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Data Center Team Lead

CBRE

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Location
Birmingham, AL
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Job overview

The CBRE Data Center Technical Team Lead performs preventive maintenance and complex corrective repairs in a large data center operation. The role coordinates daily team activities, oversees building systems, and works with tenants, clients, owners, vendors, and contractors. It also responds to emergencies and customer concerns, improves preventive maintenance programs, and helps resolve operational issues.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Team Coordination, nice to havePreventive Maintenance, nice to haveBuilding Systems, nice to haveCommunication, requiredProblem Solving, requiredMicrosoft Office, requiredOrganizational Skills, requiredMathematics, requiredPhysical Ability, required

Qualifications

Technical Training or Equivalent, nice to haveJourneyman/Electrician or HVAC License, nice to haveState and Local Licensure, nice to haveStaffing and Performance Management Experience, nice to haveShift Availability, required

Full job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Data Center Technical Team Lead, you will performpreventative maintenance and complex corrective repairs within a large DataCenter operation. This job is part of the Critical and Technical Services jobfunction. They are responsible for technical maintenance services in criticalclient environments.

What You’ll Do:

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

  • Implement improvements for preventivemaintenance programs on an ongoing basis. Maintain effective building specificmaintenance and safety procedure manuals. • Coordinate maintenance efforts withoutside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.

  • Oversee all building systems including fire/lifesafety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with thelatest technology trends.

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

  • Respond to emergency situations and customerconcerns.

  • Lead by example and model behaviors that areconsistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests toreach an agreement.

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

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

What You’ll Need:

  • Training in a Technical discipline having servedan apprenticeship or equivalent and / or a combination of experience andeducation will be considered.

  • Journeyman/Electrician or HVAC license,preferred, and state and local licensures, where required.

  • Experience in the areas of staffing, selection,training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, andrewarding performance and retention preferred.

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

  • Ability to work shifts that may include weekendsand holidays.

  • Must meet the physical requirements of this role

  • Understanding of existing procedures andstandards to solve slightly complex problems.

  • Ability to analyze possible solutions usingtechnical experience to apply appropriate judgment and precedents.

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

  • Strong organizational skills with an inquisitivemindset.

Advanced math skills. Ability to calculatedifficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial re

Equal Employment Opportunity: 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.

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 [email protected] or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)

How this job compares

Set against the 1,411 open Facilities Maintenance jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$71–87K/yr211 salary ranges
  • US median$25–31/hr558 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 19 open Facilities Maintenance jobs in Alabama and 1,411 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
Facilities Maintenance postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (922 postings).
Education
14 of the 1,411 open Facilities Maintenance jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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