Job Title
Engineering Manager
Job Description Summary
The Engineering Manager will manage direct activities for the delivery of engineering & operations and asset planning, maintenance and repair for the West\Midwest Region with accountability for the overall delivery of operational management, including engineering services, projects, critical work, energy management, sustainability initiatives, and environmental health & safety. Responsibilities also include MSA compliance, adherence to business plan, budgetary control, capital planning, client standards and oversight of the daily operational management and activities associated with the region.
Job Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop and maintain technical proficiency, industry knowledge, and communication skills to provide timely information on all property-specific issues as well as keeping the client informed of important developments and trends in the property and facility management industry.
Oversee region day-to-day engineering operations to ensure safe, efficient, and reliable facility and infrastructure performance, including HVAC, electrical, plumbing, life safety systems, and building automation.
Manage the CMMS to plan, prioritize, schedule, and track corrective, preventive, and predictive maintenance activities. Create incident (RESINC) and problem tickets to ensure compliance and tracking.
Ensure accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of CMMS data, including work orders and asset records.
Execute and supervise site engineering team for all critical maintenance and projects, including annual, semi preventative maintenance of all MEP critical equipment including Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS), generator, and HVAC.
Develop and maintain a 12-month strategic calendar for all annual, semi and quarterly maintenance, including key dates (freeze, holiday) and a look ahead progress status for request for change, methods of procedure, and work permits.
Develop and maintain primary schedules for preventive maintenance, corrective repairs, capital projects, and critical system outages. Coordinate with internal teams, property management, and clients to minimize operational disruptions during outages or intrusive work. Track work progress, dependencies, and timelines using CMMS or other scheduling tools. Forecast resource needs and allocate labor efficiently.
Manage all operating and project requests for change, including weekly status tracking, vendor availability, operational team coverage (after hours, weekend supervision).
Lead the creation, review, and approval process for all Method of Procedure (MOP) and SOP documentation related to critical MEP activities. Ensure MOPs include clear isolation points, step-by-step procedures, risk assessments, contingency plans, and rollback methods. Coordinate with engineering teams, on-site technicians, and clients to validate sequence of operations. Conduct pre-task meetings and ensure all stakeholders are aligned prior to work execution. Monitor work in the field to confirm adherence to the approved MOP.
Manage stakeholder coordination, including Facilities Management, IT, Asset Management, and Project teams. Build and communicate on all business impacting events.
Environmental Health & Safety
Ensure compliance with all applicable EH&S laws, regulations, and organizational policies, promote a strong safety culture through leadership, communication, and accountability.
Financial & Contract Management
Monitor vendor performance and manage key contract relationships. Evaluate vendor proposals, scopes of work, and service deliverables to ensure alignment with engineering standards and facility requirements.
Participate, facilitate and negotiate service contracts with outside vendors to achieve balance between performance and cost in compliance with C&W's values, standards and guidelines for business conduct.
Develop, maintain, and analyze CMMS reports and dashboards related to work orders, preventive maintenance compliance, asset performance, backlog, labor utilization (including overtime management), and downtime.
Present technical information clearly, ensuring clients understand risks, alternatives, and contingency measures.
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Facilities Management, Corporate Real Estate, or Project Management, required.
Associate’s Degree or Trade School Certification in Electrical, Mechanical, HVAC, or MEP disciplines with relevant experience, acceptable alternative.
Broad commercial real estate and financial background with relevant experience with expertise in all facets of facility/property operation and management, critical systems, people management, vendor management, and capital planning
ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY QUALIFICATIONS
Professional Engineer License (PE) Certified Facility Manager (CFM), Facilities Management Association (FMA), Certified Property Manager (CPM), Real Property Administrator (RPA), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Accredited Professional (LEED AP) designation preferred.
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate with others and exchange accurate information; operate a computer and other office productivity machinery; move about the workplace; remain in a stationary position for 50% of the time; and extend hands and arms in any direction.
C&W provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law. Further, C&W takes affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed and employees during employment are treated without regard to any of these characteristics. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.
Note: This job description includes the core responsibilities for C&W. These duties may have slight modifications based on the regional location.
Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.
The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
The company will not pay less than minimum wage for this role.
The compensation for the position is: $ 119,000.00 - $140,000.00
Cushman & Wakefield is an Equal Opportunity employer to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. Discrimination of any type will not be tolerated.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act (ADAAA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position at Cushman & Wakefield, please call the ADA line at 1-888-365-5406 or email [email protected]. Please refer to the job title and job location when you contact us.
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