Program Manager - BMS

CBRE; Scotland; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global real estate services firm is seeking a Program Manager to oversee energy and sustainability projects for a major e-commerce client across Europe. This role involves leading stakeholder meetings, providing guidance to contractors, and ensuring project compliance and deadlines. The ideal candidate has a degree in Project Management, relevant experience, and is available for some travel. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to both business growth and sustainability goals.

Qualifications

• Degree ideally in Project Management.
• Experience of building services and control systems is required.
• Available to travel across Europe as needed to support the program.

Responsibilities

• Organizing and leading stakeholder meetings.
• Provide procedural guidance to General Contractors executing BMS projects.
• Ensure project deadlines are met and support project managers.

Skills

Project management

Energy efficiency auditing

Problem-solving

Building automation systems

Budget management

Education

Degree in Project Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Project

Job description

Program Manager - BMS

Job ID 251086

Posted 08-Dec-2025

Service line GWS Segment

Role type Full-time

Areas of Interest Engineering/Maintenance, Project Management

Location(s) Birmingham - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bristol - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Coventry - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Dublin - Dublin - Ireland, Edinburgh - Scotland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Glasgow - Scotland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Ipswich - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Leeds - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Liverpool - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Manchester - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Newcastle upon Tyne - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Oxford - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Southampton - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• 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.

PERSON SPECIFICATION

• 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