Electrical Lead

Electrical Lead

Electrical Lead

Job ID

300544

Posted 12-Oct-2026

Service line

GWS Segment

Role type

Full-time

Areas of Interest

Engineering/Maintenance

Location(s)

Bristol - England - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

Job Title: Electrical Lead

CBRE Global Workplace Solutions is a leading global provider of integrated facilities and corporate real estate management. We are recruiting an Electrical Lead to join the team located in North Bristol.

Purpose of the job

Responsible for all electrical services across the site including critical systems and for ensuring 24x7x365 operational performance of all electrical systems and assets to maintain business functions.

The role is critical to maintaining business functions and is a point of contact out of normal business hours for electrical related issues.

The Electrical Lead will be a key team member responsible for the operational performance of electrical systems across site, including the HV Networks.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop complete familiarity with the operation and recovery of all business critical systems within the building.

• Carry out the planned preventative maintenance programme and ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines, statutory acts and regulations. Update site-specific work schedules and re-programme regularly.

• Take specific responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the sites critical electrical services, including HV networks

• Maintain a Safe Systems of Work process and periodically update as may be required.

• Manage and conduct fault finding activities

• Ensure site remains compliant with statutory guidelines and highlight issues promptly

• Conduct all statutory system and asset testing and report accordingly.

• Deal responsibly with emergencies and breakdowns. This requires a high level of commitment and participation and an ‘on call’ rota for emergencies outside normal working hours will exist to assist the whole site team.

• Attendance may also be required occasionally outside normal hours to deal with certain maintenance procedures and specialist critical system contractors.

• Ensure strong performance against contractual KPI’s and SLA’s

• Deliver and comply with all Statutory, Company and Client specific environmental, health, safety and quality standards applicable to the contract.

• You will be expected to deliver a high level of Customer focused service and participated in additional training when required.

• Liaise with, monitor and control the activities of all outside contractors working on site

• Minimise the risk of plant failure and breakdown and promote a Reliability Centred and Conditioned based proactive maintenance process.

• Accountabilities

• Accountable to Contract Manager

• The post holder will supervise staff but not have any direct line management responsibilities

• This post carries no direct budgetary responsibility

• Personal Specification

Education

• A good basic education is essential, with good written and spoken English and basic Mathematics skills.

• Training

• [Essential]

• Formally trained in electrical services maintenance.

• City & Guilds 236 parts 1 & 2 (or later) 18th Edition or equivalent qualification

• Up to date skills on building management systems, ACOP’s, fire and environmental control, building control, and health and safety.

• HV AP Experienced or ability to quickly achieve.

• [Desirable]

• Formal health and safety training IOSH, etc

Experience

• [Essential]

• Experience of mission critical facilities maintaining, but not limited to, HV networks, UPS systems, BMS operation, emergency standby generators, testing of electrical systems.

• Comprehensive electrical engineering experience, undertaking reactive and planned preventative maintenance within large critical environment

• Sound understanding and experience of meeting health, safety, and environmental obligations with regard to maintenance activities

• [Desirable]

• Appointed HV/AP, with the ability to create switching plans with desire to become SAP

• Aptitudes

• Organised and with good verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to learn, and develop both technical knowledge, and understanding of local organisational systems and processes.

• Must be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a team

• Desire the opportunity to work towards career enhancing opportunities by demonstrating self motivational skills and ability to manage / motivate a team

• Charismatic and enthusiastic flexible approach to role and responsibilities.

• Character

• Committed, motivated and willingness to provide excellent customer service via proactive and innovative working practices.

• Excellent motivational and influencing skills, with high levels of personal integrity

• Organised, able to prioritise and deliver within high pressure, business critical environments

• Able to make sound decisions when needed.

• Physically fit and able to carry tools and components by hand up to 20kg.

• Able to ascend and descend vertical access equipment.

• Able to work at heights and on roofs.

• A team player, able to work with CBRE GWS and clients staff of all levels.

• Circumstances

• Able to work weekends when required and support on call schedule (weekly 1/7)

• About CBRE Group, Inc. CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE: CBRE), a Fortune 500 and S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm and a premier provider of critical infrastructure services. The company has more than 155,000 employees serving clients in more than 100 countries. CBRE serves clients through four business segments: Advisory (leasing, sales, debt origination, mortgage servicing, valuations); Building Operations & Experience (facilities management, property management, flex space & experience, critical infrastructure); Project Management (program management, project management, cost consulting); Real Estate Investments (investment management, development). Please visit our website at www.cbre.com.

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