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CBRE's engineering function spans facilities management, project delivery, and technical infrastructure across commercial real estate portfolios. For international candidates, the company has a consistent track record of sponsoring work visas across multiple categories, making engineering one of its more sponsorship-active roles.
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Get Access To All JobsAbout the Role: As a CBRE FM Engineering Ops Manager, you will help manage the team responsible for providing technical and operational support to the account staff.
This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
- Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
- Maintain relationships with clients, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Manage the profits and losses of the department or a specific division.
- Develop goals and initiatives to direct the department's course.
- Guide managers in implementing company initiatives and policies.
- Evaluate company processes and procedures to solve issues within them.
- Ensure business operations are implemented based on established procedures.
- Keep track of regulatory records and paperwork.
- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
- Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
- Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
- Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
- Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
- Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
Why CBRE:
A culture of respect, integrity, service and excellence crafts our approach to every opportunity! We are guided by the needs of the cities we inhabit, the communities we build and the world we thrive in!
- Benefits start 1st of the month: Medical, dental vision, PTO, 401k, etc.
- Internal advancement available after 6-month mark
- 40-45 hours a week
- Competitive Pay
CBRE’s Data Center Solutions is the world’s only fully integrated data center real estate firm, offering global strategy, acquisition and disposition representation, project management, and facilities management from a single provider. We serve 40% of the Fortune 100’s data centers, spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary markets across the globe. As an employer of choice, we heavily invest in our people to best serve these state-of-the-art facilities by offering mission critical and leadership training.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 (Fortune #128 as of 2025) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage serving, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development).
Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable 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 individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).
About the Role: As a CBRE FM Engineering Ops Manager, you will help manage the team responsible for providing technical and operational support to the account staff.
This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.
What You’ll Do:
- Provide formal supervision to employees. Monitor the training and development of staff. Conduct performance evaluations and coaching. Oversee the recruiting and hiring of new employees.
- Coordinate and manage the team's daily activities. Establish work schedules, assign tasks, and cross-train staff. Set and track staff and department deadlines. Mentor and coach as needed.
- Maintain relationships with clients, partners, and other stakeholders.
- Manage the profits and losses of the department or a specific division.
- Develop goals and initiatives to direct the department's course.
- Guide managers in implementing company initiatives and policies.
- Evaluate company processes and procedures to solve issues within them.
- Ensure business operations are implemented based on established procedures.
- Keep track of regulatory records and paperwork.
- Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Influence parties of shared interests to reach an agreement.
- Apply knowledge of own discipline and how own discipline integrates with others to achieve team and departmental objectives.
- Identify, troubleshoot, and resolve day-to-day and moderately complex issues that may or may not be evident in existing systems and processes.
What You’ll Need:
- Bachelor's Degree preferred with 3-5 years of relevant experience. In lieu of a degree, a combination of experience and education will be considered.
- Experience in the areas of staffing, selection, training, development, coaching, mentoring, measuring, appraising, and rewarding performance and retention preferred.
- Ability to guide the exchange of sensitive, complicated, and difficult information, convey performance expectations and handle problems.
- Leadership skills to motivate team impact on quality, efficiency, and effectiveness of the job discipline and department.
- In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
- Extensive organizational skills with a strong inquisitive mindset.
- Advanced math skills. Ability to calculate difficult figures such as percentages, fractions, and other financial-related calculations.
Why CBRE:
A culture of respect, integrity, service and excellence crafts our approach to every opportunity! We are guided by the needs of the cities we inhabit, the communities we build and the world we thrive in!
- Benefits start 1st of the month: Medical, dental vision, PTO, 401k, etc.
- Internal advancement available after 6-month mark
- 40-45 hours a week
- Competitive Pay
CBRE’s Data Center Solutions is the world’s only fully integrated data center real estate firm, offering global strategy, acquisition and disposition representation, project management, and facilities management from a single provider. We serve 40% of the Fortune 100’s data centers, spanning primary, secondary, and tertiary markets across the globe. As an employer of choice, we heavily invest in our people to best serve these state-of-the-art facilities by offering mission critical and leadership training.
CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 (Fortune #128 as of 2025) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm (based on 2024 revenue). The company has more than 140,000 employees (including Turner & Townsend employees) serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage serving, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development).
Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable 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 individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at recruitingaccommodations@cbre.com or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).
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Align your credentials to CBRE's project types
CBRE hires engineers for facilities, construction, and MEP-focused roles across commercial properties. Tailor your resume to reflect experience with building systems, capital project delivery, or portfolio-scale maintenance rather than industrial or manufacturing environments.
Target roles that match your visa category
CBRE sponsors multiple visa types including H-1B, TN, and OPT. If you're on F-1 OPT, apply to roles that can accommodate your remaining authorization window, and confirm the team has experience filing cap-subject H-1B petitions before the March registration deadline.
Use Migrate Mate to filter CBRE engineering openings
CBRE posts engineering roles across dozens of markets simultaneously, which makes it hard to identify which ones are realistically open to sponsorship. Use Migrate Mate to browse CBRE's verified sponsoring engineering positions and target your applications more precisely.
Prepare a credentials evaluation before applying
If your engineering degree is from outside the U.S., get a foreign credential evaluation from a NACES-approved service before interviews begin. CBRE's HR teams processing H-1B petitions will need documentation confirming your degree is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's in a relevant engineering field.
Understand CBRE's PERM timeline for permanent roles
For engineering roles leading to Green Card sponsorship, CBRE typically uses the PERM labor certification process through DOL. That process can take 12 to 18 months before an I-140 is filed, so raise long-term sponsorship intentions early in final-round conversations.
Clarify the hiring manager's role in the sponsorship decision
At large real estate firms like CBRE, visa sponsorship approval often sits with a centralized HR or legal team, not the hiring manager. Ask specifically whether the business unit has approved sponsorship for the open headcount before you reach the offer stage.
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Find Engineering at CBRE JobsFrequently Asked Questions
Does CBRE sponsor H-1B visas for Engineers?
Yes, CBRE sponsors H-1B visas for qualifying engineering roles. The company works with immigration counsel to file H-1B petitions for engineers in specialty occupation positions such as project engineers, facilities engineers, and MEP roles. Sponsorship eligibility is typically confirmed during the offer stage, and filings must align with the annual USCIS registration window each March.
How do I apply for Engineering jobs at CBRE?
Applications go through CBRE's careers portal, where engineering roles are listed by service line and location. Roles span project management, building systems, and technical facilities functions. To find positions that are realistically open to visa sponsorship, Migrate Mate filters CBRE's engineering listings specifically for international candidates, saving you from applying to roles where sponsorship is not on the table.
Which visa types does CBRE commonly use for Engineering roles?
CBRE sponsors a range of visa categories for engineers, including H-1B, H-1B1, TN for Canadian and Mexican nationals, and J-1 for qualifying exchange programs. The company also works with F-1 OPT and CPT candidates and supports EB-2 and EB-3 Green Card pathways for engineers in long-term roles where PERM labor certification is appropriate.
What qualifications does CBRE expect for sponsored Engineering positions?
Most sponsored engineering roles at CBRE require a bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, civil, or a closely related engineering discipline. For specialty occupation H-1B filings, your degree must directly relate to the role. Practical experience with building systems, real estate construction cycles, or facilities operations is weighted heavily, and professional engineering licensure strengthens applications for project-facing roles.
How long does the visa sponsorship process typically take for a CBRE engineering hire?
For H-1B, USCIS standard processing runs three to five months after the April 1 filing date, with an October 1 start date. Premium processing reduces the adjudication window to 15 business days. TN sponsorship for Canadian nationals can be secured at the port of entry in a single day. PERM-based Green Card sponsorship takes significantly longer, often exceeding 18 months from initiation through I-140 approval.
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