CBRE Group, Inc

FM Engineering Ops Manager - Abernathy, TX

CBRE Group, Inc • $100K — $120K *
Abernathy, TX 79311In-Person
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree preferred; 3-5 years engineering management experience in data centers or mission-critical environments.
  • Proven experience managing and coaching lower-level supervisors or technical team leads in a 24/7 operational setting.
  • Ability to communicate complex technical information clearly and deliver critical incident updates effectively.
  • Proficient in motivating teams, driving accountability, and ensuring engineering department efficiency and reliability.
  • Deep familiarity with data center management systems (CMMS, DCIM) and Microsoft Office Suite.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on root-cause analysis.
  • Financial literacy for calculating efficiencies, load capacities, and managing department budgets.

Responsibilities

  • Manage and evaluate performance of Maintenance and Tech Leads.
  • Guide recruitment, onboarding, and technical training of frontline technicians.
  • Coordinate daily operations through Maintenance and Tech Leads.
  • Maintain relationships with clients and vendor partners.
  • Manage site engineering budget, including OpEx and CapEx planning.
  • Set and develop strategic operational goals to optimize infrastructure efficiency.
  • Implement company initiatives and operational policies at the ground level.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and career advancement.
  • Collaborative and supportive work culture aligned with core values.
  • Exposure to cutting-edge data center technologies and operational strategies.
Full Job Description
About the Role

As the FM Engineering Operations Manager (Data Centers), you will manage the site's Maintenance and Tech Leads who oversee the hands-on technicians providing 24/7 technical support. This role sits within the Engineering and Technical Services function and focuses on scaling leadership to ensure maximum uptime, system reliability, and operational excellence. You will provide strategic and operational direction to your leads, ensuring rigorous execution of preventive maintenance and rapid repairs across critical electrical, mechanical, and cooling systems.

What You'll Do
  • Manage Leadership Staff: Provide formal supervision, performance evaluations, and leadership coaching directly to Maintenance and Tech Leads.
  • Oversee Cascading Team Growth: Guide your leads on the recruitment, onboarding, and technical training alignment of their frontline technicians to maintain industry-leading uptime standards.
  • Coordinate Higher-Level Operations: Work through Maintenance and Tech Leads to manage daily schedules, establish escalation protocols, and enforce cross-training matrices across shifts.
  • Drive Vendor & Stakeholder Relations: Maintain collaborative, high-trust relationships with clients, vendor partners, and external technical contractors.
  • Own the Budget (P&L): Manage the profits, losses, operational expenditures (OpEx), and capital expenditure (CapEx) planning for the site engineering department.
  • Set Strategic Operational Goals: Develop site-specific goals and initiatives to optimize infrastructure efficiency, including Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) tracking.
  • Deploy Organizational Policies: Guide your leads in successfully implementing company initiatives, corporate safety standards, and operational playbooks down to the floor level.
  • Optimize Facilities Procedures: Continually evaluate data center processes, standard operating procedures (SOPs), and emergency operating procedures (EOPs) to solve operational gaps.
  • Enforce Operational Consistency: Ensure your leads maintain rigorous change-management compliance and strict critical environment work authorizations (e.g., Method Statements).
  • Maintain Regulatory Records: Track and audit regulatory paperwork, emissions data, generator logs, and computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) compliance.
  • Model CBRE Core Values: Lead by example and model behaviors consistent with CBRE RISE values, aligning leadership teams to support facility objectives.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Apply deep knowledge of critical environments to seamlessly integrate engineering operations with IT, project management, and HSE teams.
  • Escalate & Resolve Complex Issues: Partner with your Tech Leads to diagnose, troubleshoot, and resolve highly complex technical issues within critical systems (UPS units, chillers, generators, and switchgear).

What You'll Need
  • Education & Experience: Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant engineering management experience within data centers or mission-critical environments. (A combination of experience and education will be considered).
  • Manager-of-Managers Leadership: Proven experience managing, coaching, and developing lower-level supervisors or technical team leads within a 24/7 operational environment.
  • High-Stakes Communication: Ability to clearly guide the exchange of complex technical information, deliver critical incident updates, and convey strict performance expectations to your leadership staff.
  • Mission-Critical Leadership: Strong leadership skills to motivate team leads, drive accountability, and ensure the efficiency and absolute reliability of the engineering department.
  • Technical & Software Proficiency: In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and deep familiarity with data center management systems like CMMS (e.g., Maximo) and DCIM tools.
  • Analytical Problem-Solving: Advanced organizational skills combined with an inquisitive, root-cause-analysis mindset.
  • Financial & Advanced Math Skills: Advanced math and financial literacy to calculate equipment efficiencies, load capacities, percentages, and complex department budget metrics.

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.

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CBRE is a vertically integrated global commercial real estate services and investment firm. The company was established in 1992 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Learn more about CBRE Group, Inc
Size
105,000 employees
Market Cap
$23.8 billion
Industry
Real Estate & Construction
Net Income
$751.9 million
Founded
1906
5 Year Trend
+9.8%
Revenue
$23.8 billion
NASDAQ
CBRE
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