Job Title
Senior Mechanical Lead Technician
Job Description Summary
The Mechanical Maintenance Lead oversees maintenance strategy, governance, and execution for cooling and mechanical systems in a mission-critical data center. This role ensures redundancy, thermal stability, and operational efficiency through preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance programs. Serving as the mechanical subject matter expert, the role manages outage planning, condition-based maintenance, failure analysis, vendor performance, and lifecycle recommendations to improve system reliability and reduce operational risk.
Job Description
Lead and continuously improve mechanical PM, PdM, and corrective maintenance programs for CRAC/CRAH units, chillers, CDUs, pumps, cooling towers, and related systems.
- Serve as the technical authority for cooling redundancy and thermal resiliency during maintenance activities.
- Develop, review, and enforce mechanical SOPs, MOPs, EOPs, and change-control requirements.
- Plan and approve outages, isolations, lockouts, valve alignments, and flow changes while maintaining required cooling capacity.
- Implement condition-based maintenance, including vibration analysis, oil analysis, thermography, ultrasonic testing, and water-quality monitoring.
- Lead root-cause analysis for cooling incidents, leaks, and control failures; track corrective actions through completion.
- Maintain hydronic system health by monitoring flow, delta-T, pressure, and water chemistry.
- Coordinate HVAC vendor work and review service reports, test results, and corrective actions for quality and completeness.
- Support commissioning and recommissioning activities, including equipment performance testing and redundancy validation.
- Verify post-maintenance performance, including setpoints, airflow, chilled-water temperatures, pressures, and system stability.
- Maintain accurate CMMS records for mechanical assets, task lists, frequencies, and supporting documentation.
- Improve airflow management and cooling efficiency through maintenance-driven actions.
- Identify degradation, capacity constraints, and lifecycle risks; recommend capital repairs or replacements.
- Ensure compliance with environmental, refrigerant, water-treatment, and site safety requirements.
- Coordinate maintenance schedules with operations to protect thermal conditions during work.
- Develop technician capability through training, procedure reviews, and field audits.
- Support audits, inspections, and client reporting related to mechanical maintenance performance.
- Drive reliability KPIs, including PM compliance, defect backlog, repeat failures, and corrective action closure.
Requirements
- 5–8 years of critical facilities maintenance experience, with strong mechanical systems expertise.
- Experience leading maintenance programs, technical teams, and vendor scopes.
- Strong CMMS knowledge, including planning, execution, reporting, and data governance.
- Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, sequence of operations, and system documentation.
- Proven troubleshooting and root-cause analysis skills in high-availability environments.
- Working knowledge of OSHA, NFPA, environmental requirements, and applicable codes and standards.
- Ability to support 24/7 operations, including on-call rotation as required.
- Relevant trade license or certifications preferred, including CDCP, DCEP, HVAC, controls, or BAS credentials.
Additional Information
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
C&W Services is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at C&W Services, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
AAP/EEO STATEMENT
C&W provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, the company takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees during employment are treated without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
OTHER DUTIES
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email Accommodations@cushwake.com. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
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