Assistant Engineering Manager

CBRE Asia Pacific; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 480,000 - 720,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Asia Pacific is seeking an Assistant Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical operations, maintenance, energy management, and workforce development across facilities in Hong Kong. You will supervise staff, set schedules, manage budgets, coordinate with contractors, and ensure safety and reliability of building systems in line with CBRE standards.

The role requires leadership, strong communication, budgeting, and hands-on experience with facility operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Experience leading teams, coaching staff, and conducting performance evaluations.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive information and manage expectations.
• Strong leadership to drive quality, efficiency and effectiveness of the department.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook) and strong organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees; conduct performance evaluations and coaching.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities and schedules; cross-train staff.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities; assist in operating and capital budgets.
• Implement improvements for preventive maintenance and maintain safety manuals.
• Coordinate maintenance with contractors, tenants, and technicians; ensure coordination with vendors.
• Oversee building systems (fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, electrical) and keep up with technology trends.
• Communicate with tenants, clients, owners, and facility management teams.
• Facilitate acquisition of new management contracts and maintain as-built drawings.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

Performance coaching

Communication

Budgeting

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Assistant Engineering Manager, you will assist with the management of the team responsible for all mechanical operations, maintenance, communications, energy management, and workforce development programs for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings. 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

• 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.
• Coordinate 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.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities. Assist in the development of operating and capital budgets.
• Implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an ongoing basis. Maintain effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinate maintenance efforts with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.
• Oversee all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with the latest technology trends.
• Guide ongoing communication with tenants, clients, owners, facility management team, and vendors.
• Facilitate the acquisition of new management contracts and maintain as-built drawings.
• Respond to emergency situations and customer concerns.
• 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 that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• 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.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mind.

Service line: GWS Segment

Full-time

Hong Kong - Hong Kong