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Chief Engineer – JLL
What this job involves: The Chief Engineer leads the facility engineering team within JLL's State of Tennessee account, acting as the working supervisor responsible for the quality, progress, and results of the team's work. This role combines hands-on technical expertise with day-to-day leadership — coaching performance, coordinating activities, resolving operating problems, and ensuring equipment reliability and service quality across assigned facilities. The Chief Engineer plays a critical role in protecting client assets, managing engineering budgets, and driving the maintenance strategy that keeps facilities running safely and efficiently, directly supporting JLL's commitment to operational excellence and client satisfaction.
What your day-to-day will look like:
Supervise the facility engineering team, providing day-to-day coaching, setting expectations, and overseeing maintenance quality, progress, and results.
Maintain the facility's preventive, predictive, and reactive maintenance program, performing or directly supporting technical troubleshooting and restoration work as needed.
Develop and manage the engineering operating budget, including cost forecasting, variance analysis, and prioritized capital and major repair recommendations.
Define contractor scopes, evaluate proposals, and manage contractor performance through technical completion and closeout.
Lead the engineering response and communications during failures or service disruptions, keeping the team and stakeholders informed of status, risks, and follow-up actions.
Support hiring, onboarding, and employee development, and set technical, safety, and operational training priorities for the team.
Coordinate activities and resources with related teams and regional leadership to achieve shared objectives and client commitments.
Required Qualifications:
7+ years of related building engineering experience, including prior work as a Chief Engineer, Assistant Chief Engineer, or similar role.
Universal CFC EPA certification.
Comprehensive understanding of building-engineering processes, systems, and procedures sufficient to supervise delivery and perform technical work.
Demonstrated readiness for staff supervision, performance coaching, and quality review, evidenced through prior leadership experience or assessed development assignments.
Experience preparing and managing an engineering operating budget, forecasting costs, and explaining variances.
Ability to lift up to 50 lbs, use ladders up to 30 feet tall, and frequently climb, bend, kneel, lift, and/or drive; on-site presence required.
Hold and maintain the licenses, training, and certifications appropriate to assigned work.
Preferred Qualifications:
Trade school education, union training, military service, or college coursework in a related field.
Experience developing contractor scopes, evaluating proposals, and verifying contractor performance against procurement requirements.
Experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, Teams).
Strong customer service and communication skills, with the ability to present technical risks and corrective plans clearly to clients and property management.
Ability to coordinate resources with related teams and provide clear technical guidance and feedback to team members.
Experience analyzing recurring failures, backlog, and service issues to select appropriate solutions.
Location: Nashville,…