Maintenance Technician

Stirling; Stirling; On-site; GBP 25,000 - GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An educational institution in Scotland is seeking a Maintenance Technician: Semi-skilled to support the Operations and Maintenance team. The successful candidate will perform a variety of semi-skilled tasks related to building maintenance and repair, assist with urgent repairs, and support major University events. The role involves working across campus facilities, requiring a valid driver's license and readiness to work in all weather conditions. The position ensures a safe environment and compliance with all relevant regulations.

Qualifications

• Experience in building fabric and services maintenance.
• Ability to work at height or in cramped spaces.
• Willingness to participate in training and respond to emergency tasks.

Responsibilities

• Undertake semi-skilled maintenance and repair duties.
• Respond quickly to priority tasks and ensure first-time fixes.
• Carry out minor project works and assist in key University events.

Skills

Fault diagnosis

Basic joinery duties

Painting and plastering

Risk assessments

Drivers license

Job description

Overview

The Post Estates & Commercial Services, Property Management Division is seeking to fill the position of ‘Maintenance Technician: Semi-skilled’. This role sits within the Operations and Maintenance team who have responsibility for the maintenance and upkeep of the University Estate, including building fabric, electrical and mechanical building services and hard landscaping such as roads and footpaths.

The Maintenance Technician: Semi-skilled will play a key role within the Operations and Maintenance team, working in a fast paced and dynamic environment that goes with a broad customer base, round the year business and a large estate. The maintenance team’s remit is broad and varied undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance across the University estate on and off campus. This includes attending to over 17,000 requests for work from students and staff each year.

Reporting to the Maintenance Supervisors, the role holder will assist in undertaking all types of activity of maintenance on building fabric and services including responding to reactive repairs. The Maintenance technicians: Semi-Skilled are responsible for delivering a responsive and efficient service to all customers of the Property Management Division.

The in-house maintenance team is supplemented by external term and service contractors as required. Contractors are also employed to undertake specific pieces of large scale maintenance work and projects.

Special Conditions

• This post will require the post holder to work across the University Estate, accessing all plant areas which may include working at height or in cramped/awkward spaces
• Occasional out of hours working to support key University events
• Need a current drivers licence
• Participate in a backshift rota
• Working outside in periods of inclement weather

Description of Duties

• Undertaking semi-skilled duties associated with building fabric, external works and building services maintenance, repair and installation works as required by supervisors or management. Including filter cleaning/replacement, fuel deliveries, meter readings, water temperature checks, RCD testing, slabbing works, excavations, basic style joinery duties etc
• Responding quickly to priority tasks, undertaking fault diagnosis and repair ensuring that all work is completed to a high standard in a timely manner i.e. first time fix
• Carrying out minor painting/ames taping/plastering duties as required (training can be provided if required)
• Assisting in minor project works
• Undertaking any duties as necessary to support key University events
• Ensuring maintenance stores are maintained accurately and effectively including participating in regular stock checks/audits
• Ensuring that the workshops and work areas are kept clean, tidy and free from hazards at all times
• Ensuring that all work carried out complies with relevant risk assessments, safety legislation, University safety policies and procedures and all applicable regulations, Approved Code of Practices and good practice guidelines
• Ensuring that all appropriate documentation such as risk assessments, time sheets, repair advice slips etc. are completed correctly, on time and in a tidy manner and recommending any changes to risk assessments as necessary within the specific field of knowledge
• Assisting in site consolidation training for new members of staff including agency or contractors and sharing local knowledge
• Identifying proactively and reporting to Supervisors/management any potential areas for improvement within their knowledge base that could benefit from upgrading
• Identifying and proactively reporting any potential hazards or defects that may be identified on a day to day basis
• Identifying and immediately reporting any issues relating to Health & Safety or security to the supervisors and managers
• Assisting other in-house staff as required
• Undertaking any training or any other duty as deemed necessary by supervisors/management
• Assisting in emergency reactive works including snow clearing and flood & drainage clearance