General Maintenance Technician

CBRE Group, Inc.; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 2,066,000 - 3,031,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Maintenance Assistant/Day Porter for our Columbus properties to perform basic maintenance tasks and help keep spaces clean, functional, and welcoming for clients and colleagues.

You will support daily facilities operations, carry out light repairs, and assist with general tasks to maintain a safe and well-presented environment. The role is part of the Workplace Experience function, focusing on delivering world-class customer service to clients and visitors alike in

Qualifications

• Perform basic maintenance tasks including housekeeping, occupancy, and custodial duties.
• Maintain cleanliness of property, equipment, engineering spaces, and common areas.
• Assist with light repairs and upkeep across the facility.

Responsibilities

• Maintain cleanliness of the property, equipment, engineering spaces, and shared areas.
• Perform light repairs and upkeep across the facility (painting walls and floors in mechanical rooms, touch-up painting in offices, refinishing and painting outdoor site furnishings).
• Conduct routine walkthroughs to identify minor repair needs.
• Assist with general cleaning and tidying of common areas.
• Support seasonal projects and special tasks for the Facilities team.
• Communicate issues or supply needs to the Chief Engineer.

Job description

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility management solution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-class soft service providers to offer custom facility and project management solutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level of downstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient service delivery.

In addition to our core facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers direct access to our Best-in-Class services including ESG, Security Consulting, Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About the Role:

As a CBRE Maintenance Assistant, you will perform basic maintenance tasks. This includes housekeeping, occupancy, and custodial duties.We’re looking for a dependable and hands-on Maintenance Assistant/Day Porter to support everyday facilities tasks and light maintenance at our commercial properties in Columbus. This role helps keep our spaces clean, functional, and welcoming—inside and out.

This job is part of the Workplace Experience function. They are responsible for providing world-class customer service to the clients and visitors of a designated building.

What You’ll Do:

• Maintain cleanliness of the property, equipment, engineering spaces, and shared areas.
• Perform light repairs and upkeep across the facility, including:
• Painting walls and floors in mechanical rooms
• Touch-up painting in office spaces
• Refinishing and painting outdoor picnic tables and site furnishings
• Conduct regular walkthroughs to identify minor repair needs
• Assist with general cleaning and tidying of common areas
• Support the Facilities team with seasonal projects and special tasks
• Communicate any issues or supply needs to the Chief Engineer
• Perform physical tasks such as loading, unloading, and moving materials.
• Organize inventory of storage rooms to ensure contents are stocked.
• Respond to employee desk and office lockouts and manages replacement keys.
• Follow government and company regulations related to building operations and work safety.
• Complete general labor work as assigned. This includes office furniture repairs, replacing ceiling and carpet tile, and ad hoc requests.
• Assist internal employees with office space relocation by delivering and collecting packing supplies.
• Help maintenance staff, engineers, and company vendors with special projects as needed. Review work upon completion of a project to ensure all deliverables are achieved.
• Answer common inquiries or complaints from clients, co-workers, and/or supervisor.
• Use existing procedures to solve straightforward problems while having a limited opportunity to exercise discretion.
• Impact through clearly defined duties, methods, and tasks are described in detail.
• Deliver own output by following defined procedures and processes under close supervision and guidance.