Senior Plumber

Occupying three beautiful campuses (Whiteknights, with its early 19th century planned landscape, London Road with its formal gardens and ceremonial Great Hall, and Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, with its riverside garden landscape) the unique “University within a Park” setting of the University of Reading is an inspiring place to come to work.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and flexible Senior Plumber to join the Campus Operations team, within Estates, offering a reactive maintenance service maintaining the plumbing and drainage systems, including ancillary equipment, in university owned properties.

You will need the confidence and ability to carry out reactive and planned maintenance on the university’s plumbing and drainage systems; investigating, fault finding and seeking solutions.

Our team operate a 36-hour working week and the successful candidates will have the opportunity to join our on-call rota offering a 24/7 service to the University. The call out duty attracts a generous stand by allowance and overtime payments for all call outs.

Salary Package: up to 41K (based on a basic salary G5 up to £34k plus call out standby on average £2.75k and overtime average £2.75k plus potential additional responsibility payments for specific qualifications, skills / experience up to £1.5k).

Please apply via the Jobtrain site (available on the university's website, accessed by the 'Apply' button), and clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria:

• Recognised time served apprenticeship, and NVQ Level 3 qualifications or equivalent.
• Experienced and competent in all aspects of planned, preventative and day to day reactive maintenance issues relating to plumbing and drainage systems.
• Thorough knowledge of L8 ACOP plus an awareness of current statutory requirements, including a broad knowledge H&S and the risk assessment process.
• Good communicator with a client- facing attitude and demonstrable customer care.
• Flexible, well organised, able to project a professional image and demonstrate proactive attitude in work related issues.
• Participate in the Maintenance Team Call-out rota.

The University of Reading aims to create a fair and transparent reward strategy; ensuring staff are paid a competitive salary and are recognised and rewarded for their contribution.

Members of staff have the opportunity to join a pension scheme sponsored by the University.

We have a strong commitment to health and well-being.

Closing date: 1st December 2024
Interview/practical assessment date: 12th December 2024

Informal Contacts
Contact Name: Andy Malin
Contact Job Title: Reactive Maintenance Manager
Contact Email address: a.t.malin@reading.ac.uk

Alternative contact:
Contact Name: Guneet Bhatti
Contact Job Title: Deputy Head of Reactive Maintenance
Contact Email address: g.k.bhatti@reading.ac.uk

By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the By reference to the applicable SOC code for this role, sponsorship may be possible under the Skilled Worker Route.  Applicants wishing to consider the SWR must ensure that they are able to meet the points requirement before applying.  There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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