Chief Building Engineer Supervisor

CBRE Group, Inc.; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. seeks a Chief Building Engineer Supervisor to lead maintenance and repair operations for facilities, campuses, or portfolios. You will supervise a team, coordinate preventive activities, and ensure safe, efficient environments while managing budgets and schedules.

The role requires hands-on oversight of team performance, coordination of after-hours support, and mentoring staff to develop expertise across multiple facilities disciplines.

Qualifications

• Must have experience supervising building operations and maintenance programs.
• Strong customer service and communication skills with stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage budgets, schedules, and staff performance.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary operations lead for building sites, coordinating maintenance and repairs.
• Oversee the reliability of critical building systems and after-hours response when needed.
• Track staff training, conduct evaluations, and support recruitment and coaching.

Skills

Team leadership

Operations management

Budgeting

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Chief Building Engineer Supervisor, you will supervise the team responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing ongoing maintenance and repair operations for a facility, a campus, or a 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:

• Serve as the primary point of contact for building operations, providing exceptional customer service, communicating effectively with hospital stakeholders, and leading the engineering team in resolving operational issues and escalations.
• Oversee the maintenance and reliability of critical building systems, coordinating after-hours support as needed, while ensuring a safe and efficient environment; experience with fire life safety and sprinkler systems is a plus.
• Track the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and provide coaching opportunities. 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.
• Develop, implement, and communicate preventive maintenance programs and safety procedure manuals.
• Ensure that the mechanics and technicians have the proper information and materials about assignments to complete work activities in a high-quality and timely fashion.
• Develop material and labor cost estimates for work orders, preventative maintenance activities, systems, and construction projects.
• Establish and maintain budgets for facilities maintenance.
• Respond to emergency situations and ask for help when needed.
• 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. Anticipates 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.