Multi-Skilled Technician

CBRE; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE seeks a Multi-Skilled Technician to manage Data Centre operations in Birmingham. The role includes ensuring compliance with processes, performing maintenance, and responding to emergencies. Ideal candidates will have electrical certifications and strong teamwork and communication skills, as well as experience in critical environments. This full-time position offers career growth in an essential service sector.

Qualifications

• Understanding of Health and Safety requirements and supervision of contractors.
• Experience in critical change management and critical environment operations.
• Strong mechanical knowledge.
• Experience managing subcontractors and permit to work systems.
• Authorized Person LV certification or experience.
• Knowledge of Data Centers, emergency response, standby, and call-out protocols.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all CBRE processes and procedures, fulfilling contract requirements.
• Carry out all Critical Facility PPMs on schedule and complete reactive work requests within SLAs.
• Respond to outages or emergencies and escalate issues as necessary.
• Supervise contractors when required.
• Coordinate with QHS specialists to ensure audit compliance.

Skills

Health and Safety compliance

Electrical knowledge

Teamwork

Communication skills

Computer literacy

Flexible workload management

Education

18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations

Electrical City & Guilds

2391-52 Testing & Inspection

Job description

Multi-Skilled Technician

Job ID: 225803

Posted: 19-Jul-2025

Service line: GWS Segment

Role type: Full-time

Areas of Interest: Data Centers, Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s): Birmingham - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Wednesbury - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Job Description

Position: Multi-Skilled Technician

Company: CBRE, GWS, Data Centre Solutions UK

Location: Wednesbury, Birmingham, UK

Purpose of the Job

The successful candidate will be responsible for managing the Data Centre operations, ensuring all critical and non-critical Facility PPMs are completed as scheduled, and reactive work requests are addressed promptly.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with all CBRE processes and procedures, fulfilling contract requirements and following client procedures.
• Carry out all Critical Facility PPMs on schedule and complete reactive work requests within SLAs.
• Perform maintenance in accordance with H&S procedures, using permit to work systems where applicable, and implement improvements identified during inspections.
• Apply a risk-focused maintenance approach to plant and system operations in data centres/critical environments.
• Maintain critical client services, including computer rooms, data networks, manufacturing, and revenue-generating services.
• Provide emergency response standby, respond to outages or emergencies, and escalate issues as necessary.
• Support technical audits related to critical environments as directed by line management.
• Maintain records and logs demonstrating maintenance delivery.
• Supervise contractors when required.
• Suggest improvements through line management.
• Coordinate with QHS specialists to ensure audit compliance.
• Communicate high-priority issues to end users, clients, and management.
• Enhance service delivery through best practices and effective use of site systems and equipment.
• Manage own technical training and development, including competency assessments and scenario exercises.
• Participate in call-out and paid overtime duties.
• Become a CBRE Authorized Person LV, with potential for HV authorization.

Additional Responsibilities

Perform all work requests promptly, including out-of-hours work and call-outs, with remuneration as per payment schemes.

Accountabilities

• Report to the Contract Manager and Contract Supervisor.
• Accountable to CBRE Functional Heads and relevant client contacts.

Experience Required

• Understanding of Health and Safety requirements and supervision of contractors.
• Experience in critical change management and critical environment operations.
• Qualifications: 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations, Electrical City & Guilds; 2391-52 Testing & Inspection is advantageous.
• Strong mechanical knowledge.
• Teamwork, customer-facing experience, good communication, and computer literacy.
• Experience managing subcontractors and permit to work systems.
• Flexible with workload management.
• Clean driving license and residence within one hour of the site.
• Knowledge of Data Centers, emergency response, standby, and call-out protocols.
• Authorized Person LV certification or experience.
• Experience with UPS, standby power, and critical cooling systems is advantageous.
• Knowledge of F-Gas handling is an advantage (not required).
• Availability for on-call duties with response within one hour SLA.

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