Assistant Maintenance Fitter

Department: Campus Infrastructure

Salary: Starting from £22,630, rising to £24,144. Appointments at Grade 4, spine point 12 will receive a supplement to ensure a minimum hourly pay rate equivalent to £11.67 per hour.

Closing date: Sunday 26 March 2023.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Assistant Maintenance Fitter to join the Campus Infrastructure team at the University of Bath, the Times University of the Year 2023!

About the role:

The role is to support the mechanical fitters to undertake planned and reactive maintenance.

The primary focus is on industrial and commercial equipment, such as:
- Air handling units
- Supply and extract systems
- Refurbishment of large pumps and motors

The work will also involve repair tasks across the range of plumbing building services to include:
- Hot and cold-water systems
- Sanitary ware
- Internal plumbing
- Drainage services

This role is offered on a full time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis. Hours of working will fall between 08:00 and 18:00, to be worked flexibly as required by operational needs, Monday to Friday.

About you:

We would like to hear from you if you:

- Have a knowledge of fabrication and basic machining
- Are familiar with and happy to work in the built environment, able to identify and remedy a variety of maintenance tasks and keep all affected informed of the situation
- Have a flexible approach to work and a willingness to undertake training to improve knowledge
- Are committed to the role and able to work individually and as part of a team
- Have good problem solving, customer service and communication skills

For an informal discussion about the role please email Mark Arnold, Mechanical Supervisor.

About us:

The successful candidate will join the Workshop team at the Times and Sunday Times University of the Year!

The University of Bath has a fantastic reputation for student experience. The Workshop Team are a part of the Department of Campus Infrastructure, which is responsible for the development, upkeep and management of all the University's buildings. Their upkeep is a vital part of the University of Bath’s reputation for exceptional student experience.

What we can offer you:

- A very generous employer contributory pension scheme
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
- We are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students, so we encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on our teams.

We are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

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Update to our application process

We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details will be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.

Interviews are scheduled to take place on the 6th April.

So, if you’d like to join us as an Assistant Maintenance Fitter, please apply via the button shown.

Other organisations may call this role Building Maintenance Fitter, Maintenance Services Technician, Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, or Maintenance Officer.