Facilities Lead

CBRE, Inc.; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE, Inc. is seeking a Facilities Supervisor to oversee the team coordinating with clients, vendors, and contractors to ensure work orders are completed efficiently. This role sits within Facilities Management and supports Property Managers with repairs and investment plans.

You will lead scheduling, vendor evaluation, expense tracking, and performance reporting to optimize building operations and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Strong organizational and planning abilities.
• Excellent numeric and math skills for calculations and budgeting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Experience with Microsoft Office products.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities; set schedules and assign tasks.
• Serve as point of contact between landlord, tenants, and service providers.
• Arrange regular maintenance of equipment and facilities.
• Review work order data and present performance reports to management.
• Design and oversee cleaning and disinfection schedules.
• Evaluate costs and vendors; compare market options.
• Track facility expenses and manage budgets.
• Resolve problems and propose effective solutions.
• Develop new techniques to meet objectives and drive team success.
• Impact team objectives and customer outcomes with leadership and example.

Skills

Microsoft Office

Organizational skills

Numerical/mathematical skills

Communication skills

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Excel

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Facilities Supervisor, you will supervise the team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors to make sure work orders are complete.

This job is a part of the Facilities Management functional area which focuses on all aspects of the operations of a set of assets, providing support to the Property Managers regarding all repairs and investment plans.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Point of contact for escalated communications between landlord, tenants, and service providers by ensuring all procedures, policies, and reporting formats are understood, and implemented.
• Arrange for regular maintenance of equipment.
• Review data from work order reports and create and present performance and progress status reports to management. Make suggestions on how to improve efficiency.
• Design and oversee the schedule for cleaning and disinfecting the building.
• Conduct market research and compare costs and benefits when evaluating new vendors.
• Keep track of regular and ad-hoc facility expenses.
• Resolve complex problems and identify appropriate approaches to existing solutions to accomplish team objectives.
• May establish new techniques to ensure the team is able to meet its objectives.
• Has a direct impact on the team objectives as well as the objectives of related teams.
• Ensure personal and team outcomes have a positive impact on customer objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Guide team through the application of basic knowledge of practices and procedures. Work to build consensus.

What You’ll Need:

• High School Diploma or GED with 5+ years of job-related experience. Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred.
• In-depth understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function and basic knowledge of related job functions required.
• Requires the ability to explain complex concepts or sensitive information.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Excellent organizational skills with a master- level inquisitive mindset.
• Exceptional math skills. Ability to calculate sophisticated figures such as percentages, discounts, and markups.