Senior Building Engineer

CBRE; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Commercial Senior Building Engineer to maintain and improve high‑performance facilities. You will oversee preventive and corrective maintenance for electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and HVAC/R systems to ensure continuous operation and reliability.

Join a Fortune 500 leader focused on sustainability and operating efficiency. You will work with cross-disciplinary teams to keep critical infrastructure running smoothly and safely.

Responsibilities

• Follows all applicable codes, regulations, governmental agency and Company directives related to building operations and work safety.
• Operates, maintains, monitors, and performs preventive and predictive maintenance on building equipment (mechanical/HVAC-R/plumbing, electrical, fire detection, life safety, lighting, building management systems).
• Maintains equipment to deliver maximum uptime and professional appearances of property and engineering spaces.
• Prepares estimates detailing time and materials needed for tasks.
• Coordinates and inspects work by outside contractors; may include landscaping, snow removal, remodeling, HVAC/R, plumbing, cleaning.
• Performs inspection of building systems including fire alarms, HVAC/R, plumbing and electrical.

Job description

Elevate Your Career with CBRE - Join a Fortune 500 Leader!

CBRE is looking for Commercial Senior Building Engineers who love keeping facilities cool, comfortable, and running smoothly. Sound like you?

If you are ready to make a difference and be part of one of the world's most admired and sustainability-focused companies, CBRE is the right place for you.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a CBRE Senior Building Engineer, you will be responsible for performing sophisticated preventive and corrective maintenance, repairs and installations of electrical, mechanical, plumbing and/or HVAC/R (refrigeration) equipment, chillers, and components of critical infrastructure for high-performance industrial buildings, designed to ensure continuous cooling, power reliability, and centralized control. Working under general direction, supervises building system operations and performance.

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function and is responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Follows all applicable codes, regulations, governmental agency and Company directives related to building operations and work safety.
• Operates, maintains, monitors, and performs preventive and predictive maintenance on building equipment, which may include: mechanical/HVAC-R/plumbing systems, electrical/cabling, fire detection and suppression, life safety, lighting, temperature control systems, building management systems, and digital systems.
• Operates and maintains equipment to deliver maximum uptime.
• Maintains the professional appearances of the property, equipment, engineering spaces, and common areas.
• Maintains the building lighting system, including element and ballast repairs or replacements.
• Prepares estimates detailing the amount of time and materials needed for completing tasks.
• Maintains adequate supplies and tools and orders vital materials to finish the tasks.
• Coordinates and inspects the work performed by outside contractors.
• Contracted work may include the following but is not limited to: landscaping, snow removal, remodeling, HVAC/R, plumbing, and cleaning.
• Performs work in compliance with standard operating procedures and/or critical work packages, and maintenance work instructions.
• Performs niche and sophisticated tasks such as carpentry, electrical, painting, roofing, HVAC, welding, furniture assembly/relocation and locksmith tasks.
• Performs inspection of building systems including fire alarms, HVAC/R, plumbing and electrical.
• Uses PC and/or PDA for work order system, email, ESS and training.
• Performs general maintenance and building systems operational duties as assigned or directed.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

No formal supervisory responsibilities in this position. Provides informal assistance such as technical guidance, and/or training to coworkers. Coordinates and assigns tasks to co-workers within a work unit and/or project.