Maintenance Technician (Plumber/Joiner)

CBRE Local UK; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Local UK is looking for a Fabric Technician to support the Supervisor through maintenance services at various sites. The role involves ensuring high standards of health, safety, and customer satisfaction while managing building fabric tasks. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in a building trade, proven teamwork abilities, and attention to detail.

Benefits

Gym memberships

Volunteering days

Discounts

Access to LinkedIn Learning

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a building trade or fabric role.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental standards.
• Competence in tasks such as plumbing, plastering, and glazing.

Responsibilities

• Deliver positive workplace experience across multiple locations.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety, and engineering standards.
• Provide planned and reactive maintenance services.

Skills

Building fabric tasks

Customer service

HSE knowledge

Team leadership

Attention to detail

Education

Level 3 qualification in building fabric

Full UK driving licence

Job description

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 provides a full range of building maintenance services to their 8,000 buildings in the UK, including commercial offices, telephone exchanges, call centres, and retail shops.

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

The role: Fabric Technician

The purpose of our Engineering Technician (Fabric) is to support the Supervisor by providing reactive and pre-planned maintenance services to building fabric and specific engineering services at various sites, following laid down procedures and safe working practices.

Key responsibilities include:

1. Delivering a positive workplace experience across multiple customer locations.
2. Maintaining high standards of HSE, controlling costs, driving service improvements, and enhancing customer satisfaction.
3. Building and maintaining effective relationships within the customer organisation.
4. Ensuring compliance with all processes, statutory requirements, engineering standards, and health & safety systems.
5. Providing planned and reactive maintenance, including general building fabric and plumbing tasks as per the fabric competency matrix.
6. Supporting projects and refit initiatives with the Projects & Construction team and Facilities Services Manager.
7. Completing risk assessments and documenting work accurately.
8. Reporting risks, defects, and losses for corrective action.
9. Maintaining Site Activity Log Books in accordance with procedures.
10. Participating in an Emergency Call Out Service as per the Out of Hours Rota.
11. Supporting the development of colleagues, including cross-skilling and apprentices.
12. Undertaking the Control of Works Authorised Person (AP) role and supporting other APs and CPs.
13. Understanding and following environmental policies and routines to support environmental objectives.

Person Specification:

• Competence in building fabric tasks such as plastering, joinery, glazing, plumbing, and decorating.
• Ability to lead a small team on fabric projects.
• Knowledge of all relevant HSE requirements and their application.
• Attention to quality, detail, and customer needs.
• Ability to challenge established practices constructively.
• Proven experience in a building trade or fabric role.
• Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental standards, including manual handling, legionella, PASMA, IPAF, asbestos awareness, and roof work.

Desirable: Level 3 or equivalent qualification in building fabric, and a full UK driving licence.

Our mission:

To build a world-class business through exceptional service and people.

Why CBRE?

Enjoy a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, access to LinkedIn Learning, internal career pathways, and a values-based culture that promotes innovation and respect. Benefits include volunteering days, gym memberships, and discounts.