Data Center Engineering Supervisor

Data Centre Engineering Supervisor

Job : 255971
Posted: 15-Jan-2026
Service line: GWS Segment
Role type: Full-time
Areas of Interest: Engineering/Maintenance
Location(s): Slough - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Business Sector: Data Centre Solutions
Location: Slough, UK

Company Profile: CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally, we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, is recruiting an Engineering Supervisor to join the team located in Slough. The successful candidate will apply a risk-focused maintenance approach to operations of plant and systems in data centres/critical environments. The position of the Data Centre Engineering Supervisor is key to the technical operations of the building and its infrastructure.

As the post holder, you will be expected to have a detailed understanding of the installed building services systems, contingency procedures and be proactive in passing on this knowledge to other members of the Site Personnel. The Data Centre Engineering Supervisor will also be expected to become familiar with aspects of the administrative and engineering operations within the contract. In general, your role will be to ensure the efficient operation of the critical and noncritical engineering services, PC based systems and the associated plant.

Achieving 100% availability. Working closely with the Engineering team, the Data Centre Engineering Supervisor will act as a technical coordination point for the day-to-day maintenance activities, including the Specialist Subcontractors, Suppliers and other support teams. One of the key activities involves the role of an HV authorised person.

You will be the technical reference point for the completion of the necessary permits to ensure compliance with method statements, risk assessments, Supplier Health and Safety procedures. You will ensure that the conduct of any personnel under your control is safe, professional, and conscientious. You will be required to attend site meetings with the client. Further to this the Engineering Supervisor will be a key player in ensuring training requirements within the Data Centre are met and engineers are either trained or in training to ensure the highest engineering standards.

The Data Centre Engineering Supervisor with Support from the Campus Technical Manager will be responsible for ensuring all technical paperwork is created and approved to a high standard, this includes but is not limited to Safety Programs, Risk Assessments, Switching Schedules.

• Able to manage a team of Engineers
• Able to manage own time and allocate works to other team members
• 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 change control process covering business critical areas
• Provide technical management reports as required
• Provide Technical Support and Leadership to the building Engineers
• Form Part of the Escalation chain for any unforeseen incidents and site issues, in and out of hours - providing technical support and leadership.
• Support critical environment related technical audits
• 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 Supervisor
• Ensure maintenance is carried out in line with CBRE H&S procedures, using the permit to work system where applicable and action improvements…