Facilities and Real Estate Administrator

About Us:

How many companies can say they’ve been in business for over 179 years?!

Here at ZEISS, we certainly can! As the pioneers of science, ZEISS handles the everchanging environments in a fast-paced world, meeting it with cutting edge of technologies and continuous advancements. ZEISS believes that innovation and technology are the key to a sustainable future and solutions for global change. We have a diverse range of portfolios throughout the ZEISS family in segments like, Industrial Quality & Research, Medical Technology, Consumer Markets and Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology. We are a global company with over 42,000 employees and have over 4,000 in the US and Canada alone! Make a difference, come join the team!

What’s the role?

This position offers hands-on experience supporting real estate, facilities, and workplace operations through a blend of analytics, systems, reporting, and process coordination. The role provides support to day-to-day facilities and workplace services, business process improvement, and the function’s technology tools that support operational excellence across REFM.

The Facilities Admin will assist with the development and execution of real estate, facilities, and workplace programs by supporting standardized analytics, metrics, reporting, and operational processes. This role also contributes to the adoption of new technology tools and data-driven workflows that improve visibility, efficiency, and decision-making. The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, adaptable, and interested in workplace operations, systems, and continuous improvement.

Sound Interesting?

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Support the REFM team in the coordination and administration of real estate, facilities, and workplace initiatives.

• Support coordination of REFM systems, tools, and technology-related initiatives.

• Assist with activities related to the design, implementation, and optimization of service management tools.

• Ensure data integrity and maintain accurate records across multiple enterprise platforms.

• Collaborate with internal technical teams and external vendors to support reporting needs, resolve data gaps, and monitor system trends.

• Support analysis of business needs to help inform real estate and workplace planning through metrics, reporting, and project coordination.

• Assist with meeting, conference room, and event setup and breakdown.

• Support purchase request and purchase order entry, tracking, and follow-up.

• Coordinate updates to real estate, lease, and occupancy data in centralized systems to support accurate reporting and compliance tracking.

• Support change management activities related to new business process and technology deployments, including communications, user guidance, and issue tracking.

• Assist in developing and maintaining reports, dashboards, transaction logs, and tracking tools for work orders, expenditures, vendor performance, and service levels.

• Support the use of AI-enabled analytics and reporting tools to identify trends, recurring issues, and opportunities for operational improvement.

• Assist in preparing timely, data-driven updates for Facilities and Real Estate leadership.

Do you qualify?

• A bachelor’s degree in business, real estate, facilities management, engineering, data analytics, information systems, or a related field.

• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and other standard business applications.

• Strong organizational, communication, and time management skills.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment with strong attention to detail.

• Interest in workplace operations, facilities, real estate, systems, analytics, or business process improvement.

• Experience with reporting tools, dashboards, or enterprise systems is a plus.

Experience and Education Requirements:

• Exposure to analytics, dashboards, reporting, and enterprise systems used to support operational decision-making.

• Hands-on experience supporting real estate, facilities, and workplace operations in a corporate environment is a plus.

• Opportunity to contribute to process improvement, technology adoption, and workplace initiatives.

• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, service providers, and business partners.

Compensation

• Salary Range: The annual pay range for this position is $74,000 – $92,000

• Actual compensation will depend on factors such as location, experience, education, skills, and role scope

• Eligible for performance bonus or sales commissions

We have amazing benefits to support you as an employee at ZEISS!

• Medical
• Vision
• Dental
• 401k Matching
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Vacation and sick pay
• The list goes on!

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of requirements, duties, or responsibilities. The Company reserves the right to interpret, amend, or otherwise modify, in whole or in part, any job description at any time, at its sole discretion.

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Maria Khalil

Zeiss provides Equal Employment Opportunity without unlawful regard to an Applicants race, color, religion, creed, sex, gender, marital status, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizen status, sexual orientation, pregnancy (includes childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition), genetic predisposition, carrier status, gender expression or identity, including transgender identity, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law of the employee (or the people with whom the employee associates, including relatives and friends).