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Senior Facilities Manager (HQ site with R&D)

CBRE • Full-time • Greensboro, NC, US • 3w ago

Senior Facilities Manager (HQ site with R&D)

Job ID

241321

Posted

02-Oct-2025

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Building Management, Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management

Location(s)

Greensboro - North Carolina - United States of America

About the Role:

As a CBRE Sr Facilities Manager, you will lead many functions of building operations and maintenance for our client. This highly regarded position is within the Facilities Management functional area which is vital asset to our portfolio. It will require a candidate who can set high-expectations, run client outcomes, high-touch quality service, and have oversight of critical and non-critical assets.

What You will Do:

Provide formal supervision to employees. Lead the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Lead the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
Coordinate and lead the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross train staff. Set and track staff and department timelines. Mentor and coach as needed.
Coordinate and lead all aspects of facility repairs and maintenance by collaborating with union and nonunion technicians, vendors, and wide variety of contractors.
Maintain positive client relationships and conduct meetings on unresolved facility issues.
Prepare and lead large and high-profile capital projects, operating budgets, and variance reports.
Perform facility inspections quality assurance following local, state, and federal laws. Suggest and implement operational efficiencies, repairs, and upgrade opportunities.
Create environmental health and safety procedures for facilities.
Develop vendor relationships and coordinate invoicing procedures. Review and approve purchase orders for the procurement of parts, services, and labor for projects.
Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own subject area, and how own field integrates with the team to achieve team and departmental objectives.
Model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence others to adopt a different point of view while being guided by policies and departmental plans.
Identify and tackle technical and operational problems of complexity.
Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job.

What You will Need:

Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Strong technical knowledge is preferred.
Ideally experience with HQ and R&D environment.
Bachelor's Degree preferred with 5-8 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered. Valid driver's license required. Property or Facility Management certification highly preferred.
Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and exciting performance and retention is helpful.
Ability to own the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
Leadership skills to empower the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job field, multiple job subject areas, and department.
SI7 experience helpful, but not required.
In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
Extensive interpersonal skills and an inquisitive approach.
Intermediate math skills. Ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

Why CBRE?

CBRE offers excellent benefits including Medical, Dental, Vision & Matching 401k Program!

Disclaimers:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE has 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 recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).