Asst Chief Engineer-Fremont, CA

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service  addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About the Role:

As a CBRE Assistant Chief Engineer, you will support the Chief Engineer in managing engineering operations and directing vendors and subcontractors. You will be responsible for ensuring the smooth operation and maintenance of building systems, providing technical guidance, and leading a team to achieve operational excellence.

What You’ll Do:

Manage shift operations, assign work orders, and provide training to coworkers and subcontractors

Review monthly tenant service request summaries to pinpoint and correct recurrent operational problems

Develop a preventive maintenance program for machinery and systems

Inspect systems to ensure operation within normal parameters

Maintain inventory of supplies and tools, ordering necessary materials to complete all tasks

Schedule preventive maintenance and downtime to cut business interruption and inconvenience

Perform repairs, emergency, and preventive maintenance, completing maintenance and repair records as required

Respond timely to emergency situations, requesting extra help as needed

Apply advanced knowledge to seek and develop new, better methods for accomplishing both individual and department objectives

Showcase expertise in own job discipline and in-depth knowledge of other job disciplines within the organization function

Coach others to develop in-depth knowledge and expertise in most or all areas within the function

Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values

Anticipate potential objections and persuade others, open at senior levels and of divergent interest, to adopt a different point of view Impact the achievement of customer, operational, project, or service objectives across multi-discipline teams

Work is guided by functional policies which impact the design of procedures and policies

Contribute to new products, processes, standards, and/or operational plans in support of achieving functional goals

Communicate difficult and complex ideas with the ability to influence

What You’ll Need:

High School Diploma, GED, or trade school diploma with 5-8 years of job-related experience. In lieu of a diploma, a combination of experience and education will be considered Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred.

Meet the physical requirements of this role including stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to lift/carry heavy loads of 50 lbs. or more.

The innovative mentality to develop methods that go beyond existing solutions

Ability to solve unique problems using standard and innovative solutions having a broad impact on the  knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

Expert organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset Highly sophisticated math skills. Ability to calculate somewhat complex 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

Why CBRE:

When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses…