Facilities Director

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are looking for experienced candidates to join our pipeline of candidates for future recruitment as a Facilities Management Director to manage one of our largest financial services clients, specifically their new flagship headquarters in London Canary Wharf, a building comprising of critical infrastructure and high-profile client facing areas which will go live in early 2026.

Leading up to go-live, the FM Director will be responsible for mobilising the FM services, working alongside the existing mobilisation team, and FM and engineering teams. The FM Director will be responsible for operational delivery and commercial performance, managing customer relationships and acting as a trusted advisor for our client and account leadership team.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Understand client objectives and business strategy and develop own strategic plans/objectives to meet these needs.
• Manage all CBRE service lines including soft and hard services, and hold overall responsibility for CBRE's services in the building being compliant with the contract and all relevant standards/regulations/legislation.
• Act as trusted partner and advisor to client and supporting cross regional alignment on best practice, strategy, risk mitigation and other operational deliverables.
• Ensure prompt and professional response to client escalations.
• Accountable for the successful and timely delivery of CBRE scope of work across all FM services for UKI sites.
• Ensure KPIs and SLAs are achieved, with particular focus on critical infrastructure and uptime.
• Interrogate performance metrics and use the data to manage effectively against the contract.
• Work with SMEs to understand, communicate and address risks, defects and issues.
• Ensure that the Innovation and Continuous Improvement Process is an integral part of service delivery increasingly adding value to both the business and our client.
• Responsible for compliance to all QHSE and relevant company and client policies.
• Oversight and understanding of all our client's portfolio changes and Project works, to identify risks and opportunities, and assure themselves of effective implementation.
• Accountable for timely and accurate financial planning and ongoing financial performance.
• Provide required client and company reporting in a timely manner.
• Facilitate cross-regional communication and be a member of the Senior Management Team in UKI.
• Provide leadership and management to direct reports and other relevant stakeholders.
• Ensure team development and training to ensure a competent and motivated team.
• Provide local oversight of vendor management activities, closely liaising with other CBRE stakeholders.
• Liaise and engage with external social & community committees as necessary, seeking to build and maintain excellent relationships and to act as a focal point of reference for corporate real estate services.
• Promote effective working relationships across all stakeholders, supporting the fully integrated model.
• Identify operational and commercial risks and opportunities, and effectively take any required actions.

Skillsets and Experience:

• Knowledge of hard and soft services, including critical engineering environments, loading bay management, facility management, workplace/community managers, etc.
• Knowledge of Smart FM / Intelligent Buildings, use cases, and their application in facilities management.
• At least 10 years FM experience as a senior manager, ideally with a global organisation from the Financial and Professional Services sector.
• A successful track record of operating at a strategic level, building strong client relationships and delivering financial business targets.
• Experience of managing fully integrated FM including hard and soft services.
• Experience of managing direct reports in a relevant environment.
• Customer services experience and the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Proven account management experience, including full P&L responsibility.
• Have a positive and proactive approach to work, able to work upon their own initiative and as part of a large account team.
• Willingness to provide on-call support out of hours and manage a 24x7 operational management capability with vendors.
• Self-motivated and goal-orientated with ability to prioritise own and other's workloads.
• Must be a team player who leads by example, committed to working in a quality and professional environment.
• Expected to take an active role in supporting other members of the account team.
• Ability to work under pressure and to strict timescales.

Application Process:

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Resourcing Team and you will be contacted if you have been successful in being shortlisted for the role. Taking into consideration the costs of sponsorship, the nature of the role and the financial resources of the account in question, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. No agencies please.