EOI: Assistant Facilities Manager (Johor Bahru)

CBRE Asia Pacific; Johor Bahru; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global real estate solutions company is looking for an Assistant Facilities Manager in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. You will lead a team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors, ensuring effective facility operations and maintenance. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree in engineering and at least 5 years of experience in facilities management, alongside strong leadership skills and technical knowledge in maintenance practices. This role promises impactful challenges and a chance to model excellence in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of job-related experience in facilities management.
• In-depth understanding of processes and procedures in own job function.
• Ability to explain complex concepts or sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities and establish work schedules.
• Point of contact for communications with landlords, tenants, and service providers.
• Review work order data and present performance reports to management.

Skills

Leadership skills

Technical background in mechanical and electrical maintenance

Organizational skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Exceptional math skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Assistant Facilities Manager, you will supervise the team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors to ensure work orders are completed. This role is part of the Facilities Management functional area which focuses on all aspects of the operations of a set of assets, providing support to the Property Managers regarding all repairs and investment plans.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Point of contact for escalated communications between landlord, tenants, and service providers by ensuring all procedures, policies, and reporting formats are understood and implemented.
• Arrange for regular maintenance of equipment.
• Review data from work order reports and create and present performance and progress status reports to management. Make suggestions on how to improve efficiency.
• Design and oversee the schedule for cleaning and disinfecting the building.
• Conduct market research and compare costs and benefits when evaluating new vendors.
• Keep track of regular and ad‑hoc facility expenses.
• Resolve complex problems and identify appropriate approaches to existing solutions to accomplish team objectives.
• May establish new techniques to ensure the team is able to meet its objectives.
• Has a direct impact on the team objectives as well as the objectives of related teams.
• Ensure personal and team outcomes have a positive impact on customer objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Guide team through the application of basic knowledge of practices and procedures. Work to build consensus.

What You’ll Need

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with 5+ years of job‑related experience.
• Strong technical background in mechanical, electrical and facilities maintenance.
• Strong leadership and supervisory skills.
• In‑depth understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function and basic knowledge of related job functions required.
• Require the ability to explain complex concepts or sensitive information.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Excellent organizational skills with a master‑level inquisitive mindset.
• Exceptional math skills. Ability to calculate sophisticated figures such as percentages, discounts, and markups.

About CBRE GWS

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client‑centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.