Job ID
277429
Posted
01-Jun-2026
Service line
GWS Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Facilities Management
Location(s)
Singapore - Singapore
About The Role
This Senior Facilities Manager /Site lead role is a pivotal member of the APAC Senior Management team for the client account.
The position is responsible for directing and overseeing comprehensive facility maintenance, management, safety, quality, and compliance programs across assigned countries, sites or regions, managing performance against KPIs, and leading subordinate teams in facility operations and maintenance.
Crucially, this role entails sole responsibility for managing relationships with strategic partners.
This includes collaboration, financial oversight, account and relationship governance, KPI management, insurance, risk/liability management, achieving annual objectives, and driving innovation.
The incumbent will also foster positive relationships with client stakeholders, reporting to the client accounts, Regional Alliance Director, and potentially attending offsite CBRE events.
What You'll Do
Key Responsibilities Summary:
Responsibilities
This role is central to managing strategic partner relationships and ensuring operational excellence across assigned countries and sites. Key responsibilities include:
- Strategic Partner & Account Management: Serve as the primary contact for strategic partners, ensuring full compliance with Master Services Agreements (staffing, financials, service delivery, governance, KPIs). Maintain strong communication with leadership regarding operational status, P&L, risks, and escalations. Oversee account governance, participating in reviews, managing change controls, and resolving partner issues.
- Facilities Operations & Compliance: Direct and oversee comprehensive facility maintenance, safety, quality, and compliance programs (including national/local codes, industry standards like cGMP). Conduct client inspections, develop operational solutions, and monitor maintenance effectiveness against KPIs. Manage energy initiatives, identify capital improvement projects, and troubleshoot complex technical and operational problems.
- Financial Oversight: Manage the strategic partner's budget, track expenditures, support variations, report monthly P&L, manage aging debt, and ensure accurate financial reporting, including planning and forecasting.
- Performance Management & Innovation: Ensure positive management of all SLAs and KPIs, addressing and resolving any deviations. Deliver annual SMART objectives for CBRE and strategic partners, and drive innovations in service, costs, and processes.
- Team Leadership: Provide formal supervision to employees, including recruitment, performance management (appraisals, corrective actions), staffing level planning, mentoring, and coaching, while modelling CBRE's values.
What You'll Need
Qualifications and Education:
- Education: Bachelor's Degree preferred (or equivalent experience with a High School Diploma/GED required) and 5-8 years of relevant experience.
- Experience: Minimum 6 years in Engineering and/or Maintenance Management, with preference for prior Supervisory Management experience and experience in staff management (recruitment, training, development, performance, retention).
Key Skills
- Communication: Advanced ability to analyze complex documents, respond to sensitive issues, write effectively, deliver persuasive presentations, and motivate/negotiate with diverse groups.
- Financial: In-depth knowledge of financial principles, capable of complex calculations, budgeting, forecasting, and conducting financial analysis.
- Reasoning: Expert-level analytical and quantitative skills for solving advanced problems and developing strategic solutions with significant company impact.
- Leadership: Proven ability to motivate teams to achieve broad operational targets.
- Technical: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Outlook).
- Other: Strong organizational skills and an advanced inquisitive mindset.
Why CBRE
When you join CBRE, you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services and investment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problem solvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Our collaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity, service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds and skillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your own course and realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.
Applicant AI Use Disclosure
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.
Service line: GWS Segment
