Project Executive

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About the role:

• Oversee daily facility operations, including janitorial services, life-safety systems, engineering, site services, and general maintenance, ensuring alignment with company policies and client requirements. Regularly review contracts, manage bidding processes as needed, and verify invoices against contract terms.
• Supervise maintenance programs to uphold the interior and exterior appearance and functionality of the property.
• Assist the Facility Manager in responding promptly to maintenance, repair, and cleaning requests from building occupants, ensuring ongoing contract programs effectively address operational needs.
• Gather and maintain necessary documentation and reports to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Prepare budgets, financial reports (monthly and quarterly), contracts, purchase orders, and expenditure reports related to the facility or campus as required.
• Support the development of capital budgets, contributing to long-term maintenance plans, facility improvements, and cost-saving strategies.
• Collect, analyze, and prepare statistical reports to assess and enhance facility management objectives.
• Maintain thorough knowledge of management contracts, vendor agreements, and facility-related contracts, ensuring compliance with all requirements.
• Monitor tenant and vendor adherence to insurance requirements and coordinate claims as needed.
• Conduct proactive inspections of the facility, including systems, rooms, and common areas, reporting any issues or necessary improvements to the Facility Manager.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in facilities management, building management, business, or a related field
• Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience in commercial or industrial real estate, with facility management experience required.
• Experience in maintenance, construction, engineering, and property operations preferred.
• Familiarity with CMMS/Work Order Management systems is a plus.
• Industry certifications (CFM, IFMA, BOMA) recommended; additional technical training is beneficial.
• Ability to read and interpret construction specifications and blueprints.
• Strong understanding of management agreements and contract language.
• Proficiency in Building Management Systems maintenance and monitoring.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Financial management expertise, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial tracking

Why join Cushman & Wakefield?

As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion
• We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.

We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.

We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.

That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status. We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.