Brandon Tan

Facilities Management & Sustainability Professional, IFMA, GMAP, FSM.

Singapore

About

Facilities Management (FM) practitioner with experience in leading a team in Building Management, Sustainable Operations & Corporate Administration. Possess a good grasp of building management knowledge and best practices. Well-verse with procurement and financial policies with an objective to secure cost-effective solutions for the organization. Self-motivated, determined and a collaborative team player who can multi-task while delivering quality solutions to resolve challenges to support business needs.

Experience

  • Great Eastern (3 yrs 1 mo)
    • AVP, Property Management
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

      Embedding sustainability into facilities and property management operations. Accelerating Net-Zero progress through maintenance resource optimisation.

    • Property Manager
      Jun 2023 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 11 mos

      -Project manager for Operations work stream of Net-Zero task force. Drive sustainable initiatives for business’ operations to achieve Net-Zero target. -Lead the Implementation of Cooling-as-a-Service solution for Great Eastern Centre & Nankin Row. - Monitored carbon credit and REC prices, recommending strategic procurement to offset residual emissions and support sustainability goals. -Set target to achieve and maintained Green Mark certifications for assets through sustainability practices. -Planning, budgeting and procurement for sustainability related projects.

  • Executive Property Manager at Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore (URA)
    Oct 2022 - May 2023 · 8 mos

    -Manage the M&E aspect of the buildings (50,000m2) -Lead and mentoring of staff to build up competency within the team. -Drive initiatives relating to environment sustainability. -Preparation of ITQ and ITT specifications. -Explore latest technologies in the industry and drive Smart FM for the building.

  • Senior Specialist at e2i, Employment & Employability Institute
    Jun 2019 - Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    -Facilities management of a 30,000m2 Campus with 35 tenants and lettable event spaces -Manage the Integrated Facilities Management (IFM) vendor deliverables, with a key focus on ensuring the seamless operation of the building stakeholders.-Responsible for planning the OPEX expenditure for the upkeep of the campus’ facilities. Successfully completed planned maintenance works over the last 3 FYs without exceeding budget. -Prioritize the Campus’ needs and submit CAPEX budget proposals to the Management for improvement works. -Preparation of ITQ and ITT specifications. -Translate users’ requirements to technical specifications, ensuring design of the project meet the users’ needs. -Successfully negotiate and renewed maintenance contracts with several vendors at minimal increment during the COVID-19 pandemic period when prices were inflated. Achieved savings of $30K during FY20 and FY21. -Design, implement and ensure maintenance regime are not affected when Circuit Breaker measures are enforced to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Apr to June 2020. -Implement and ensure business continuity is in place during the COVID-19 pandemic -Work closely with tenancy and event space marketing team to seek continual improvements on methods to reach out to potential clients and retain existing clients.

  • Facilities Manager at ENGIE Services Singapore
    Jan 2018 - May 2019 · 1 yr 5 mos

    -Lead a team of 12 for the integrated facilities management of retail and office spaces. -Prepare requirement specifications for maintenance contract renewals. -Work closely with the client for OPEX and CAPEX budget preparation -Monitoring of OPEX and CAPEX budget to ensure prudency. -Ensure tenants' fitting out works are executed in compliance with Landlord’s requirements. -Ensure all building’s systems breakdowns are attended to expeditiously and recovered with zero safety incidents. -Co-work with ENGIE’s main office departments for internal audits and corporate compliance -Instil a workplace safety culture for the site team. -Recommend improvement work initiatives to the client -Responsible for Project expenditure and continuously strive to identify areas for cost savings -Business account management and reporting to Senior Manager.

  • Cushman & Wakefield - Formerly DTZ (3 yrs 10 mos)
    • Building Manager
      Apr 2017 - Jan 2018 · 10 mos

      • Lead a team of executives, technicians and QS to manage the day to day maintenance and functional operations of assigned buildings • Ensuring vendors perform their contractual deliverables. • Certification and processing of vendors' payments. • Address operational and corporate administrative matters. • Budget preparation and management of OPEX funds. • Preparation of ITQ and ITT specifications. • Close communication with stakeholders, including presentation of monthly KPI reports.

    • Project Manager
      Aug 2015 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 8 mos

      •Manage infrastructure improvement projects on behalf of the client. •Work in tandem with the client's appointed consultant. •Advice client on the procurement strategy for their projects. •Ensure tender process is done in accordance with client's procurement procedures. •Ensure projects timeline provided by vendors are met promptly.

    • Technical Executive
      Apr 2014 - Aug 2015 · 1 yr 5 mos

      •Management of office building. •Vendors management on maintenance and project works. •Provide solutions to the client to improve maintenance processes. •Propose office and building improvement works to improve their work spaces. •Aid reporting Manager to manage P&L of the account.