• Read and comprehend blueprints and building documentation/redline work.
• Maintain a broad understanding of Data Center infrastructure technologies.

• Knowledge and use of basic telecom hand tools.
• Capable of leading a crew of 1-5 technicians.
• Understanding of customer service, perform job walks and communicate with customers for job requirements.
• Accept responsibility for the outcome of work performed by self and by employees who directly report to them.
• Clear understanding of job safety requirements.
• Ability to read and understand job floor plans.
• Familiarity with wiring schemes and wiring testing.
• Ability to pull all types of low voltage cables.
• Capability to perform field terminations and labeling.
• Capability of maintaining orderly paperwork, running midsize to large projects and service jobs.
• Skill to layout MDF and IDF closets, dress all types of cable, and perform all types of terminations; basic understanding of fiber equipment and fiber terminations.
• Basic understanding of copper and fiber cable testing and troubleshooting.
• Ability to work in Data Centers.
• Capability to work on analog, DSL, and extend T1 lines.
• Capability to patch network equipment.
• Track and submit timesheets for crew reporting.
• Perform job walks and maintain paperwork for service jobs.
• Copper/Fiber term, test, splice, troubleshoot.
• Responsibility for outcomes of work.
• Effective communication with foreman, leads, techs.
• Understanding metrics/SLA’s and ability to track.
• Knowledge and understanding of network handover.
• Track lessons learned as they occur.
• Coordinate with QA/QC on quality status walks.
• Knowledge and understanding of project close‑out.
• Identify technicians’ strengths and weaknesses.

CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have 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.

CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If assistance is needed, please submit a request via email at recr or by telephone at  (U.S.) and  (Canada).