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A University College is looking for a Maintenance Technician to join the team providing a high standard of maintenance both proactively and reactively for the College and reporting to the Estates Manager.
Main Tasks
- Carrying out reactive repairs to the college buildings and grounds.
- Carrying out minor reactive electrical works for the College (e.g. changing of lamps, replacing plugs and fuse, socket testing, resetting circuit breakers, etc).
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance work as per a schedule developed by the Estates Manager.
- Carry out small installation and project work with other members of maintenance team as directed by the maintenance supervisor.
- Being proactive while onsite, and reporting any issues with gutters, walkways, stairs, buildings general condition, etc to the Estates Manager.
- Carry out any other required maintenance duties and assist and support any member of the maintenance team as needed
- Participate in the College's out of hours emergency call out rota (approx. 1 in 5 weeks).
- Any training required will be facilitated.
Other duties:
- Assist with the weekly Fire Alarm testing tasks, as well as termly fire drills.
- Provide help and support to other college departments, working closely with the Housekeeping Team, Grounds Team and Accommodation Office
- Attend necessary in-house or external training as required
- Use the College radio system to keep in contact during working hours.
- Promote and use best practices to protect the environment, i.e. recycling and managing waste in the correct manner, keeping landfill waste to a minimum.
- To ensure that all personal, sensitive and confidential information and documentation to which the post holder has access and for which he/she has responsibility is safeguarded and updated in line with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the College's Data Protection Policy, and to ensure that such information is not disclosed to any unauthorized person.
You need to have experience of maintenance i.e. basic plumbing, carpentry and electrics, an understanding of COSHH and H&S regulations and practices
Trade / Maintenance qualification (NVQ / City & Guilds or equivalent) - preferably plumbing/heating
Good communication skills with the ability to build positive relationships with people
Experience of carrying out reactive and proactive maintenance in a similar environment
Experience in managing relationships with contractors, tenants/students
Salary offered is between 30 - 34k including an on-call allowance and additional overtime and on call payments, Monday - Friday 7.30am - 4.30pm, free lunch, 39 days holiday, excellent pension and free parking on site and excellent training package when required.
