Job Information
CBRE Facilities Technician in London, United Kingdom
Facilities Technician
Job ID
153682
Posted
12-Feb-2024
Service line
GWS Segment
Role type
Full-time
Areas of Interest
Engineering/Maintenance
Location(s)
London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Global Workplace Solutions is a division of CBRE providing integrated solutions across large multi-discipline property portfolios. We are an organisation that has people at the heart of its culture and our aim for this account is to deliver an exceptional service to BT.
Our BT Workplace team provide a full range of building maintenance services to their 7,000 buildings in the UK, from commercial offices and telephone exchanges to call centres and retail shops.
The role: Facilities Technician
The purpose of our Facilities Technician is to support the Workplace Experience Manager in providing reactive and pre planned maintenance services. This will encompass building fabric, grounds maintenance, housekeeping, specific engineering services and on-site waste management. In accordance with laid down procedures and safe working practices.
To act as a key customer contact supporting the Workplace Experience Manager and responsible for ensuring that the planned and reactive maintenance is delivered to the agreed standard across the building. In addition, to engage with customers on site in order to comply with our waste management policy.
Key responsibilities are as follows:
Delivery of the physical workplace experience in a single location with multiple customers.
Delivering our service commitments, maintaining high standards of HSE and a secure workplace, control cost, drive service improvement activity and improve customer satisfaction.
Building and sustaining effective relationships within the customer organisation.
Work in line with CBRE Health & Safety policy, ensuring that safe systems of work are always adopted whilst creating a safe working environment for our customers and colleagues alike.
Ensure compliance with all processes and procedures, statutory requirements, engineering standards.
Provide a planned and reactive maintenance service as instructed, ensuring that operational standards, process and procedures are followed.
Proactively update customers regarding the status of incomplete planned and reactive tasks.
Provide general building fabric maintenance and repairs.
Carry out grounds’ maintenance works when required to ensure sites are kept in good order. This is to include, but not restricted to:
o Litter picking.
o Grass cutting and edge trimming.
o Prune bushes, shrubs and hedges.
o Clear fences, walls and gates of weeds, moss, algae and other inappropriate growth.
o Clear roads, paths, car parks and other hard standing of weeds, moss, algae, debris and leaves.
o Clear surface drains and gullies of obstruction and ensure they are fully effective.
o Ensure the boundaries, roadways, parking areas and pathway road marking (including signage) are visible and no overhanging plants are present.
Work with specialist colleagues within fabric, engineering, housekeeping and grounds maintenance to support building uplift and refit projects as identified and required.
Report risk, loss or defect to the Workplace Experience Manager for corrective actions.
Ensure Site Activity eLog books are completed in a timely and accurate manner and are maintained in accordance with procedures.
Undertake the Control of Works Authorised Person (AP) role and support identification of other relevant APs and Competent Persons (CPs) in cluster.
The effective management of consumable stock, tools and equipment.
Other relevant duties consistent with the general requirements of our technical services delivery as directed by the Workplace Experience Manager.
Person Specification:
Fully conversant with all relevant HSE requirements and their effective application.
Diligent, with an eye for quality and attention to detail, acting with a sense of urgency to put things right for customers.
The ability to constructively challenge established thinking and implement new practices or approaches for the benefit of customers and CBRE.
Essential – Proven experience within a similar role and/or willingness and aptitude to learn new skills.
Essential - A good standard of verbal and written communication skills.
Essential - Appropriate knowledge of Health and Safety and environmental requirements related to delivery of the assigned tasks, including manual handling awareness, legionella awareness, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos awareness, roof working.
Our mission: To build a world-class business through exceptional service and exceptional people
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and EXPERIENCE
High school diploma or general education degree (GED) and a minimum of one year of related experience and/or training.
CERTIFICATES and/or LICENSES
May require valid driver's license.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Ability to comprehend and interpret instructions, short correspondence, and memos and ask clarifying questions to ensure understanding. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor.
FINANCIAL KNOWLEDGE
Ability to calculate simple figures such as percentages.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to understand and carry out general instructions in standard situations. Ability to solve problems in standard situations. Requires basic analytical skills.
OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES
Uses personal computer and / or PDA for work order system, email, ESS and training. Basic skills with Microsoft Office Outlook. Physical requirements include stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs / ladders and ability to lift / carry heavy loads of 50 lbs. or more.
SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY
Decisions made with general understanding of procedures and company policies to achieve set results and deadlines. Errors in judgment may cause short-term impact to co-workers and supervisor.
SAFETY
Responsible for personal safety and the safety of those who are affected by your work. This includes but is not limited to:
Complete all required and assigned HSE training at a satisfactory level,
Follow all activity policies and procedures, including all HSE-related requirements at all times,
Participate in all HSE-related programs & activities as required, including incident investigations, interviews, auditing and assessment, etc.
Report any conditions which you feel could result in an accident or injury and / or stop work if required.
CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)