Assistant Facilities Manager - R&D Facility

CBRE Group, Inc.; Ridgefield, Northern (CT, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

13 Paid Holidays

On‑Site Dining Options

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking an Assistant Facilities Manager to lead a team across a high‑profile pharmaceutical campus in Ridgefield, CT. You will oversee preventive maintenance, coordinate repairs, and ensure compliant operation of critical building systems, working closely with vendors, contractors, and clients.

The role emphasizes teamwork, data‑driven performance, and ongoing facility improvements in a demanding environment that supports manufacturing and research spaces.

Qualifications

• Experience leading facilities teams in complex environments.
• Strong understanding of building systems and preventive maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the unionized employees to ensure optimum performance.
• Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities with other departments within the client’s facility.
• Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Serve as primary contact for escalated communications between landlord, tenants and service providers; ensure procedures and policies are understood.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, cGxP procedures, specifications, and documentation practices.
• Arrange for regular maintenance of equipment.
• Review data from work order reports and create management progress/status reports.
• Approve work order reports and suggest improvements to efficiency.
• Monitor the team’s performance using monthly metrics.
• Resolve complex problems and identify approaches to achieve team objectives.
• Proactively evaluate current and future services and make recommendations for continuous improvement.

Skills

Facilities leadership

Team supervision

Vendor coordination

Regulatory compliance

Communication skills

Job description

About the Role:

As an Assistant Facilities Manager at CBRE, you will play a critical role in ensuring the safe, reliable, and compliant operation of a high‑profile pharmaceutical research and manufacturing campus. This complex environment spans multiple buildings and more than 1.7 million square feet of office, laboratory, and manufacturing space.

In this role, you will lead and support a team of skilled facilities specialists responsible for operating and maintaining building systems within tightly controlled operating parameters. You will oversee preventive maintenance programs, coordinate corrective repairs, and help ensure the continuous performance of a wide range of industrial and critical building systems.

Success in this position requires strong collaboration and communication, as you will work closely with the client, vendors, and contractors to manage day‑to‑day building operations and support long‑term facility needs. This role sits within CBRE’s Facilities Management function, which focuses on maximizing asset performance while supporting Property Management on repairs, capital improvements, and investment planning.

What You’ll Enjoy

• Unlimited PTO
• 13 Paid Holidays
• On‑Site Dining Options

This is an excellent opportunity for a facilities leader who thrives in technically demanding environments and enjoys leading teams in mission‑critical operations.

What You’ll Do:

• Supervise the unionized employees to ensure optimum performance.
• Coordinateandmanagetheteam'sdailyactivities with other departments within the client’s facility.
• Establishworkschedules,assigntasks,and cross-trainstaff.
• Pointofcontactforescalatedcommunicationsbetweenlandlord,tenants,andserviceprovidersbyensuringallprocedures,policies, and reporting formats are understood, and implemented.
• Ensure compliance with all applicable policies, regulations, cGxP procedures, specifications, and documentation practices.
• Arrangeforregularmaintenanceofequipment.
• Reviewdatafromworkorderreportsandcreateandpresentperformanceandprogressstatusreportstomanagement.
• Approve work order reports and suggest improvements to efficiency.
• Monitor the team’s performance using objective metrics reported monthly.
• Resolvecomplexproblemsandidentifyappropriateapproachestoexistingsolutionstoaccomplishteamobjectives.
• Proactively evaluate current and future services, support and make recommendations for continuous improvement.