Facilities Manager

**Facilities Manager**

**Job ID**
- 241640

**Posted**
- 07-Oct-2025

**Service line**
- GWS Segment

**Role type**
- Full-time

**Areas of Interest**

Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management

**Location(s)**

Vancouver - British Columbia - Canada
- 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 Manager, you will manage a team responsible for overseeing building operations and maintenance for a facility, campus, or portfolio of small to medium sized buildings.This job is a part of the Facilities Management functional area which focuses on all aspects of the operations of a set of assets, providing support to the Clients, Tenants, and Property Managers regarding all repairs and investment plans.**What You’ll Do**:

- Oversees day-to-day FM Services, including facility operations and maintenance
- Meets with client to discuss facility enhancements, capital expenditures, asset plans, etc.
- Anticipates short and long-term client needs and develops options for consideration.
- Applies processes, procedures and protocols to diverse client situations.
- Develops monthly reports and comprehensive business plans for facility considering performance objectives to meet requirements.
- Monitors/analyzes and reports on facility results relative to deliverables.
- Develops/implements maintenance and operations goals/objectives consistent with Project Agreement requirements, good industry practices and applicable municipal, provincial and federal legislative requirements.
- Develops appropriate systems/processes to ensure effective/efficient facility operations.
- Participates in developing/implementing minor works and capital budgets; monitors expenditures, variance analysis and reporting; takes corrective action as required.
- Manages recruitment, mentoring, coaching and professional development of staff; supervises staff; provides work direction/assignment of duties to meet operational requirements; establishes performance plan/individual goals with staff and reviews performance; identifies training/educational requirements as needed.
- Investigates work issues and/or staff performance issues and initiates appropriate disciplinary action.
- Oversees development/continuous improvement of maintenance programs; applies planning/scheduling techniques and risk-mitigation strategies to ensure effective delivery of preventive, predictive and responsive maintenance; ensures appropriate use of computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Procures/manages work of external service providers directly or through subordinate supervisor; negotiates/monitors contractual agreements for specialized maintenance, purchased services, and renovation work as required.
- Liaises with stakeholders for renovation and/or maintenance projects, and coordinates activities of staff, consultants, and contractors to ensure requirements are met and facility impacts are minimized.
- Oversees development/improvement of policies, procedures, and programs in accordance with applicable codes, regulations and standards; ensures compliance by employees and external service providers; collaborates with and provides technical and logístical support to client.

**What You’ll Need**:

- 4th Class Power Engineer
- Trade’s background is considered an asset
- Minimum 5-7 years’ experience as a Chief Building Engineer (supervising staff)
- Must have a solid understanding of the maintenance and operational routines of large mechanical equipment.
- Proven computer skills (i.e., Microsoft Office - Excel, Word, Outlook)
- First-hand knowledge of plumbing, electrical & HVAC systems is required
- Must be able to work with power tools and possess a hands-on mechanical skillset
- Ability to communicate effectively in English (oral and written)
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

**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 chart your own course and