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Maintenance Tech Apprentice

CBRE

Buffalo, NYApprenticeship$40–45K/yrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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Compensation
$40–45K/yr
Location
Buffalo, NY
Role Type
Apprenticeship
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Maintenance Technical Apprentice develops on-the-job skills to maintain buildings, industrial systems, and equipment. The role supports preventive maintenance and repairs, with training from engineers and opportunities to observe and assist with facility system work. It also involves checking installations for code and safety compliance and helping ensure systems operate efficiently.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Building MaintenancePreventive MaintenanceEquipment RepairInstallationEnergy ManagementBuilding Code CompliancePhysical StaminaLifting 50+ LbsCommunicationMicrosoft OfficeOrganizational SkillsInquisitiveness

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED or College Enrollment

Full job description

Global WorkplaceSolutions (GWS) Local is a hard services-led, tailored facility managementsolution. We self-perform hard services while partnering with best-in-classsoft service providers to offer custom facility and project managementsolutions to our clients. We focus on empowering our team with a high-level ofdownstream accountability, resulting in an agile and efficient servicedelivery.

In addition to ourcore facility and project management capabilities, our platform offers directaccess to our Best-in-Class services, including ESG, Security Consulting,Workplace Strategy, and Workplace Experience.

About the Role:

As a CBRE Maintenance Technical Apprentice, you will develop on the job skills to maintain buildings, industrial systems, and equipment on an ongoing basis.

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:

  • Receive training from current engineers in proper job safety and repair procedures.

  • Observe engineers while they perform ongoing preventive maintenance and repairs on facility mechanical, electrical, and other installed building systems, equipment, and facilities.

  • Assist with installation and modification of building equipment and systems.

  • Work with management to ensure energy management by taking measures to verify that all systems are operating in the most efficient manner.

  • Inspect new or existing installations for compliance with building codes and safety regulations.

  • Follow a set procedure in the performance of repetitive tasks or job activities.

  • Impact through methods, tasks, and duties which are clearly defined and followed with little to no discretion.

What You’ll Need:

  • High School Diploma, GED, or currently enrolled in a 2 or 4-year college program or technical school.

  • Meet the physical requirements of this role including stooping, standing, walking, climbing stairs/ladders, and the ability to lift/carry heavy loads of 50 lbs. or more.

  • Ability to develop skills to perform basic activities in own job.

  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate.

  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office products. Examples include Word, Excel, Outlook, etc.

  • Organizational skills with an inquisitive mindset.

Why CBRE?

When you join CBRE,you become part of the global leader in commercial real estate services andinvestment that helps businesses and people thrive. We are dynamic problemsolvers and forward-thinking professionals who create significant impact. Ourcollaborative culture is built on our shared values — respect, integrity,service and excellence — and we value the diverse perspectives, backgrounds andskillsets of our people. At CBRE, you have the opportunity to chart your owncourse and realize your potential. We welcome all applicants.

Applicant AI Use Disclosure

We value humaninteraction to understand each candidate's unique experience, skills andaspirations. We do not use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to make hiringdecisions, and we ask that candidates disclose any use of AI in the applicationand interview process.

Pay Disclaimer - Not-Bonus Eligible: * CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Maintenance Technician Apprentice position is $40,000 annually [or $19.23 per hour] and the maximum salary for the Maintenance Technician Apprenctice position is $45,000 annually [or $21.63 per hour]. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

Candidate Accommodations: CBRE values the differences of all current and prospective employees and recognizes how every employee contributes to our company’s success. CBRE provides reasonable accommodations in job application procedures for individuals with disabilities. If you require assistance due to a disability in the application or recruitment process, please submit a request via email at [email protected] or via telephone at +1 866 225 3099 (U.S.) and +1 866 388 4346 (Canada).

CBRE, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer (Women/Minorities/Persons with Disabilities/US Veterans)

How this job compares

Set against the 6,973 open Maintenance Technician jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$40–45K/yr
  • New York median$46–71K/yr28 salary ranges
  • US median$58–79K/yr306 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $43K, is 26% below the New York median midpoint ($58K) — in the lowest quarter of Maintenance Technician salary ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 323 open Maintenance Technician jobs in New York and 6,973 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
Maintenance Technician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 4 years (3,820 postings).
Education
29 of the 6,973 open Maintenance Technician jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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