Sub-Regional Engineering Ops Leader

CBRE; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an Engineering Ops Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical and electrical operations across facilities. You will coordinate maintenance, supervise contractors, and ensure safety and reliability.

The role requires 3-5 years of relevant experience, strong leadership, and a solid command of MS Office; the successful candidate will drive continuous improvement and align operations with CBRE standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred; combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Membership of an Engineering related professional body i.e. CIBSE/ IEE preferred.
• Experience in 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.
• Excellent client relationship skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations. 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.
• Assist team with operations and maintenance issues.
• Direct contractors, subcontractors, and engineers on the entire maintenance aspect.
• Supervise and manage the daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
• Enforce and merge customer engineering, maintenance standards, and requirements into the facility maintenance program and any configuration changes.
• Support preparation of annual operating budgets. Evaluate, forecast, and manage operations and maintenance costs for a specific location.
• Schedule maintenance activities complying with customer operational requirements.
• Support operational analysis of all engineering related performance metrics (KPIs).
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation. Support the undertaking of peer reviews, site assessments, and technical competence evaluations.
• Integrate with clients for reconfiguration, changes, and operational requirements.
• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Staffing & development

Client relationship

MS Office

Organizational skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Engineering professional body membership (CIBSE/IEE) preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

CBRE is seeking an Engineering Ops Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical and electrical operations across facilities. You will coordinate maintenance, supervise contractors, and ensure safety and reliability.

The role requires 3-5 years of relevant experience, strong leadership, and a solid command of MS Office; the successful candidate will drive continuous improvement and align operations with CBRE standards.