Fabric Technician

CBRE Group, Inc.; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 29,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Fabric Technician to support maintenance of building fabric and associated engineering services across multiple sites.

The role involves delivering both reactive and planned work, while upholding CBRE’s safety and quality standards and maintaining strong customer relationships. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience in plastering, joinery, glazing, plumbing and decorating, and be capable of coordinating a small team.

Qualifications

• Experience in building fabric tasks (plastering, joinery, glazing, plumbing and decorating).
• Able to organise and oversee small teams on fabric projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reactive and pre-planned maintenance on building fabric and related services.
• Maintain high standards of HSE and a secure workplace; control costs and drive service improvement.

Skills

Building fabric

Team leadership

HSE compliance

Quality focus

Job description

The role: Fabric Technician

The purpose of our Fabric Technician is to support the Technical Supervisor and/or Area Operation Manager (AOM) by providing reactive and pre-planned maintenance services to building fabric and specific engineering services at various sites in accordance with laid down procedures and safe working practices.

Key responsibilities are as follows:

• Delivery of the physical workplace experience in a single or multiple customer locations
• 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
• Ensure compliance with all processes and procedures, statutory requirements, engineering standards and Health & Safety systems are followed.
• Provide a planned and reactive maintenance service as instructed, ensuring that operational standards, process and procedures are followed. This includes general building fabric and plumbing related tasks as required and as identified on the fabric competency matrix.
• Supports the Projects & Construction team and Facilities Services Manager in identifying, scoping and delivering uplift and refit projects.
• Complete suitable risk assessments prior to undertaking work and complete the appropriate documentation in full.
• Record and report any risk, loss or defect to management for corrective action.
• Ensure Site Activity Log Books are completed in a timely and accurate manner and are maintained in accordance with procedures
• Participate in an Emergency Call Out Service as required in accordance with the Out of HoursRota
• Supports the development of other colleagues, including Facilities Technicians, cross skilling colleagues and apprentices.
• Undertake the Control of Works Authorised Person (AP) role and support identification of other relevant APs and Competent Persons (CPs) in cluster.
• The colleague must understand their environmental responsibilities and follow the CBRE environmental policy, procedures and routines to support the business in achieving its environmental objectives.

Person Specification:

• Able to demonstrate competence in the required tasks typically undertaken within building fabric, including plastering, joinery, glazing, plumbing and decorating, as identified on the fabric competency matrix
• Able to organise a small team of individuals to undertake fabric projects, including managing and overseeing the fabric work of Facilities Technicians
• 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 in a building trade or building fabric role
• Essential - Appropriate knowledge of Health & Safety and environmental requirements related to delivery of the assigned tasks, including manual handling awareness, legionella awareness, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos awareness, roof working
• Full UK driving licence required