Senior Facilities Engineering Manager

About the role

JLL is recruiting a Senior Facilities Engineering Manager to manage facilities engineering services for a large foreign-owned financial institution's office in Tokyo. The role is based on-site in Minato-ku, Tokyo, and is responsible for keeping the client's building equipment running reliably so that business continuity is supported. It is a contract employee position.

Key responsibilities

• Manage preventive maintenance plans for HVAC, electrical, water supply and fire safety systems, and give emergency instructions when faults occur
• Plan and supervise equipment renewal and renovation works, and set up energy-saving measures
• Manage statutory inspection schedules, keep quality and compliance standards, and write monthly reports and incident reports
• Manage maintenance contractors and construction firms, check work quality and guide improvements
• Manage the team of about 10 facility engineers (including vendors), write and revise SOPs, and handle 24-hour on-call duty
• Take part in client equipment replacement and update projects, and prepare the annual maintenance budget

Required profile

• More than 5 years of hands-on facilities maintenance experience (office buildings, commercial facilities, factories or data centres)
• Team leadership experience (team leader or above)
• Business-level Japanese and English
• Preferred: third-class electrician or building environmental hygiene engineer qualification

Required skills

• Engineering systems troubleshooting
• Preventive maintenance and vendor management
• Energy management and compliance reporting

Working hours are 9:00-17:30, with two days off per week following the Japanese calendar. Remote work requires consultation, and on-site attendance is required.