Facility Manager (Commercial Real Estate)

Location: Santa Clara, California, USA; may require travel between properties in varying weather conditions.

Salary: $119,000–$140,000

Company

Cushman & Wakefield provides commercial real estate and facilities management services.

What you will do

• Lead day-to-day operations for facilities or campus environments, including custodial, life-safety, engineering, site services, maintenance, and workplace services.
• Manage contracts, vendors, invoices, insurance requirements, service-level agreements, and tenant requests.
• Oversee maintenance programs, documentation, compliance logs, reports, and property condition assessments.
• Prepare and review budgets, financial reports, expenditures, purchase orders, annual budgets, reforecasts, business plans, and capital budgets.
• Develop five-year maintenance, facility improvement, and cost-reduction plans and analyze operational data.
• Hire, train, motivate, and evaluate facility personnel while maintaining positive staff relations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Facilities Management, Corporate Real Estate, Project Management, or Business Administration.
• 5–7 years of commercial high-rise, campus environment, and/or property portfolio management experience.
• Strong oral and written communication, technical proficiency, problem solving, leadership, teamwork, relationship management, and financial management skills.
• Ability to read and understand construction specifications and blueprints.
• Proficiency in management agreements, contract language, budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Skill in maintaining and monitoring Building Management Systems.

Nice to have

• Experience in leasing, construction, engineering, and property operations or building management.
• Experience with critical system environments and programs that reduce cost inefficiencies.
• CMMS or work order management experience.
• Certified Facility Manager, IFMA, BOMA, engineering, business, or technical certifications.
• Knowledge of financial systems; Yardi experience is a plus.

Culture & Benefits

• Professional office environment with regular computer, phone, and office equipment use.
• Eligible employees may enroll in health, vision, dental, flexible spending, health savings, retirement, life, and disability insurance programs.
• Paid and unpaid time away from work may be available.
• Equal employment opportunity is provided to protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
• Reasonable accommodation is available for applicants with disabilities through the ADA line or accommodations email.