Sr Regional Facilities Manager; REMOTE Raleigh​/Durham market

Durham - North Carolina - United States of America, Raleigh - North Carolina - United States of America, West Raleigh - North Carolina - United States of America

As a CBRE Sr Regional Facilities Manager, you will manage a team responsible for overseeing building operations and maintenance for a facility, campus, or portfolio of medium to large sized buildings. This job is 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.

• Critical role that requires strong lab/life sciences background.
• Handles all labs within the assigned market with 10 sites with close to 1mm sf of lab space.
• Very high-demand role.
• Budgeting and P/Os.
• Directly managing the customer in terms of quality, HSE, etc.
• Client development and oversight.
• 9 direct reports with 27 indirect reports.
• Computer literacy SI7 and/or Coupa helpful.
• Soft services and strong communication skills.
• Will have site leads as indirect or direct reports.
• Will be walking around the facilities constantly.
• Provide senior-level supervision to 9 Facilities Managers and their teams, ensuring effective leadership development, staff training, and performance evaluations.
• Apply a broad knowledge of the business, own discipline, and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
• Identify and solve technical and operational problems of complexity.
• Understand and recognize broader impact across the department.
• Improve and change existing methods, processes, and standards within job discipline.
• Develop and implement strategic plans for facility operations, maintenance, and capital improvement projects across multiple regions.
• Conduct regular regional facility inspections, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and driving operational efficiencies.
• Manage and optimize budgets, including capital expenditures, operating budgets, and variance reports across multiple regions.
• Foster and maintain positive client relationships, addressing and resolving complex facility issues and conducting high-level meetings.
• Oversee and negotiate with vendors and contractors, ensuring quality service and cost-effectiveness.
• Lead initiatives to enhance environmental health and safety procedures across all facilities under your purview.
• Conduct advanced process and procedure training on maintenance, repairs, and safety best practices.
• Engage in high-level problem‑solving, addressing organizational challenges that may not be evident in existing systems and processes.
• Model and promote CBRE RISE values, influencing various stakeholders to achieve shared objectives.

• Critical role that requires strong lab/life sciences background.
• 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. Prior management experience required.
• Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention is preferred.
• Exchanges and explains complex and difficult information, conveys performance expectations, and handles sensitive issues.
• 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, including Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

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