Shift Lead Engineer
Job ID 259983
Posted 06-Feb-2026
Service line GWS Segment
Role type Full-time
Areas of Interest Engineering/Maintenance
Location London - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Job Description
CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting a Shift Leader to join the team located in London.
Role Summary & Responsibilities
- Management of holiday, sickness cover requirements and HR issues including completion of appraisals of shift staff.
- Work with management to ensure training plans are in place and implemented.
- Maintain the image, appearance and professional standing of CBRE GWS technical team at all times.
- Supervision of technical M&E shift team and senior technical representative out of hours.
- Act as point of contact for technical service delivery.
- Plan and manage workload on shift; scheduling works based on priorities to ensure completion of PPM’s / CM’s and reactive work orders within defined SLA's; highlight any concerns to TSM.
- Ensure high degree of communication at shift handover via verbal handover period, shift log book, email and status board.
- Liaison with other FM Workplace Solutions service providers to provide an integrated service. Provide timely customer feedback verbally face to face, email or calling card.
- Act as Authorised Person for control of work - CBRE GWSand specialist contractors to agreed.
- Permit to Work System (all project work to be controlled via CBRE GWS).
- Carry out electrical switching operations on systems within Change Control Process and authorization limits to agreed switching programmes.
- Lead in shift training by scenarios and lessons learnt; knowledge from O&M's I site drawings. Operate critical plant where authorised.
- Ensure compliance to client and CBRE GWS health and safety processes and procedures at all times for all work carried out by CBRE GWS staff and sub-contractors.
- Carry out toolbox talks, workplace assessments and audits at required frequencies supporting TSM as required.
- Adherence to CBRE GWS business processes and procedures with correct financial approvals.
- Ensure appropriate budgetary control is exercised on all CBRE spend (parts, tools, instruments, training, PPE).
- Provide a weekly performance report on workload status using maintenance management system (Real Suite).
- Submit monthly status to TSM as contribution to the client monthly report to include any problem areas I HSE issues I SLA highlights.
Experience & Skills Required
- City and Guilds or equivalent qualification in designated trade.
- Extensive previous experience of technical maintenance in a building services environment & previous supervisory experience.
- Good knowledge of Health and Safety and Environmental processes.
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