Engineering Operations Manager

Company: CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS)
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Location: London
Job Description:

About the Role

As a CBRE Engineering Ops Manager, you will manage a team responsible for implementing, coordinating, and managing all mechanical and electrical operations for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings. This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function and involves providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

What You’ll Do

  • Provide formal supervision to employees; monitor training and development; conduct performance evaluations; oversee recruiting and hiring of new employees.
  • Coordinate and manage the team’s daily activities, establish work schedules, assign tasks, cross‑train staff, set and track staff and departmental deadlines, and mentor as needed.
  • Assist the team with operations and maintenance issues.
  • Direct contractors, subcontractors, and engineers on the entire maintenance aspect.
  • Supervise and manage the daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
  • Enforce and integrate customer engineering, maintenance standards, and requirements into the facility maintenance program and any configuration changes.
  • Support preparation of annual operating budgets; evaluate, forecast, and manage operations and maintenance costs for a specific location.
  • Schedule maintenance activities in compliance with customer operational requirements.
  • Support operational analysis of all engineering‑related performance metrics (KPIs).
  • Drive continuous improvement and innovation; support peer reviews, site assessments, and technical competence evaluations.
  • Integrate with clients for reconfiguration, changes, and operational requirements.
  • Lead by example and model behaviors that align with CBRE RISE values; influence parties of shared interests to reach agreements.
  • Apply knowledge of your discipline and how it 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; a combination of experience and education may be considered in lieu of a degree.
  • Membership in an engineering‑related professional body (e.g., CIBSE, IEE) preferred.
  • Experience in staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention.
  • 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 discipline and department.
  • Excellent client‑relationship skills.
  • In‑depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.).
  • Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.

We welcome all applicants.

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Posted: June 14th, 2026