About the Role:As a CBRE Sr. Facilities Manager, you will play a critical role in the oversight of building operations and maintenance across a 700,000 Sq Ft specialized healthcare portfolio in the Seattle, WA area. You will be responsible for ensuring that our facilities-ranging from surgery centers to commercial medical office buildings -meet the highest standards of safety, operational efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
This is a high-visibility position requiring a blend of strategic leadership, hands-on facility management, and strong client relationship management. This position requires a hybrid work arrangement with approximately 70% of your time dedicated to onsite operations, travel across the Seattle/Factoria portfolio, and emergency response.
What You'll Do: - Provide formal supervision and mentorship to a team of 4-5 building engineers across the 700,000 Sq Ft portfolio.
- Coordinate daily operations, including work scheduling, task assignment, and cross-training to ensure full operational coverage.
- Manage the full employee lifecycle, including recruiting, hiring, performance evaluations, and ongoing professional development.
- Foster a collaborative environment between your maintenance team, internal staff, and the client.
- Conduct rigorous onsite facility inspections to ensure adherence to quality standards and operational best practices.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for emergency facility responses.
- Oversee compliance requirements, including preparation for and management of Joint Commission surveys and adherence to local, state, and federal healthcare regulations.
- Develop and implement Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) procedures tailored to the healthcare environment.
- Track key performance indicators (KPIs) and work orders within the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS).
- Take full accountability for capital and operating budgets for the assigned portfolio.
- Manage the procurement process, including the creation of purchase orders for parts, labor, and services.
- Submit detailed financial variance reports and oversee vendor invoicing procedures.
- Lead contract negotiations and manage relationships with third-party vendors and contractors.
- Identify opportunities for operational efficiency, repairs, and facility upgrades.
- Act as the primary liaison for client relationships, conducting regular meetings to address unresolved facility issues.
- Oversee small-scale facility projects, including equipment replacement and capital improvements.
- 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.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
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 $140,000 annually [or $67.31 per hour] and the maximum salary for the Sr Facilities Manager position is $155,000 annually [or $74.52 per hour]. 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.
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