Assistant Facilities Manager
CBRE
Date: 8 hours ago
City: Ottawa, ON
Contract type: Full time
Ottawa - Ontario - Canada
About The Role
Join CBRE as an Assistant Facilities Manager and become a key player in delivering exceptional workplace experiences. In this dynamic role, you’ll help oversee the day-to-day operations of regulated spaces, ensuring facilities run smoothly, safely, and efficiently. You’ll collaborate with vendors, technicians, and internal teams to support repairs, maintenance, and capital projects—making a real impact on the spaces where people work and innovate.
This is more than just facilities management—it’s about creating environments that inspire productivity and well-being. If you’re a proactive problem-solver with a passion for operational excellence and client service, this is your opportunity to grow with a global leader in real estate services.
What You’ll Do
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 realize your full potential.
Our Values in Hiring
At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.
Disclaimers
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages application from all persons regardless of race, creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, family status, gender identity or expression, disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, provincial or territorial law.
Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individual with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [email protected] or via telephone at Via telephone at +1 866 388 4346 (Canada) and +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.)
CBRE GWS
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.
Find out more
Service line: GWS Segment
About The Role
Join CBRE as an Assistant Facilities Manager and become a key player in delivering exceptional workplace experiences. In this dynamic role, you’ll help oversee the day-to-day operations of regulated spaces, ensuring facilities run smoothly, safely, and efficiently. You’ll collaborate with vendors, technicians, and internal teams to support repairs, maintenance, and capital projects—making a real impact on the spaces where people work and innovate.
This is more than just facilities management—it’s about creating environments that inspire productivity and well-being. If you’re a proactive problem-solver with a passion for operational excellence and client service, this is your opportunity to grow with a global leader in real estate services.
What You’ll Do
- Coordinate and manage facility repairs and maintenance by working with technicians, vendors, and contractors.
- Point of contact for all front-line clients on various requests.
- Coordinate with vendors on maintenance tasks, corrective, and preventative.
- Oversee vendor relationships and invoicing procedures.
- Assist in managing capital projects, operating budgets, and variance reports.
- Apply general knowledge of standard principles and techniques/procedures to accomplish assigned tasks and solve routine problems.
- Have a broad knowledge of own job discipline and some knowledge of several job disciplines within the function.
- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. May convince to reach an agreement.
- Impact the quality of own work and the work of others on the team.
- Work primarily within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines.
- Explain complex information to others in straightforward situations.
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 2-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
- Understanding of existing procedures and standards to solve slightly complex problems.
- Ability to analyze possible solutions using technical experience to apply appropriate judgment and precedent.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Strong organizational skills with an inquisitive mindset.
- Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate complicated figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
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 realize your full potential.
Our Values in Hiring
At CBRE, we are committed to fostering a culture where everyone feels they belong. We value diverse perspectives and experiences, and we welcome all applications.
Disclaimers
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer who welcomes and encourages application from all persons regardless of race, creed, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, colour, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, family status, gender identity or expression, disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, provincial or territorial law.
Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individual with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [email protected] or via telephone at Via telephone at +1 866 388 4346 (Canada) and +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.)
CBRE GWS
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.
Find out more
Service line: GWS Segment
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