Chief Building Engineer Supervisor

CBRE Group, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. seeks a Chief Building Engineer Supervisor to lead and develop a team responsible for the maintenance and repair operations of healthcare facilities.

You will act as the technical leader for engineering operations, ensuring that building systems perform at the highest standards while fostering a collaborative, accountable team culture. You will oversee preventive maintenance, safety programs, budgeting, and emergency response, while coaching staff to grow expertise across

Qualifications

• Leadership of multi-disciplinary teams in healthcare facilities
• Strong mechanical background with facilities management
• Experience coordinating maintenance in healthcare environments

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing maintenance and repair operations for a healthcare facility, campus, or portfolio
• Serve as technical leader for engineering operations ensuring high performance of building systems
• Develop preventive maintenance programs and safety procedure manuals
• Oversee staff training, coaching, and performance evaluations
• Develop cost estimates and manage budgets for facilities maintenance
• Respond to emergencies and coordinate critical response efforts
• Model CBRE RISE values and drive collaboration across disciplines

Skills

Team leadership

Mechanical systems

Preventive maintenance

Budgeting & cost control

Staff coaching

Safety compliance

Emergency response

Tools

CMMS / facilities software

Job description

Elevate Your Career with CBRE's Growing Healthcare Portfolio

Are you a skilled engineering professional with a strong mechanical background and a passion for leading high-performing teams? This is an exciting opportunity to leverage your technical expertise while expanding your career into one of the fastest-growing and most resilient industries: Healthcare Facilities Management.

At CBRE, healthcare environments require exceptional reliability, operational excellence, and leadership. We're seeking a Chief Building Engineer Supervisor who can foster a strong team culture, champion safety and performance, and lead critical building operations that directly support patient care and healthcare professionals.

About the Role

As a CBRE Chief Building Engineer Supervisor, you will lead and develop a team responsible for planning, coordinating, and managing the maintenance and repair operations of a healthcare facility, campus, or portfolio. You'll serve as the technical leader for engineering operations, ensuring building systems perform at the highest standards while creating an engaged, collaborative, and accountable team environment.

This role is part of CBRE's Engineering & Technical Services team, providing preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, repairs, and operational support for complex building systems.

What You’ll Do:

• 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.