Data Center Technical Manager - Liquid Cooling

Data Center Technical Manager - Liquid Cooling

As a CBRE Technical Manager, you will assist with the management of the team 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.

• 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.

• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities. Assist in the development of operating and capital budgets.

• Implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an ongoing basis. Maintain effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.

• Coordinate maintenance efforts with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.

• Oversee all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with the latest technology trends.

• Guide ongoing communication with tenants, clients, owners, facility management team, and vendors.

• Facilitate the acquisition of new management contracts and maintain as-built drawings.

• Respond to emergency situations and customer concerns.

• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.

• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.

• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

• Program development for the operation, monitoring, and maintenance of liquid cooling components such as Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), pumps, heat exchangers, and associated piping and control systems.

• Program development for fluid chemistry parameters (e.g., corrosion inhibitors, pH, conductivity, biological activity) for technical water systems supporting liquid cooling, coordinating sampling, filtration, and chemical dosing programs.

• Operational knowledge of Liquid cooling systems, including direct-to-chip, immersion cooling, rear-door heat exchangers, Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs), associated piping, pumps, and heat rejection units.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 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 preferred.

• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.

• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.

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

• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mind.

• Strong understanding of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, heat transfer principles, and water chemistry as applied to data center liquid cooling.

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