Engineering Ops Manager: Lead Facility Systems & Innovation

CBRE; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking an Engineering Ops Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical and electrical operations across facilities. You will supervise staff, coordinate daily activities, and collaborate with contractors to maintain asset performance.

The role requires 3–5 years of relevant experience, leadership ability, and strong client relations. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and a results-driven mindset are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience; in lieu of a degree, experience + education considered.
• Membership of an Engineering related professional body (e.g., CIBSE/IEE) preferred.
• Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• Excellent client relationship skills.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees; monitor training and development; conduct performance evaluations; oversee recruitment and hiring of new employees.
• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities; establish work schedules; assign tasks; cross-train staff; set deadlines; mentor as needed.
• Assist team with operations and maintenance issues.
• Direct contractors, subcontractors, and engineers on maintenance aspects.
• Supervise daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
• Enforce and merge customer engineering and maintenance standards into the facility maintenance program.
• Support preparation of annual operating budgets; forecast and manage O&M costs for location.
• Schedule maintenance activities aligning with customer operations.
• Support operational analysis of KPIs and metrics.
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation; conduct peer reviews and site assessments.
• Integrate with clients for reconfiguration and changes.
• Lead by example and model CBRE RISE values; align stakeholders.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and cross-disciplinary integration to meet objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues in systems and processes.

Skills

Team leadership

Staff management

Coaching

Performance evaluations

Client relations

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Engineering professional body membership

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

CBRE is seeking an Engineering Ops Manager to lead a team responsible for mechanical and electrical operations across facilities. You will supervise staff, coordinate daily activities, and collaborate with contractors to maintain asset performance.

The role requires 3–5 years of relevant experience, leadership ability, and strong client relations. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and a results-driven mindset are essential.