Assistant Engineering Manager

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

Job summary

CBRE seeks an Assistant Engineering Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical operations, maintenance, energy management and workforce development across a facility portfolio.

The role combines supervision, daily activity coordination, and budget support with a focus on safety and reliability of building systems. On-site Hong Kong position aligning with CBRE RISE values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred with relevant experience or equivalent.
• Experience in staffing, training, coaching, and performance evaluation.
• Strong leadership and ability to guide teams and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees and oversee training and development.
• Coordinate and manage daily team activities, schedules, and tasks.
• Set deadlines, mentor staff, and manage performance evaluations.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities and budgets.
• Improve preventive maintenance programs and maintain safety manuals.
• Coordinate with contractors, tenants, and technicians.
• Oversee building systems including fire safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical.
• Communicate with tenants, clients, owners, and vendors.
• Support acquisition of new contracts and review as-built drawings.
• Respond to emergencies and customer concerns.
• Lead by example in CBRE RISE values and align with department goals.

Skills

Leadership

Staff management

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.