Fabric Technician

CBRE Local UK; Dundee; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Local UK is seeking a skilled Fabric Technician to support the Technical Supervisor and Area Operation Manager across multiple sites. You will perform reactive and planned maintenance on building fabric and related services, ensuring safe, compliant operations and high customer satisfaction.

The role requires proven building fabric experience, effective team coordination, and strict adherence to HSE standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in building fabric tasks including plastering, joinery, glazing, plumbing and decorating.
• Ability to organise and oversee small teams for fabric projects.
• Knowledge of HSE requirements and environmental policies.
• Detail oriented with urgency to put things right for customers.
• Able to challenge established thinking and implement practical improvements for CBRE.
• Essential: proven experience in building trade or building fabric work.
• Essential: knowledge of safety and environmental requirements including manual handling, legionella awareness, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos awareness, roof work.

Responsibilities

• Deliver reactive and planned maintenance to building fabric and engineering services at client sites.
• Maintain high standards of HSE and a secure workplace while controlling costs and improving service.
• Build and sustain relationships within the customer organisation.
• Ensure compliance with processes, statutory requirements, engineering standards and HSE systems.
• Provide planned and reactive maintenance including fabric and plumbing tasks as identified in the fabric competency matrix.
• Support Projects & Construction team in scoping and delivering uplift/refit projects.
• Complete risk assessments before work and document findings fully.
• Record and report any risk, loss or defect to management for corrective action.
• Ensure Site Activity Log Books are completed accurately and timely.
• Follow CBRE environmental policy to support environmental objectives.

Skills

Fabric tasks

Plastering

Joinery

Glazing

Plumbing

Decorating

HSE knowledge

Team leadership

Quality focus

Urgency to fix

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
• 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 and Safety and environmental requirements related to delivery of the assigned tasks, including manual handling awareness, legionella awareness, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos awareness, roof working