CBRE
Mechanical Shift Technician

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Job Purpose
To provide a comprehensive engineering service to the Stevenage R&D Site as part of the site 24-hour shift team.
Assist the Technical Services Team Leader on all works relating to operational matters, regulatory and statutory compliance. Ensure that you work to the client's Quality, Environmental and Health & Safety procedures and the Company IMS as it applies to the contract.
To ensure maximum availability of engineering equipment utilizing safe, efficient, planned and reactive maintenance services including fault diagnosis and resolution. Advise on any delays to maintenance schedules or plant availability in a prompt and professional manner.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Effectively communicate with your shift team and ensure a diligent shift handover is completed to the oncoming shift, including any critical alarms and issues that need further investigation or escalation.
- Attend to all critical BMS alarms outside normal working hours, including bank holidays, ensuring they are recorded in the BMS critical alarm electronic log and escalated appropriately, especially where the client's operations could be impacted.
- Assist with all out-of-hours shutdown activities and ensure plant downtime is kept to a minimum.
- Identify and promote continuous improvement opportunities across the business.
- Participate in site emergency recovery outside core hours with full understanding of the site grab pack procedure.
- Fully understand and implement the site switching procedure from generator to mains in the event of a site power outage.
- Carry out housekeeping duties regularly in responsible areas to maintain a high standard of cleanliness and equipment/system integrity.
- Investigate, check, test, diagnose and rectify faults to a proven level of competency on both electrical and mechanical equipment within your area of expertise or experience.
- Ensure all activities are carried out safely and are in line with both CBRE and client's policies and procedures.
- Operate and monitor plant, services and equipment using safe, efficient, planned and engineering activities.
- Working knowledge of computer programs is essential (MS Office). Experience with Smartsheets, Teams and Excel would be advantageous.
- Ability to produce reports and maintain electronic records.
- Knowledge of GxP would be advantageous.
- Experience of a CMMS/CAFM system is required. Previous knowledge of EAM would be advantageous.
- Knowledge of COSHH, LOLER, PUWER regulations and other EHS legislation.
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