Facilities Director

CBRE; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE seeks a Facilities Director to act as the primary client contact for facilities management across a small to medium-sized property. You will supervise staff, manage budgets, and coordinate operations with property managers and external partners, ensuring service quality and cost efficiency.

You will lead capital projects, oversee vendor negotiations, and align staffing with client plans, driving performance through CBRE's RISE values and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; combination of experience considered in lieu of degree.
• Experience in staffing, development, coaching, and performance appraisal is preferred.
• Ability to convey performance expectations and handle problems at scale.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees, monitor training, coach performance, and oversee hiring.
• Coordinate daily team activities, set schedules, assign tasks, and mentor staff.
• Review client strategic plans to ensure staffing aligns with expectations.
• Manage capital project and operating budgets for a single property.
• Negotiate contracts for services and improve financial positions.

Skills

Staff supervision

Budget management

Contract negotiations

Leadership

Strategic planning

Communication

Problem solving

Staff development

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About The Role

As a CBRE Facilities Director, you will serve as the primary client contact for the delivery of facilities management services to a small to medium-sized property.

About The Role

As a CBRE Facilities Director, you will serve as the primary client contact for the delivery of facilities management services to a small to medium-sized property.

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

• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. 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.


• Review the client's strategic plans for appropriate staffing levels to meet expectations.


• Manage capital project and operating budget reports for a singular property.


• Create action plans to improve financial positions. Manage negotiations for contract services.


• Meet with the client management team and appropriate departments to discuss, resolve and discrepancies.


• Apply a robust knowledge of multiple disciplines, the business, and key drivers which impact departmental and cross-functional performance.


• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Persuade managers and other colleagues to take action while being guided by the organization's functional business plans. Negotiate with external partners, vendors, and customers of divergent interests to reach a common goal.


• Identify and solve multi-dimensional, complex, operational, and organizational problems leveraging the appropriate resources within or outside the department.


• Significantly improves and changes existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 8-12 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered. Facility Management certification preferred.


• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.


• Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.


• Leadership skills to set, manage and achieve targets with a direct impact on multiple department results within a function.


• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.


• Expert organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [e-mail] or via telephone at [phone] (U.S.) and [phone] (Canada).