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Data Center Maintenance Team Lead

Job ID

238533

Posted

19-Sep-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Data Centers, Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management

Location(s)

Minneapolis - Minnesota - United States of America, Rosemount - Minnesota - United States of America, Saint Paul - Minnesota - United States of America, South Saint Paul - Minnesota - United States of America, West Saint Paul - Minnesota - United States of America

About the Role:

As a CBRE Data Center Technical Team Lead, you will perform preventative maintenance and complex corrective repairs within a large Data Center operation.

This job is onsite in Rosemount, Minnesota.

This job is part of the Critical and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for technical maintenance services in critical client environments.

What You’ll Do:

+ 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.

+ 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.

+ 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.

What You’ll Need:

+ Training in a Technical discipline having served an apprenticeship or equivalent and / or a combination of experience and education 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, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.

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

+ Ability to work shifts that may include weekends and holidays.

+ Must meet the physical requirements of this role

+ Understanding of existing procedures and standards to solve slightly complex problems.

+ Ability to analyze possible solutions using technical 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 inquisitive mindset.

Why CBRE:

A culture of respect, integrity, service and excellence crafts our approach to every opportunity!

We are guided by the needs of the cities we inhabit, the communities we build and the world we thrive in!

• Benefits start 1st of the month: Medical, dental vision, PTO, 401k, etc.

• Internal advancement available after 6-month mark

• 40-45 hours a week

• Competitive Pay

**CBRE’s Data Center Solutions** is the world’s only fully integrated data center real estate firm, offering global strategy, acquisition and disposition representation, project management, and facilities management from a single provider. We serve 40% of the Fortune 100’s data centers, spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary markets across the globe. As an employer of choice, we heavily invest in our people to best serve these state-of-the-art facilities by offering mission critical and leadership training.

**CBRE Group, Inc.** (NYSE:CBRE), a Fortune 500 (Fortune #128 as of 2025) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage serving, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development). Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Data Center Lead Technician position is $60,000 annually [or $28.84 per hour] and the maximum salary for the Data Center Lead Technician position is $80,000 annually [or $38.46 per hour]. 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 [email protected] or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

CBRE GWS

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

Find out more (https://www.cbre.com/real-estate-services/directory/global-workplace-solutions)

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