Facilities Manager

ZipRecruiter; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Facilities Manager to manage operations for small to medium-sized buildings in Milton Keynes. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and organizational skills, overseeing staff development, vendor relationships, and operational efficiencies.

Qualifications

• Experience in staffing, selection, training, and performance appraisal.
• Ability to convey performance expectations and handle problems effectively.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team responsible for overseeing building operations and maintenance.
• Schedule and manage the team's daily activities and set deadlines.
• Oversee vendor relationships and suggest operational efficiencies.

Skills

Leadership

Organizational Skills

Staff Management

Job description

Job DescriptionFacilities Manager

Job ID 217035

Posted 21-May-2025

Service line GWS Segment

Role type Full-time

Areas of Interest Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s) Milton Keynes - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting for a Facilities Manager

As a CBRE Facilities Manager, you will manage a team responsible for providing overseeing building operations and maintenance for a facility, campus, or portfolio of small to medium sized buildings.

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.

Responsibilities and daily activities:

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
• Schedule and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
• Suggest operational efficiencies, repairs, and upgrade opportunities.
• Oversee vendor relationships and invoicing procedures. Review price quotes for the procurement of parts, services, and labor for projects.
• Conduct process and procedure training on maintenance, repairs, and safety best practices.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention .
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.

About CBRE Global Workplace Solutions:

As one of CBRE’s core global businesses, Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) provides end-to-end services to occupier clients across the entire lifecycle of a building. Our teams help companies improve their operations and reduce costs, through expert facilities management, project management, real estate and energy and sustainability services. Our dedicated teams work across all industries, and support clients ranging from global Fortune 500 companies to single, iconic buildings.

CBRE Group, Inc. is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with 2019 revenues of $23.9 billion and more than 100,000 employees (excluding affiliate offices). CBRE has been included on the Fortune 500 since 2008, ranking #128 in 2020. It also has been voted the industry’s top brand by the Lipsey Company for 19 consecutive years and has been named one of Fortune’s “Most Admired Companies” for eight years in a row, including being ranked number one in the real estate sector in 2020, for the second consecutive year. Its shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBRE.”

Application Process:

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Resourcing Team and you will be contacted if you have been successful in being short listed for the role.

Taking into consideration the costs of sponsorship, the nature of the role and the financial resources of the account in question, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

No agencies please.

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