Maintenance Assistant

CBRE Group, Inc.; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Facilities Assistant to join their dynamic team. This role is crucial for ensuring the smooth operation of facilities, providing exceptional customer service, and maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness and safety. You will be the first point of contact for stakeholders, manage maintenance tasks, and guide suppliers to ensure efficient service delivery. This position offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a collaborative environment while enhancing your skills in facilities management. If you are proactive, have a can-do attitude, and enjoy working in a team-oriented setting, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Strong IT and communication skills are essential for this role.
• Basic maintenance skills including painting, tap repairs, and carpentry are required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day facilities operations ensuring exceptional customer service.
• Supervise preferred suppliers and ensure compliance with QHSE regulations.
• Conduct planned maintenance and respond to reactive tasks efficiently.

Skills

IT skills including MS Office

Good communication skills

Ability to prioritise workload

Full clean driving license

Basic Maintenance Skills

Ability to work on own initiative

Tools

CAFM system

E-Logbooks

Job description

Cambridge - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting for a Facilities Assistant.

Job Responsibilities

The successful candidate will need a can-do attitude and be responsible for being the face of CBRE and Syngenta for the day-to-day facilities operations of the site, ensuring an exceptional customer service experience, whilst also being the point of contact for the site key stakeholders.

You will also provide preventative planned maintenance (PPM) and reactive tasks in an efficient and timely manner to ensure minimum disruption to the building and to ensure all site QHSE rules and regulations are adhered to at all times at our client’s sites.

Supervise, guide and direct preferred suppliers and monitor performance of their assigned responsibilities.

Ensure that work performed in these areas is accomplished efficiently and with minimal disruption and inconvenience to the smooth running of the site.

• Be the first point of contact for the key stakeholders on site.
• Ensure exceptional customer service experience whilst also managing all preferred suppliers.
• Be the point of contact for all site visitors and suppliers.
• Ownership to ensure the site is always kept clean and tidy, both internally and externally.
• Undertake planned maintenance procedures, regular checks, and routine inspections on equipment issued via the CAFM system.
• Undertake repair and reactive minor works associated with the installed services, building fabric, and any relevant tasks to their job designation and report all faults back to the help desk.
• Assist and enhance service delivery through best practice and the effective use of site systems and equipment.
• Ensure that all work areas are left in a clean and tidy condition during work and that minimal disruption to the client is maintained.
• Provide information to assist in the compilation of additional works quotations.
• Carry out personal risk assessments of maintenance and repair activities.
• Maintain and review stock levels, spares requirement through audit and timely ordering of parts.
• Ensure all work is carried out in accordance with CBRE site Health & Safety procedures.
• 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.
• Complete Syngenta and CBRE site inductions for staff and contractors.
• Ensure Authority to Work (ATW) are issued.
• Inputting and management of the Hazard reporting.
• Assist with carrying out Contractor Review (OP63).
• Assist with carrying out site reviews including building Inspections (OP61).
• Sub-Contractor logbook management- ensuring all documentation is current and up to date.
• Management of E-Logbooks (site specific).
• Support with audit management (Internal & External).
• Assist in the investigation and management of incidents.
• Complete statutory compliance requirements (Not limited to):
• Weekly Fire Alarm Testing
• Weekly Tap Flushing
• Monthly Tap Temperatures
• Monthly Emergency Light Testing
• Action Helpdesk Requests and complete service reports and job closures.
• In addition to the above-mentioned tasks, other activities and responsibilities that may be individually defined.

Skills Required

• IT skills including MS Office, databases.
• Good level of written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to prioritise workload to effectively meet deadlines.
• Full clean driving license.
• Ability to work on own initiative as well as part of an integrated site team.
• Basic Maintenance Skills, for example but not limited to:
• Painting and decorating
• Tap repairs
• Lamp replacements
• Carpentry
• General repairs

About CBRE Global Workplace Solutions:

As one of CBRE’s core global businesses, Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) provides end-to-end services to occupier clients across the entire lifecycle of a building. Our teams help companies improve their operations and reduce costs, through expert facilities management, project management, real estate, and energy and sustainability services.

Application Process:

Your application will be reviewed by our Talent Resourcing Team and you will be contacted if you have been successful in being shortlisted for the role.

Taking into consideration the costs of sponsorship, the nature of the role, and the financial resources of the account in question, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

No agencies please.