
Facilities Manager - Project Management
San Jose, CAJob$140–150K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The CBRE Facilities Manager oversees building operations and maintenance while managing facility-related projects across a North American portfolio. The role leads cross-functional project execution, facility improvements, stakeholder coordination, budgets, and schedules, while supporting capital planning and client initiatives. It also supervises staff and vendors, manages repairs and maintenance, and ensures projects and facility operations meet applicable requirements.
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About the Role:
As a CBRE Facilities Manager, you will manage a team responsible for providing overseeing building operations and maintenance for a facility, campus, or portfolio of small to medium sized buildings. This role will focus on managing projects and coordinating facility-related projects across a portfolio of sites throughout North America while supporting building operations, maintenance, capital planning, and client initiatives. This role is responsible for leading cross-functional project execution, overseeing facility improvements, coordinating stakeholders, managing project budgets and schedules, and ensuring successful delivery of workplace, infrastructure, and operational projects
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 Property Managers regarding all repairs and investment plans.
What You’ll Do:
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Provide formal supervision to employees and oversight of vendors, contractors, consultants and project service providers. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
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Schedule and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff, vendor, contractor and project deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
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Coordinate and manage facility repairs and maintenance by working with technicians, vendors, and contractors.
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Lead and manage facility-related projects across North America including renovations, infrastructure upgrades, equipment replacements, site launches, site closures, consolidations, workplace transformations, sustainability initiatives, and operational improvement projects.
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Develop project scopes, schedules, budgets, risk registers, communication plans, and implementation strategies to ensure successful project delivery.
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Maintain positive client relationships and conduct meetings on unresolved facility issues.
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Prepare and manage capital projects, operating budgets, and variance reports.
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Perform facility inspections quality assurance following local, state, and federal regulations. Suggest operational efficiencies, repairs, and upgrade opportunities.
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Manage environmental health and safety procedures for facilities.
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Oversee vendor relationships and invoicing procedures. Review price quotes for the procurement of parts, services, and labor for projects.
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Conduct process and procedure training on maintenance, repairs, and safety best practices.
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Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
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Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
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Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues which may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.
What You’ll Need:
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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. Valid driver's license required. Facility Management certification preferred.
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Project Management certification (PMP, CAPM, PRINCE2, or equivalent) preferred.
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Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
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Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
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Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
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Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
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Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
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 realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
AI Use Disclosure
We value human interaction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills, and aspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiring decisions, and we ask that candidates disclose any use of AI in the application and interview process.
CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Facilities Manager position is $140,000 annually and the maximum salary is $150,000 annually. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience. Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.
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 [email protected] or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).
CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)
How this job compares
Set against the 2,137 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$140–150K/yr
- California median$113–154K/yr90 salary ranges
- US median$125–206K/yr1,343 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $145K, is 7% above the California median midpoint ($135K) — in the middle half of Facilities Management salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 133 open Facilities Management jobs in California and 2,137 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Oracle13 open
- CBRE (this employer)9 open
- Cushman & Wakefield5 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,525 postings).
- Education
- 267 of the 2,137 open Facilities Management jobs (12%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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