The primary responsibilities of this position consist of planning, managing and executing large decommissioning projects for corporate and/or industrial clientele. This is a lead management position responsible for the overall direction of activities associated with multiple projects.

While possessing strong written and oral communication skills, this individual must also have the ability to effectively and professionally work with people of various disciplines and levels within a corporate environment, including: real estate, facility management and IT teams, C-level executives, department heads, administrative assistants, and end-users; as well as the project team, including: construction managers, architects, engineers, building managers, physical movers, liquidators, MEP contractors and charitable organizations.

DUTIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

• Engage internal CBRE team members i.e., Project Managers and Real Estate Brokers to sell decommissioning services

• Market and sell to external clients including relationship building, RFP responses and presentations in the pursuit of new business opportunities

• Develop roles and responsibilities for CBRE team members including managing resource requirements, staff productivity and growth

• Develop overall decommissioning strategy including a detailed plan for the entire project and each discipline required to complete the services

• Develop roles and responsibilities for client’s internal team members and external vendors including managing resource requirements

• Coordinate and chair decommissioning meetings

• Develop overall decommissioning budget and cost tracking for projects

• Review lease requirements and develop strategy for meeting key dates and sign-off

• Develop decommissioning schedule including detailed break-down of major tasks and resources required

• Develop project contingency plans

• Develop scopes of work for each subcontracted service associated with the decommissioning

• Develop quote and submit to client for approval

• Ensure CBRE has a fully executed contract with the client prior to any work beginning

• Ensure vendors provide appropriate insurance requirements as well ensure CBRE has a fully executed contract prior to any work beginning

• Create and provide reporting on internal and external service level agreements and KPI’s

• Audit move decommissioning for best practices, lessons learned and process improvement

• Conduct landlord/client sign-off meeting project/lease end date requirements

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• A bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) from a four-year college or university and a minimum ten years of related experience in move management, facility management, interior design, architecture, engineering, or other related field.

• Solid understanding of current business technologies (telecom, IT)

REQUIRED SKILL SET

• Ideally candidate will also have Decommissioning management experience

• Knowledge of various commercial furniture brands helpful

• Ability to quickly gather and understand detailed information about the client company, their industry and business operations

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Must have the ability deal with people in all levels of the organization (admins to CEO)

• Must be able to provide calm reassurance to client and help them through very stressful phases of projects

• Leadership abilities to take charge of a project and gain the trust and confidence of the client, landlord and internal CBRE team members

• Ability to schedule and organize tasks based on client needs and project constraints

• Excellent time management skills to start and complete multiple layers of tasks concurrently

• Strong attention to detail

• Excellent logic and reasoning skills

• Solid understanding of current business technologies (telecom, IT)

• Ability to build internal and external business relationships leading to business opportunities and continued growth

• Willingness to work weekends and possibly some holidays

• Ability to travel throughout the U.S.

Software Skills:

• Candidate must have expert command of Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint). Working knowledge of Revit and AutoCAD preferred, but not required.

CBRE is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer with 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.

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