

Facilities Assistant: New York City
CBRE
Posted Saturday, May 9, 2026
Posting ID: 272459
Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.
In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.
JOB SUMMARY
The primary objective of this position is to assist the Facility Management team in providing an outstanding white-glove workplace experience within a Class A office building exceeding 400,000 square feet.
Facilities assistant - Shift Monday to Friday (7am-4pm)
Facilities Assistant - Shift Tuesday - Friday ( 1pm-10pm) and Saturday 9am-5pm (or shift support Saturday coverage)
What You'll Do:
In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.
JOB SUMMARY
The primary objective of this position is to assist the Facility Management team in providing an outstanding white-glove workplace experience within a Class A office building exceeding 400,000 square feet.
Facilities assistant - Shift Monday to Friday (7am-4pm)
Facilities Assistant - Shift Tuesday - Friday ( 1pm-10pm) and Saturday 9am-5pm (or shift support Saturday coverage)
What You'll Do:
- Provides coordination and support for the delivery of Workplace Services; office set up, cleaning and resetting of all shared spaces. i.e. clean and sanitize desks, empty trash, reset all office items (keyboard, mouse, monitor, phone, etc.)
- Services include, but are not limited to Cleaning/Janitorial Office Services
- Maintains awareness of the workspace. Submits janitorial and maintenance work orders as needed and connects with appropriate partners to address issues. Responds to customers on behalf of other team members (e.g., Facilities or Janitorial Team).
- Responds promptly to customer requests and complaints with accurate and thorough information according to the specific request.
- Assists with light-duty adjustments such as: Furniture reset, delivering temporary equipment and supplies.
- Utilizes firmwide technology tools to report and track the areas that need attention.
- Complies with all applicable codes, regulations, governmental agency and Company directives related to building operations and work safety.
- Performs general labor work as assigned including loading, unloading and moving materials. Runs errands to support projects.
- Performs housekeeping functions and maintains the professional appearances of the property, equipment, engineering spaces, and common areas.
- Responds quickly to emergency situations, summoning additional assistance as needed.
- Prepares meetings and conference rooms, arranging tables and chairs as requested.
- Performs other duties as directed and participates in ad-hoc office improvement projects.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
HousekeepingOperationsCoordinatingAccountabilityProject ManagementAgile MethodologyLoading And UnloadingEnvironmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)Facility ManagementFurniture CleaningEquipment EngineeringSecurity Consulting