
Engineering Ops Manager
Sunnyvale, CAJob$121–150K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Engineering Ops Manager manages a team responsible for mechanical and electrical operations across a facility, campus, or building portfolio. The role coordinates control systems, energy management, maintenance, budgets, vendors, and staff development. It also supports operational analysis and continuous improvement. A bachelor's degree is preferred, and relevant experience, engineering-body membership, and people-management experience are also preferred.
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Full 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. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.
What You’ll Do:
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Proficiency in Tridium Niagara Framework, Client BAS & Lighting systems (we need to define); Gridium energy analytics.
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Assists Stationary Engineers to analyze system malfunctions. Provides guidance and training in the use of campus computerized energy management systems in gathering information to identify problems and perform corrective actions
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Assists with the development and implementation of effective energy management strategies
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Works with vendors, client and software specialists to implement agreed strategies for control systems.
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Provides documentation of all control systems
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Supports and coordinates with vendors, client and team the scheduled software updates to systems.
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Works from building mechanical / electrical plans, HVAC drawings and control diagrams. Understands the operational characteristics of various HVAC systems to include speciality systems / spaces such as Clean Rooms and pharmaceutical level manufacturing spaces.
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Ability to work with Union and Non-Union teams.
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Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
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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.
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Assist team with operations and maintenance issues.
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Direct contractors, subcontractors, and engineers on the entire maintenance aspect.
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Supervise and manage the daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
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Enforce and merge customer engineering, maintenance standards, and requirements into the facility maintenance program and any configuration changes.
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Support preparation of annual operating budgets. Evaluate, forecast, and manage operations and maintenance costs for a specific location.
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Schedule maintenance activities complying with customer operational requirements.
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Support operational analysis of all engineering related performance metrics (KPIs).
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Drive continuous improvement and innovation. Support the undertaking of peer reviews, site assessments, and technical competence evaluations.
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Integrate with clients for reconfiguration, changes, and operational requirements.
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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 that 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.
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Membership of an Engineering related professional body i.e. CIBSE/ IEE 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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Excellent client relationship skills.
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In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
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Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
Disclaimers:
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
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 Sr Facilities Manager position is $120,500 annually and the maximum salary for the Sr Facilities Manager position 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 1,320 open Facilities Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$121–150K/yr
- California median$106–130K/yr102 salary ranges
- US median$110–140K/yr922 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $135K, is 9% above the California median midpoint ($124K) — in the middle half of Facilities Manager salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 119 open Facilities Manager jobs in California and 1,320 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- CBRE (this employer)14 open
- ABM Industries11 open
- Compass Group, North America10 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Facilities Manager postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,063 postings).
- Education
- 177 of the 1,320 open Facilities Manager jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 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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