Facilities Supervisor

CBRE; Thousand Oaks (CA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Facilities Supervisor in Thousand Oaks, CA. You will supervise the team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors to ensure work orders are completed efficiently and on schedule.

In this role, you will manage daily activities, review data reports, and present performance status to management. You will design cleaning schedules, analyze costs, and drive continuous improvements in facilities operations.

Qualifications

• Requires 5+ years of supervisory or shift management experience.
• Ability to explain complex concepts and communicate clearly.
• Expert knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong organizational and mathematical skills for budgeting and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities; establish schedules and assign tasks.
• Serve as point of contact between landlord, tenants, and service providers; ensure procedures are followed.
• Arrange regular maintenance of equipment and review work orders.
• Review reports and present performance and progress status to management; propose efficiency improvements.
• Design and oversee cleaning/dis infection schedules for the facility.
• Conduct vendor market research and cost-benefit analyses.
• Track facility expenses and manage budgets and reporting.
• Resolve complex problems to meet team objectives and lead by example.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Organizational skills

Math skills

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.

In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services, including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About The Role

As a CBRE Facilities Supervisor, you will supervise the team that coordinates with clients, vendors, and contractors to make sure work orders are complete.

This job is a part of the functional area of facilities management, which focuses on all aspects of the operations of a set of assets, providing support to property managers regarding all repairs and investment plans.

What You’ll Do

• Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff.
• Point of contact for escalated communications between landlord, tenants, and service providers by ensuring all procedures, policies, and reporting formats are understood, and implemented.
• Arrange for regular maintenance of equipment.
• Review data from work order reports and create and present performance and progress status reports to management. Make suggestions on how to improve efficiency.
• Design and oversee the schedule for cleaning and disinfecting the building.
• Conduct market research and compare costs and benefits when evaluating new vendors.
• Keep track of regular and ad-hoc facility expenses.
• Resolve complex problems and identify appropriate approaches to existing solutions to accomplish team objectives.
• May establish new techniques to ensure the team is able to meet its objectives.
• Has a direct impact on the team objectives as well as the objectives of related teams.
• Ensure personal and team outcomes have a positive impact on customer objectives.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Guide team through the application of basic knowledge of practices and procedures. Work to build consensus.

What You’ll Need

• High School Diploma or GED with 5+ years of job-related experience. Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred.
• In-depth understanding of a range of processes, procedures, systems, and concepts within own job function and basic knowledge of related job functions required.
• Requires the ability to explain complex concepts or sensitive information.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Excellent organizational skills with a master-level inquisitive mindset.
• Exceptional math skills. Ability to calculate sophisticated figures such as percentages, discounts, and markups.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Why CBRE?

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service, and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to realize your full potential.

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CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Facilities Supervior position is $60,000 annually, and the maximum salary for the Facilities Supervisor position is $120,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

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).