Lead Engineer

Job Title

Lead Engineer

Job Description Summary

The Lead Engineer leads the site engineering team and coordinates maintenance, troubleshooting, testing and contractor work across assigned critical systems. The role ensures safe, consistent execution of campus maintenance and operational requirements and supports the Critical Facility Manager and Chief Electrical Engineer.

Job Description

About the Role:

• Lead and allocate engineering resources across inspections, planned maintenance, corrective work, testing, and day-to-day operational support
• Coordinate contractors and OSE suppliers, including access, scheduling, MOP verification, work monitoring, and return-to-operation checks
• Review MOPs, SOPs, EOPs, permits, and risk assessments to ensure work is completed safely and in line with operational requirements
• Lead troubleshooting, incident response, isolation, recovery, and technical escalation across electrical, mechanical, cooling, fire, and controls systems
• Review work-order completion, maintenance reports, readings, defects, event records, and follow-up actions to maintain engineering quality and reliability
• Maintain engineering standards, critical spares, tools, housekeeping, asset reliability, and site documentation
• Coach engineers and technicians, support competency development, and contribute to training, drills, and succession planning
• Support operational reporting, customer communication, commissioning, mobilisation, and handover activities across the campus

About You:

• 5+ years of experience in data centre or mission-critical facilities engineering
• Relevant qualification or trade licence in electrical, mechanical, building services, or a related engineering discipline
• Demonstrated experience leading maintenance, testing, incidents, and contractor activities in a 24x7 operational environment
• Strong hands-on troubleshooting capability across critical electrical, mechanical, cooling, fire, and controls systems
• Good understanding of MOP, SOP, EOP, permit-to-work, risk assessment, incident management, and change-control processes
• Strong capability in maintenance quality assurance, technical risk assessment, and trend-based fault identification
• Clear reporting, team coordination, coaching, and stakeholder communication skills in both Japanese and English
• Experience supporting commissioning, integrated systems testing, and operational handover in a critical environment is advantageous
• Location is in Inzai, Chiba

INCO: “Cushman & Wakefield”