Facilities Engineer - Lead (Pharmaceutical)

CBRE Group, Inc.; Lebanon (IN); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is looking for a Facilities Engineer in Lebanon, IN, who will act as the subject matter expert for facility and utility systems. This fully onsite role involves ensuring operational excellence and GxP compliance across all buildings, leading a team of two direct reports.

The Facilities Engineer will monitor infrastructure issues, develop maintenance strategies, and collaborate on capital projects to optimize operations and maintain regulatory standards.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to monitor and analyze infrastructure issues.
• Experience with developing preventive and predictive maintenance strategies.
• Knowledge of compliance with regulatory and corporate standards.

Responsibilities

• Act as the SME for facility and utility systems.
• Monitor, analyze, and resolve infrastructure issues for all building systems.
• Ensure compliance with GxP standards & associated KPI’s.

Skills

Facility engineering expertise

Operational excellence

GxP compliance

Leadership experience

Job description

About the Role:

A CBRE Facilities Engineer serves as the subject matter expert (SME) for facility and utility systems, ensuring operational excellence, GxP compliance, and reliability across all responsible buildings. The role combines technical expertise in facility engineering with an ability to influence the delivery of capital projects. The position requires a proactive, cross‑functional approach to optimize operations, support strategic initiatives, and deliver innovative solutions aligned with both client & corporate standards.

This is a fully onsite role Monday- Friday in Lebanon, IN and we are seeking an individual to lead a team of about 2 direct reports with some leadership experience.

What You’ll Do:

Facilities Engineering & Operations Support

• Act as the SME for facility and utility systems.
• Monitor, analyze, and resolve infrastructure issues for all building systems.
• Develop and refine preventive and predictive maintenance strategies based on reliability principles and manufacturer recommendations.
• Review system operations to maintain laboratory safety standards (airflow, emergency power, etc.).
• Coordinate & communicate building system outages for preventative maintenance.
• Scope & support small scale expense projects with LRL scientists as requested.
• Assist maintenance technicians, planners, and supervisors with investigating and completing maintenance work both planned and unplanned.

Compliance & Standards

• Ensure timely compliance with GxP standards & associated KPI’s.
• Provide oversight ensuring compliance with regulatory, client & corporate standards.
• Create and maintain equipment specific instructions for use with LOTO.
• Ownership of facility drawings.
• Complete annual system & asset -review.
• Periodic Process Hazard Reviews.

Capital Project Support

• Complete annual capital needs assessment based on knowledge of building systems.
• Attend capital project meetings related to your buildings and provide technical guidance.
• Participate in feasibility studies, design reviews, and alternative evaluations.
• Review and approve project documentation, including drawings, SOPs, commissioning/qualification plans, validation deliverables, and automation change controls.
• Coordinate project site implementation activities (shutdown planning, PSSR/PSERs, punch walks).
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (client, operations, projects, safety) to maintain alignment and communication.