Maintenance Assistant

**Maintenance Assistant**

**Job ID**
- 232903

**Posted**
- 08-Aug-2025

**Service line**
- GWS Segment

**Role type**
- Full-time

**Areas of Interest**

Engineering/Maintenance, Facilities Management

**Location(s)**

Winnipeg - Manitoba - Canada

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/General Maintainer, you will be responsible for maintaining small to medium-sized buildings, industrial systems, and equipment.

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**:

- Performs light duties: sweeping, general cleaning, painting/patching, garbage removal, snow removal, etc.
- Completes basic preventive/demand maintenance tasks; input histories if required
- Completes general maintenance of door/window hardware
- Re-lamps as required
- Maintains signage
- Complete filter changes
- Inspects/repairs interior/exterior elements i.e., walls, sidewalks, etc.
- Maintains/repairs concrete precast/cement
- Inspects roof for debris; reports damage
- Repairs drywall/tiles (floor and wall)
- Assists trade as required with light maintenance of mechanical/electrical equipment
- Escalates unusual events, occurrences or unsafe conditions to supervisor
- Responds to basic tenant requests and emergencies
- Respond to environmental/comfort complaints if required
- Monitors work of contractors/external service providers to ensure adherence to contract specifics and company/industry standards
- Participates in reviewing of operating standards, policies/procedures as required
- Works in compliance with Occupational Health and Safety Act and all other applicable codes
- Maintain a clean work environment

**What**you’ll** need**
- Previous handyperson experience - 1 year
- You should have excellent customer service skills in ensuring client requests are responded to professionally;
- Ability to communicate effectively in English (oral and written);
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Applicants must be currently authorized to work in Canada without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future

**Why CBRE?**

We lead by example, guided by the needs of the cities we inhabit, the communities we build, and the world we live in. The more perspectives we have, the more dimensions we’re able to see. A culture of respect, integrity, service, and excellence shapes our approach to every opportunity.

Our competitive and comprehensive benefits program was designed to make sure you feel valued with benefits that support the mental, physical, emotional, and financial health of you and your family.

Maintain your career momentum with the best tools and training in the industry. You’ll have everything you need to thrive in your role: challenging work, dedication to results, fast-paced assignments, and a culture of constant learning.

Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) are more than just values
- they’re a competitive advantage. By crafting a place where our employees are recognized for their contribution and given a chance to grow, we regularly open ourselves and our business opportunities.

**CBRE GWS**
- CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) works with clients to make real estate a meaningful contributor to organizational productivity and performance. Our account management model is at the heart of our client-centric approach to delivering integrated real estate solutions. Each client is entrusted with a dedicated leader and is supported by regional and global resources, leveraging the industry's most robust platform. CBRE GWS delivers consistent, measurably superior outcomes for our clients at every stage of the lifecycle, and across industries and geographies.

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