Critical Environment Management Lead

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Critical Environment Management Lead

What this job involves:

This is a pivotal leadership role to implement and drive JLL’s Critical Environment Management best practices and continuous improvement across the South Asia Hub (SA HUB), covering Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia & Vietnam. The Critical Environment Lead must leverage technical, operational, and people leadership to deliver safe, resilient, and innovative outcomes for complex client environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership for the management of critical environments (CEM) across multiple countries, ensuring 24×7 business continuity, safety, and regulatory compliance.
• Protect the health and safety of all staff, partners, and stakeholders, through the development and enforcement of critical guidelines, procedures, and escalation frameworks.
• Ensure compliance with all statutory regulations on fire, health, and safety standards; uphold JLL and client policies, audit programs, and EOS community initiatives.
• Lead or coordinate change management and continuous improvement in critical environment (CE) practices, engineering documentation, and solutions adoption across the region.
• Conduct audits to verify critical safety controls (including BCP/DR, incident escalation, life safety systems) are deployed and effective in all locations.
• Support sales and solutions teams with subject matter expertise (SME)—translate site experience into winning IFM proposals and value propositions for new and existing accounts.
• Drive the piloting and scaling of innovative and digital technologies that improve engineering operations, resilience, automation, and cost effectiveness.
• Develop and deliver training and ensure team readiness at regional and country level for all CEM-related protocols, asset management, and engineering best practices.
• Prepare and maintain best-in-class engineering playbooks, SOPs, and change documentation for SA HUB facilities and critical assets.
• Support Engineering product/service development in response to evolving market and regulatory needs.
• Act as SME for critical environments (data centers, trading floors, labs, R&D, cleanrooms, manufacturing, public safety, or business-critical buildings).
• Provide thought leadership, present externally on CE topics, and support the regional Director Engineering Operations (SA HUB) with strategic plans and business development.

Essential Requirements

• Experience: 8+ years (flexible) in engineering leadership roles, of which at least 4 years managing critical environments in any of the following: data centers, industrial sites (manufacturing/plants), high-availability utility, energy, aerospace, defense, public safety, or large-scale hospital/campus settings.
• Regional Experience: Demonstrated responsibility for multi-country operations or national lead roles involving regional project, contractor, or standards harmonization. Candidates with strong national coverage and significant cross-border project delivery will be considered.
• education: Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering (other disciplines with substantial critical facility/industrial experience may be considered).
• Technical Skills: Hands-on leadership in at least THREE of: BMS, HVAC/ACMV, electrical distribution, life safety systems, industrial automation, asset lifecycle management, CMMS/digital O&M, or utilities management.
• People Leadership: Experience building and managing geographically-dispersed, cross-functional technical teams (direct and/or matrixed); experience in integrated facilities management (IFM) a strong asset.
• Compliance & Risk: Deep familiarity with EHS, statutory, and technical compliance standards; proven track record leading safety-critical or regulated operations.
• Communication: Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills for both technical and senior executive/stakeholder audiences.

Desirable/Preferred

• Prior direct experience with data centers, advanced manufacturing, aerospace, regulated utility/energy, or public safety sectors.
• Experience leading critical environment recovery/incident management and business continuity planning.
• Practitioner or advanced user of CMMS, BMS, IoT technologies for maintenance and risk management.
• Exposure to leading digital transformation, operational excellence, commissioning/re-commissioning, or multi-site engineering programs.
• Professional Engineering status or advanced safety/engineering certifications preferred.
• Success supporting business growth through engineering SME and technical solutions development.

Key Success Factors

• Demonstrates regional (or multi-site, multi-country) team leadership, and is comfortable operating in a matrix/global business.
• Proven strategic mindset, with track record of process standardization and uplift across diverse environments.
• Ability to build trust and drive engagement with teams and clients in diverse settings.
• Champions best practices, innovation, and operational resilience in critical environments.

Location:

–Singapore

If this job description resonates with you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of the requirements. We’re interested in getting to know you and what you bring to the table!

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