Fabric Technician

CBRE; Oxford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global property services firm in Oxford seeks a Fabric Technician to support maintenance services. Responsibilities include delivering reactive and pre-planned maintenance, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and managing small teams. Ideal candidates will have experience in the building trade and strong leadership skills. The role offers competitive pay and numerous benefits, including access to LinkedIn Learning and paid volunteering days.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Learning & Development programs

Volunteering days

Exclusive discounts

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a building trade or building fabric role.
• Knowledge of HSE requirements and effective application.
• Full UK driving license required.

Responsibilities

• Provide planned and reactive maintenance services.
• Ensure compliance with safety processes and standards.
• Participate in Emergency Call Out Service as required.

Skills

Building fabric experience

Leadership skills

Attention to detail

Health and Safety knowledge

Education

Level 3 or equivalent qualification in building trade

Job description

Overview

Fabric Technician

Job ID 226353

Posted 30-Jun-2025

Service line GWS Segment

Role type Full-time

Areas of Interest Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s) Oxford - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Reading - 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 8,000 buildings in the UK, from commercial offices and telephone exchanges to call centres and retail shops.

We encourage new ways of working, driving innovation, whilst always living to our RISE values. Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence.

Role

The purpose of our Engineering Technician (Fabric) is to support the Supervisor 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 Hours Rota
• 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 and Safety and environmental requirements related to delivery of the assigned tasks, including manual handling awareness, legionella awareness, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos awareness, roof working
• Desirable: holder of a level 3 or equivalent, work based and practically assessed building fabric related qualification, such as an NVQ, BTEC or apprenticeship in a building trade related subject area
• Full UK driving licence required

Our mission: To build a world-class business through exceptional service and exceptional people

Why CBRE?

Salary & Benefits

Enjoy a competitive salary with a comprehensive benefits programme, designed to make sure you feel valued in your role, with benefits that support the mental, physical, emotional and financial health for you and your family.

Learning & Development: Access LinkedIn Learning from day one with over 16,000 courses available, grow through our internal career pathways an unlimited training support on Talent Coach.

Values-Based Culture: We encourage new ways of working, driving innovation, whilst always living to our RISE values. Respect, Integrity, Service and Excellence.

Positive Work Environment: Over 74% of our colleagues would recommend us as a great place to work, according to our latest internal engagement survey.

Volunteering Days: Benefit from 2 paid volunteering days per year.

Exclusive Discounts: Nuffield gym memberships and restaurant discount cards.