Program Manager - BMS

CBRE, Inc.; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading real estate service provider in Birmingham is seeking a Program Manager to oversee Energy & Sustainability projects for a major client. This role involves managing multiple projects across Europe, providing procedural guidance, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to project frameworks. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Project Management, experience with building systems, and problem-solving skills. Additionally, the role requires some travel across Europe and a proficiency in project management tools.

Qualifications

• Ideally a degree in Project Management.
• Experience with building services and control systems.
• Available to travel across Europe as needed.

Responsibilities

• Organize and lead stakeholder meetings.
• Provide weekly reporting to clients.
• Prepare presentation materials for meetings.
• Ensure project deadlines are met.

Skills

Project Management

Energy efficiency auditing

Problem solving

Budget management

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Education

Degree in Project Management

Tools

Niagara based control systems

Job description

Role Overview

Responsible for providing Program Management to technical Energy & Sustainability projects for a leading e-commerce client. This role is responsible for providing procedural as well as technical guidance to General Contractors executing BMS projects across 8 European Countries. The role requires establishing partnerships across client Construction Managers, General Contractors and BMS vendor partners across these countries to maintain and grow this business.

Responsibilities

• Organizing, attending and leading stakeholder meetings.
• Work with client stakeholder groups across North America & Europe to provide weekly reporting.
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings.
• Preparing necessary presentation materials for meetings.
• Ensuring project deadlines are met and supporting the CBRE project managers succeed with their projects.
• Providing procedural as well as technical guidance to General Contractors executing BMS projects across 8 European Countries. The support may require both remote as well as on-site visits to these projects, including European travel.
• Provide a structured governing project management body
• Provide a centralized management structure for all project management functions
• Provide project portfolio reporting capabilities
• Outline a well-defined project management process or methodology
• Mentor and train team members to support team development
• Developing project strategies.
• Ensuring projects adhere to frameworks and all documentation is maintained appropriately for each project.
• Assess project risks and issues and provide solutions where applicable.
• Ensure stakeholder views are managed towards the best solution
• Oversee implementation and ongoing program management across several countries
• Serve as liaison between on-site technical teams, account leadership, and client contacts.
• Support Client's wider sustainability and corporate social responsibility objectives
• Create a win-win situation to solve client problems while growing the CBRE business.
• Responsible for the change management process, both at a project and programme level.
• Ensure SLAs compliance, especially for key KPIs such as programme schedule and finance.
• Manage internal financial reporting.
• Achieving/exceeding financial goals.
• Responsible for escalation management, both internal and client facing.

Qualifications

• Degree ideally in Project Management
• Experience of building services and control systems is required
• Energy efficiency auditing experience preferred
• Available to travel across Europe as needed to support the program. Average 10-15% travel expectation but may increase from time to time
• Understanding of mechanical, HVAC and electrical building systems, building automation systems, intelligent building systems is preferred.
• Experience in Niagara based control systems is preferred
• Problem solving ability in implementation of energy auditing, energy conservation projects, recommissioning and M&V is preferred
• Programme management and budget management skills
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project

About CBRE GWS

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

Find out more (https://www.cbre.com/real-estate-services/directory/global-workplace-solutions)

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affimative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)