Engineering Technical Supervisor - Bilingual English​/Spanish

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard service-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 delivery service.

In 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.

As a CBRE Technical Facilities Engineering Supervisor you will manage a team responsible for implementing, coordinating, and managing all mechanical and electrical operations for a facility, campus, or portfolio of buildings. They will manage all aspects of the Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Alarm and Fire Protection (MEPS) systems for operations

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs of equipment and systems.

Location:

This role will be on-site 5X a week

Spanish language proficiency required:
Must be able to communicate effectively in both English and Spanish with employees, clients, vendors, and/or customers

• Supervise Facilities Engineering & Critical Infrastructure, responsible for strategy, reliability, resilience, and operational performance of mission-critical infrastructure
• Lead infrastructure modernization, capacity planning, and lifecycle replacement programs.
• Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations. 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.
• Develop Method of Procedures (MOPs) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for maintenance and required project work.
• Direct contractors, subcontractors, and engineers on the entire maintenance aspect.
• Supervise and manage the daily operation of facility controls and asset management systems.
• Enforce and merge customer engineering, maintenance standards, and requirements into the facility maintenance program and any configuration changes.
• Support preparation of annual operating budgets. Evaluate, forecast, and manage operations and maintenance costs for a specific location.
• Schedule maintenance activities complying with customer operational requirements.
• Support operational analysis of all engineering-related performance metrics (KPIs).
• Drive continuous improvement and innovation. Support the undertaking of peer reviews, site assessments, and technical competence evaluations.
• Integrate with clients for reconfiguration, changes, and operational requirements.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
• Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering is preferred.
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Spanish (written and verbal) is required.
• 8+ years’ experience in managing mission-critical infrastructure data center operations.
• Membership of an Engineering related professional body i.e. CIBSE/ IEE preferred.
• Understanding of the latest technologies and design philosophies for critical systems as well as thorough knowledge of all MEPS systems.
• Will require 24/7 availability to…