Founded in 1998, Direct Line has grown from its start in Silicon Valley to become a leading global technology services company, providing data center design, integration, installation, retrofits, maintenance and managed services to the world's leading technology companies.
Catering to a broad spectrum of technology and client requirements, Direct Line employs over 1200+ skilled technicians to deliver over 1000 projects annually across data center markets in the US and APAC.
In July 2024 Direct Line was acquired by CBRE and now operates within its Data Center Solutionsbusiness. This new ownership presents an opportunity to support and accelerate DL's key strategies to serve the increasing demands of the industry and our clients.
SUMMARY
CBRE | DIRECTLINE, a CBRE Data Center Solutionsbusiness, is a leading technology infrastructure services provider enabling mission critical data center infrastructure for the world's technology leaders. Catering to a broad spectrum of technology and client requirements, 1200+ skilled technicians deliver over 1000 projects annually across data center markets in the US and APAC. DL has proven success in the deployment of next-generation infrastructure technologies across the data center lifecycle; from design & planning, install & build through Day 2 maintenance, technology upgrades & retrofits, including delivering the latest wave of AI/ML platforms.
For more information on how Direct Line can support your technology infrastructure requirements, please visit: www.dl-global.com
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITES
- Assist Leads and Project Managers with day-to-day project administrative functions.
- Maintain and monitor project plans, project schedules, timecards, work hours, budgets, and expenditures
- Organizing, attending, and participating in stakeholder meetings
- Document and follow up on important actions and decision from meetings
- Prepare necessary presentation materials for meetings
- Ensure project deadlines are met
- Provide administrative support as needed
- Developing project strategies with the Lead Technician, Superintendent, and Project Manager
- Ensure projects adhere to requirements and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project
- Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable
- Chair and facilitate meetings where appropriate and distribute minutes to all project team members
- Coordinate, manage, and make travel arrangements for technicians traveling to the project
- Create the teams, develop the objectives/goals of each and assign individual responsibilities
- Perform project accounting functions including managing the budget, tracking team expenses and minimizing exposure and risk to the project.
- Order, track, sort, inventory, and receive materials
- Track labor production to ensure milestones are met
- Collaborates with the entire organization
- Primary liaison between Project Manager and Lead Technicians
- Submit access requests for employees and testers
- Manage all test results and maintain them in the project's as-built folder.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Minimum 5 years' experience.
- 2 years of experience on construction projects.
- Excellent communication skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office
- Good understanding of building networks.
- Ability to plan and organize a team effort.
- Good client management and building goodwill.
- Capacity to motivate, lead and boost morale of teams.
- Effective time management and logical decision-making ability.
- Strong focus on quality and safety.
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CBRE | DIRECTLINE, a CBRE Data Center Solutionsbusiness, is a leading technology infrastructure services provider enabling mission critical data center infrastructure for the world's technology leaders. Catering to a broad spectrum of technology and client requirements, 1200+ skilled technicians deliver over 1000 projects annually across data center markets in the US and APAC. DL has proven success in the deployment of next-generation infrastructure technologies across the data center lifecycle; from design & planning, install & build through Day 2 maintenance, technology upgrades & retrofits, including delivering the latest wave of AI/ML platforms.
For more information on how Direct Line can support your technology infrastructure requirements, please visit: www.dl-global.com
