Technical Supervisor

CBRE; Kilkenny; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Technical Supervisor to lead a team delivering administrative, process improvement and financial support to senior technical leaders within Engineering and Technical Services. You will coordinate daily activities, forecast workload, and drive improvements across multi-discipline teams.

This role emphasizes hands-on leadership, strategic thinking, and collaboration with business leaders to deliver reliable services and innovative methods that align with CBRE RISE values.

Qualifications

• Diploma or equivalent with 5–8 years of related experience.
• Ability to meet physical requirements including lifting heavy loads.
• Innovative mindset to develop methods beyond existing solutions.
• Ability to solve unique problems with broad business impact.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong organizational skills and proactive mindset.
• Advanced numerical/mathematical capabilities for financial calculations.

Responsibilities

• Act as liaison with technical leaders, facilities managers and clients to forecast workload and project deliverables.
• Manage, plan, coordinate, schedule and oversee workload and day-to-day team activities.
• Resolve conflicting priorities with business leaders.
• Coordinate and supervise team daily activities.
• Apply advanced knowledge to develop better methods for objectives.
• Showcase expertise in job discipline and related areas.
• Coach others to deepen knowledge across functions.
• Lead by example and align with CBRE RISE values.
• Anticipate objections and persuade senior stakeholders to adopt new views.
• Impact customer, operational and project objectives across multi-discipline teams.
• Contribute to new products, processes, standards and operational plans.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Microsoft Office

Problem solving

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Tools

Excel

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Technical Supervisor, you will oversee a team responsible for providing administrative, process improvement and financial function support to an assigned group of senior technical business leaders.

About The Role

As a CBRE Technical Supervisor, you will oversee a team responsible for providing administrative, process improvement and financial function support to an assigned group of senior technical business leaders. 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

• Act as liaison with technical business leaders, facilities managers, and other internal and external clients to forecast workload demand and project deliverables.
• Manage, plan, coordinate, schedule, and oversee the workload, deadlines, and day-to-day activities of the support team members to ensure effective delivery of services.
• Work with business leaders to resolve conflicting priorities.
• Coordinate and supervise the team's daily activities.
• Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives.
• Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function.
• Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values.
• Anticipate potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view.
• Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams. Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies.
• Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals.
• Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence.

What You’ll Need

• High School Diploma, GED, or trade school diploma with 5-8 years of job-related experience. In lieu of a diploma, a combination of experience and education will be considered. Prior shift leader or supervisory experience preferred.
• Meet the physical requirements of this role including stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to lift/carry heavy loads of 50 lbs. or more.
• The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions.
• Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the business.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Highly sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate somewhat complex figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.