Union Engineer

CBRE Group, Inc.; New Jersey; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

CBRE Group, Inc. is seeking a Union Engineer responsible for maintaining equipment and calibrating instruments at a site. The role is part of Engineering and Technical Services, delivering preventive maintenance and repairs across equipment and systems.

The position requires 4–5 years of related experience, physical capability to handle heavy loads, and strong Microsoft Office skills. It emphasizes teamwork, training, and applying standard methods to solve complex tasks.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of job-related experience or a combination of experience and education.
• Must meet the physical requirements (stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs/ladders, lifting 50 lbs+).
• Ability to exercise judgment based on multiple information sources.
• Willingness to take a new perspective on existing solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and restore routine technical service and equipment.
• Address major network problems impacting multiple locations and verify documentation.
• Maintain routine maintenance schedules and technical reference materials.
• Participate in user training and create training documentation.
• Apply standard principles to complex assignments and provide innovative solutions.
• Coach others and share knowledge across multiple disciplines within the function.
• Lead by example and build consensus to reach agreement.
• Impact a range of activities within own team and related teams.
• Explain difficult or sensitive information.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Analytical thinking

Microsoft Office

Organizational skills

Judgment under uncertainty

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

About the Role

As a CBRE Union Engineer, you will be a part of a team responsible for a site’s equipment maintenance and instrument calibration processes.

This job is part of the Engineering and Technical Services job function. They are responsible for providing support, preventive maintenance, and repairs on equipment and systems.

What You’ll Do

• Troubleshoot, diagnose, and restore routine technical service and equipment.
• Address major network problems impacting multiple business locations, major network elements, or site outages. Verify all documentation is accurate and maintained.
• Maintain routine maintenance schedules, system configurations, technical reference materials, etc.
• Participate in user training of system and application updates/enhancements. Create training documentation.
• Apply in-depth knowledge of standard principles and techniques/procedures to accomplish complex assignments and provide innovative solutions.
• Coach others and share in-depth knowledge of own job discipline and broad knowledge of several job disciplines within the function.
• Lead by example and model behaviors that are consistent with CBRE RISE values. Work to build consensus and convince others to reach an agreement.
• Impact a range of customer, operational, project, or service activities within own team and other related teams.
• Work within broad guidelines and policies.
• Explain difficult or sensitive information.

What You’ll Need

• High School Diploma, GED, or trade school diploma with 4-5 years of job-related experience. In lieu of a diploma, a combination of experience and education will be considered. Prior shift manager or supervisory experience preferred.
• Meet the physical requirements of this role including stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to lift/carry heavy loads of 50 lbs. or more.
• Ability to exercise judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information.
• Willingness to take a new perspective on existing solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.
• Organizational skills with an advanced inquisitive mindset.

Should any element of this Job Description conflict with the provisions of an applicable collective bargaining agreement, the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining agreement will prevail.