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Sr Facilities Manager

CBRE

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Location
Houston, TX
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Valid Driver's License

Job overview

The CBRE Facilities Senior Manager manages building operations and maintenance for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings. The role supervises staff, coordinates repairs and maintenance, manages client relationships, and oversees capital projects, budgets, vendors, and safety procedures. A bachelor's degree is preferred, with relevant experience; a combination of education and experience may be considered instead. A valid driver's license is required.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Staff ManagementFacility Repairs and MaintenanceClient Relationship ManagementCapital Project ManagementBudget ManagementEnvironmental Health and SafetySensitive Information CommunicationLeadershipMicrosoft OfficeOrganizational SkillsInquisitive MindsetIntermediate Math

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent5+ Years Relevant ExperienceValid Driver's LicenseFacility Management Certification

Full job description

About the Role:

As a CBRE Facilities Sr. Manager, you will manage many functions of building operations and maintenance for a facility, campus, or portfolio of 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 Property Managers regarding all repairs and investment plans.

What You'll Do:

  • Provide formal supervision to employees. Track the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.

  • 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.

  • Coordinate and manage facility repairs and maintenance by working with technicians, vendors, and contractors.

  • Maintain positive client relationships and conduct meetings on unresolved facility issues.

  • Prepare and manage large and high-profile capital projects, operating budgets, and variance reports.

  • Perform facility inspections quality assurance following local, state, and federal regulations. Suggest and implement operational efficiencies, repairs, and upgrade opportunities.

  • Create environmental health and safety procedures for facilities.

  • Develop vendor relationships and oversee 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 discipline, and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.

  • Lead by example and 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 solve technical and operational problems of complexity.

  • Understand and recognize the broader impact across the department.

  • Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.

What You'll Need:

  • 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. Facility Management certification preferred.

  • Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.

  • Ability to lead the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.

  • Leadership skills to motivate the team to achieve broad operational targets with impacts on own job discipline, multiple job disciplines, and department.

  • In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

  • Extensive organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.

  • Intermediate math skills. Ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.

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 2,150 open Facilities Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$125–187K/yr44 salary ranges
  • US median$25–35/hr201 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 156 open Facilities Management jobs in Texas and 2,150 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Facilities Management postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,534 postings).
Education
267 of the 2,150 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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