Engineering Supervisor

Company Profile

CBRE is the global leader in real estate services and leverages the industry's most powerful knowledge base to meet the commercial real estate needs of its clients worldwide. Our vision is to be the preeminent, vertically integrated, globally capable real estate service firm. Globally we employ over 70,000 employees and operate in 48 countries.

Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) is a division of CBRE uniquely positioned to provide a complete set of services to corporate occupiers of commercial real estate across EMEA. GWS is redefining workplace because we believe every place of work can become a competitive advantage for our clients. Productivity, reliability, engagement, quality, brand — the workplace contributes to business results, whether it’s an office, a retail outlet, a laboratory, a data centre, a manufacturing environment or a virtual location.

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions, leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management, is recruiting an Engineering Supervisor to join the team located in Reading.

To effectively manage the day‑to‑day hard services operations at our client site in Reading, providing leadership and management, ensuring the highest standard of customer service and operational performance.

• Positively respond to both our internal and external customers through effective communication and personal accessibility. Understand and deliver customer needs while building effective relationships.
• Be an ambassador of the CBRE values and behaviours. Ensure a professional image of CBRE is presented to clients and visitors, and ensure excellence in customer service is delivered and promoted at all times.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies and procedures, as well as client site policies, procedures and working arrangements, as required.
• Provide excellent customer service, by managing client expectations and ensuring information is communicated between the team and customers.
• Provide leadership to ensure that all contractual and statutory activities are carried out in line with requirements.
• Manage the M&E and Fabric supply chain, ensuring compliance with contractual commitments, QHSE processes and site operating procedures.
• Obtain supplier quotations, gain client approval and instruct suppliers to commence works. Do this whilst understanding and following the approved and preferred supplier procedure.
• Maintain the onsite Subcontractor tracker, which details all Planned Maintenance visits for the year. Ensure that these are booked in and completed by the due date and any remedial actions are quoted to the client and completed.
• Maintain the onsite Risk Register, highlighting to the client any risks to the building and plant and the action required to mitigate the risk.
• Actively participate in the provision of a safe & healthy working environment, ensuring compliance with all CBRE policies and procedures and client policies, procedures and working arrangements. Share best practice with the on‑site team via Tool Box Talks and Team Meetings. Complete and record safety checks on the team and sub‑contractors.
• Maintain the onsite Log Books to ensure that they are up to date at all times with the necessary documentation in accordance with Statutory Regulations and CBRE procedures. Be an active participant in QHSE audits.
• Ensure that the QHSE Site Induction pack is kept up to date at all times, maintain records and ensure that an induction has been completed by all staff, contractors and agency workers.
• Maintain the statutory compliance register, ensuring that all statutory compliance is completed and records are maintained in the appropriate way.
• Ensure that site‑specific Risk Assessments have been carried out for all tasks on site, which have been read, understood and signed by the on‑site team. Ensure that the COSHH inventory is up to date at all times and that there are current copies of all Risk Assessments and MSDS available on site, also signed and understood by the on‑site team.
• Ensure that the on‑site team and specialist sub‑contractors have the appropriate…