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CBRE Group, Inc.

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Data Center Mechanical Engineer

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About the Role

Join CBRE Data Center Solutions as a Facility Engineer (Mechanical), responsible for ensuring the reliability, availability, and efficiency of critical mechanical infrastructure within a mission-critical data centre environment. This role plays a key part in maintaining uptime, supporting operational excellence, and ensuring all systems operate in line with client requirements and CBRE standards.

What You'll Do

  • Operate, monitor, and maintain critical mechanical systems including chillers, cooling towers, pumps, CRAH/CRAC units, AHUs, plumbing, water treatment, and fire suppression systems.
  • Lead and execute planned preventive maintenance (PPM) activities to ensure asset reliability and performance.
  • Review, manage, and close maintenance activities within the CMMS while maintaining accurate documentation and records.
  • Perform fault diagnosis, root cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventive actions for mechanical incidents.
  • Monitor plant performance, environmental conditions, and energy efficiency, identifying opportunities for optimization and continuous improvement.
  • Prepare and execute MOPs, SOPs, and EOPs while supporting change management activities and maintenance windows.
  • Supervise Facilities Technicians and provide technical guidance, coaching, and competency development.
  • Coordinate and supervise specialist contractors, vendors, and OEMs, ensuring compliance with site procedures and safety requirements.
  • Support spare parts planning, lifecycle management, quotation requests, and capital improvement initiatives.
  • Contribute to client reporting, KPI reviews, incident investigations, audits, and operational meetings.
  • Support emergency response activities and participate in drills and critical incident management.
  • Ensure compliance with CBRE Health, Safety & Environment policies, permit-to-work systems, and LOTO procedures.

What You'll Need

  • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline. Diploma holders with relevant experience are also encouraged to apply.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in mechanical operations and maintenance.
  • At least 3 years of experience working within a mission-critical environment, preferably a data centre.
  • Strong knowledge of chilled water systems, cooling infrastructure, thermal management, and redundancy concepts such as N+1 and 2N.
  • Experience performing troubleshooting, fault diagnosis, and root cause analysis within critical environments.
  • Familiarity with CMMS platforms such as Maximo, Corrigo, Planon, or similar maintenance management systems.
  • Experience using BMS/SCADA systems for monitoring and managing critical plant operations.
  • Proven experience supervising technicians, contractors, vendors, and service providers.
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and reporting skills.
  • Professional working proficiency in both Bahasa Indonesia and English.

Preferred Qualifications

CDCP, CDFOS, K3 Umum/Ahli K3, ISO Internal Auditor, or other relevant mechanical and refrigeration certifications.

Previous experience supporting data centre or other mission-critical facilities operations.

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