Technical Manager

CBRE; Burlington (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE is seeking a Technical Manager to oversee a team responsible for mechanical operations, maintenance, energy management, and workforce development across a facility or portfolio. You will supervise staff, coordinate daily activities, and manage budgets while maintaining safety and reliability of building systems.

The role emphasizes leadership, collaboration with tenants and vendors, and alignment with CBRE RISE values to drive quality, efficiency, and service excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred; 3–5 years of relevant experience or combination.
• Experience in staffing, training, coaching, and performance management.
• Ability to guide sensitive information and convey expectations.
• Leadership to motivate quality, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Strong MS Office knowledge (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Excellent organizational skills and curiosity.

Responsibilities

• Provide formal supervision to employees and oversee training, development, and coaching.
• Coordinate and manage daily team activities and set schedules.
• Manage O&M for assigned facilities and assist in operating/capital budgets.
• Improve preventive maintenance programs and update maintenance manuals.
• Coordinate with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.
• Oversee building systems (fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, electrical) and stay current with trends.
• Communicate with tenants, clients, owners, and vendors; lead by CBRE RISE values.

Skills

Staffing & development

Leadership

Budgeting

Facility operations

Communication

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

CMMS

Forecasting software

Job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Technical Manager, you will assist with the management of the team responsible for all mechanical operations, maintenance, communications, energy management, and workforce development programs for a facility, campus, or portfolio ofbuildings. This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

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.
• Manage operations and maintenance for assigned facilities. Assist in the development of operating and capital budgets.
• Implement improvements for preventive maintenance programs on an ongoing basis. Maintain effective building-specific maintenance and safety procedure manuals.
• Coordinate maintenance efforts with outside contractors, tenant finish personnel, and technicians.
• Oversee all building systems including fire/life safety, plumbing, HVAC, and electrical issues. Must remain current with the latest technology trends.
• Guide ongoing communication with tenants, clients, owners, facility management team, and vendors.
• Facilitate the acquisition of new management contracts and maintain as-built drawings.
• Respond to emergency situations and customer concerns.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

What You’ll Need:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
• Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations, and handle problems.
• Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mind.

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).

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