Assistant Facilities Manager - Talent Community

CBRE; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Facilities Supervisor to oversee a team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors to ensure work orders are completed efficiently.

This role supports the Facilities Management function, focusing on operations of assets and assisting Property Managers with repairs and investment planning.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required with 5+ years of related experience.
• Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred.
• Experience explaining complex concepts or sensitive information.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities, set schedules and assign tasks.
• Serve as point of contact between landlord, tenants, and service providers; ensure procedures are understood and followed.
• Arrange for regular maintenance of equipment.
• Review work order data and present performance reports to management; suggest efficiency improvements.
• Design and oversee cleaning and disinfecting schedules for the building.
• Evaluate vendors through market research and cost comparisons.
• Track facility expenses and manage budgeting considerations.
• Solve complex problems to help the team meet objectives; may develop new techniques as needed.
• Influence team and related groups to align with CBRE objectives; model CBRE values.

Skills

Microsoft Office

organizational skills

math proficiency

communication

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.

In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About the Role:

As a CBRE Facilities Supervisor, you will supervise the team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors to make sure work orders are complete.

This job is a 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:

• High School Diploma or GED with 5+ years of job-related experience. Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred.
• In-depth understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function and basic knowledge of related job functions required.
• Requires 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.

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.

Applicant AI Use Disclosure

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.