Engineering Supervisor

CBRE; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Technical Supervisor to lead a dedicated team in providing essential support to senior technical leaders. This role involves managing workload, coordinating activities, and ensuring effective service delivery. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and problem-solving skills, with a knack for innovative thinking and communication. Join a dynamic environment where your expertise will directly influence operational success and contribute to the development of new processes and standards. If you're ready to make a significant impact and drive excellence in engineering services, this opportunity is for you.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of job-related experience in a supervisory role.
• Ability to lift/carry heavy loads and meet physical requirements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee workload, deadlines, and day-to-day activities of the support team.
• Act as a liaison with technical leaders and manage project deliverables.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Communication

Organizational Skills

Mathematical Skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Trade School Diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Engineering Supervisor

Job ID 200107

Posted 12-Mar-2025

Service line GWS Segment

Role type Full-time

Areas of Interest Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s) Newcastle upon Tyne - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

About the Role:
As a CBRE Technical Supervisor, you will oversee a team responsible for providing administrative, process improvement and financial function support to an assigned group of senior technical business leaders.

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.
What You’ll Do:

• Act as liaison with technical business leaders, facilities managers, and other internal and external clients to forecast workload demand and project deliverables.
• Manage, plan, coordinate, schedule, and oversee the workload, deadlines, and day-to-day activities of the support team members to ensure effective delivery of services.
• Work with business leaders to resolve conflicting priorities.
• Coordinate and supervise the team's daily activities.
• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.
• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.
• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values.
• Anticipate potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.
• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.
• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.
• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

What You’ll Need:

• High School Diploma, GED, or trade school diploma with 5-8 years of job-related experience. In lieu of a diploma, a combination of experience and education will be considered. Prior shift leader or supervisory experience preferred.
• Meet the physical requirements of this role including stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to lift/carry heavy loads of 50 lbs. or more.
• The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.
• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the business.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Highly sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate somewhat complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.