Workplace & Facilities Recruiting and Staffing
CRE Talent Group recruits and staffs workplace and facilities professionals for corporate real estate teams and the service providers that support them. These roles run the offices, labs, and campuses where employees work, and shape how those spaces serve the people in them. We fill them on a contract or direct-hire basis.
Workplace & Facilities roles we recruit for
Titles vary from one organization to the next, so each role below is described by what the work involves.
Facilities manager
Runs one site or a group of sites: maintenance, vendors, budgets, health and safety, and day-to-day building issues.
Regional facilities manager and facilities director
Oversees facilities across a region or portfolio, sets standards, and manages service providers and budgets.
Workplace experience manager
Shapes the employee experience on site: front of house, hospitality, amenities, events, and workplace communications.
Workplace strategist
Uses occupancy data and employee research to plan how much space is needed and how it should be designed and used.
Integrated facilities management (IFM) account manager
Leads delivery of outsourced facilities services for a corporate client, on the service provider side, within integrated facilities management (IFM) programs for corporate occupiers.
Space planner and move manager
Plans seat and space allocation and runs moves, adds, and changes across the portfolio.
Technical services and building operations manager
Leads engineering and building systems operations, including critical environments such as labs and data rooms.
What makes workplace and facilities hiring hard
Role definitions vary widely
"Workplace" can mean hospitality at one company, strategy at another, and building operations at a third. Hiring starts with a precise picture of what the role covers.
The delivery model changes the job
Running self-delivered services, managing an outsourced IFM provider, and working for the provider each call for different skills, especially in contract and performance management.
Hybrid work raised the bar
Workplace and facilities teams now work with utilization data, flexible space, and employee experience goals alongside traditional operations.
Some buildings need technical depth
Labs, data rooms, manufacturing space, and large campuses require knowledge of critical systems, compliance, and safety that general office experience may not include.
What to look for in a workplace and facilities hire
Use these as a starting point for your job description and interview plan.
Experience with your delivery model
Self-delivered, outsourced, or a mix. Someone who has managed an IFM provider knows how to hold service levels and key performance indicators accountable.
Vendor, contract, and budget ownership
Ask about the contracts and budgets they owned outright, how they procured services, and how they handled underperformance.
Technical depth for your building types
Match technical knowledge to your sites, especially for labs, critical environments, and regulated spaces.
Service mindset and communication
Facilities and workplace leaders are visible to every employee. Look for calm, clear communication with executives and front-line staff alike.
Use of data
Comfort with work order data from systems such as ServiceNow, Corrigo, or IBM Maximo, utilization data from booking and sensor platforms, and budgets helps candidates make and defend decisions.
How we evaluate workplace and facilities candidates
Every candidate is assessed on the same four dimensions, written up in a candidate assessment that comes with their resume. For this specialty, that means:
- Relevant experience
- Building types and sizes, number of sites, delivery model, and whether their experience is on the client side or the service provider side.
- Functional expertise
- We ask how they run maintenance programs, manage vendors and service levels, build budgets, and handle health and safety.
- Delivery capability
- Improvements they led, such as service model changes, provider transitions, workplace programs, site openings, and moves.
- Role fit
- On-site or regional scope, hands-on or strategic focus, and the stakeholder level the role works with, compared with what the candidate wants next.
Contract staffing or direct hire?
We fill these roles on either basis. Here is where each tends to fit.
Contract staffing
Contract workplace and facilities staff are a good fit for interim and project-based needs.
Often a good fit for
- An interim facilities manager during a vacancy or leave
- Relocations, consolidations, and site openings
- Transitions between IFM service providers
- Space planning and move management projects
Direct-hire recruiting
Direct hire fits roles that lead sites, programs, and provider relationships over time.
Often a good fit for
- Site, regional, and portfolio facilities leaders
- Workplace experience leads
- Workplace strategy roles
- IFM account leadership on the provider side
Not sure which fits? Choose "Not sure" on the Hire Talent form and we will recommend an approach based on the work.
Workplace & Facilities hiring questions
What is the difference between workplace experience and facilities management?
Facilities management keeps buildings safe, maintained, and running: maintenance, vendors, budgets, and compliance. Workplace experience focuses on how employees experience the space, including front of house, hospitality, amenities, and communications. Many corporate real estate teams combine both under one workplace leader.
What is integrated facilities management (IFM)?
Integrated facilities management is an outsourcing model where one service provider delivers many facilities services, such as maintenance, cleaning, and front of house, under a single contract. The corporate real estate team then manages the provider against agreed service levels. We recruit for both sides: client-side roles that manage IFM providers and provider-side roles that deliver the services.
Can you provide an interim facilities manager?
Yes. Interim facilities management is a common contract staffing need, for example during a vacancy, a leave, or a site opening. We assess interim candidates on how quickly they can learn a site, its systems, and its vendors.
Should our facilities manager come from the client side or the service provider side?
Both backgrounds can work well. Client-side candidates know how to manage providers and internal stakeholders, while provider-side candidates often bring deep operational and contract knowledge. The right choice depends on your delivery model and the role's scope, and our assessment addresses that fit directly.
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Projects & Capital Delivery
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Hiring for workplace and facilities?
Tell us about the role and get a shortlist, with a written assessment for every candidate. If you work in this field, submit your profile for current and future openings.