APAC Engineering Lead

CBRE Group, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking an Engineering Senior Ops Manager (APAC Engineering Lead) to lead a team responsible for implementing and managing complex mechanical operations across multiple facilities and campuses.

The role focuses on preventive maintenance, asset management, and delivering operational excellence. The role sits within the Engineering and Technical Services function, overseeing staff performance, budgets, and contractor coordination to align with CBRE’s values and client

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering with 5–8 years of relevant experience preferred.
• Experience in staffing, training, development, coaching, measuring, appraising and rewarding performance is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated information and convey performance expectations.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees and oversee recruiting and hiring.
• Coordinate and manage daily team activities, schedules and deadlines; mentor and coach as needed.
• Assist team with difficult operations and maintenance issues and manage contractors.
• Supervise daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
• Develop annual operating budgets and forecast O&M costs across multiple locations.
• Schedule maintenance activities aligning with customer requirements.
• Integrate with clients for reconfiguration and operational changes.

Skills

Leadership

Staff development

Budgeting

Operational planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Lead and supervise a team managing complex mechanical operations across multiple facilities, ensuring preventive maintenance and efficient asset management.

Oversee budgets, contractors, and operational strategies while driving process improvements and aligning with CBRE’s values.

Provide leadership in staffing, training, and performance management to achieve operational excellence.

About the Role:

As a CBRE Engineering Senior Ops Manager [APAC Engineering Lead], you will manage a team responsible for implementing, coordinating, and managing all complex mechanical operations for multiple facilities, campuses, 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.
• Assist team with difficult operations and maintenance issues.
• Manage contractors, subcontractors and engineers on entire maintenance aspect.
• Supervise and oversee the daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
• Establish bidding procedures as required for contract maintenance activities.
• Develop annual operating budgets. Evaluate, forecast, and manage operations and maintenance costs for multiple locations.
• Schedule maintenance activities complying with customer operational requirements.
• Integrate with clients for reconfiguration, changes and operational requirements
• Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own discipline, and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence others to adopt a different point of view while being guided by policies and departmental plans.
• Identify and solve technical and operational problems of complexity.
• Understand and recognize the broader impact across the department.
• Improve and change existing methods, processes and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree in an Engineering discipline preferred with 5 - 8 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 is preferred.
• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
• Experience preferred in developing and managing organizational budgets

Why CBRE

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your own course and realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.

We value human interaction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills and aspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidates disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.

If this sounds like a good fit, we’d love to hear from you!

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