Plumber
About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the Role:
This is an exciting time to be joining the Estates & Facilities Services as we seek to recruit a plumber based at our Chelmsford campus. The role will undertake planned refurbishment works to ARU’s washrooms and reactive maintenance to University Buildings. Completing pre and post task documentation. Managing both routine and complex installations, repairs, and compliance checks and ensuring all facilities are maintained to the highest standards of safety and efficiency.
The ideal candidate will be qualified to NVQ 3 or equivalent in appropriate building services engineering discipline or qualified to NVQ 2 or equivalent with extensive relevant experience in Plumbing and commercial washroom installations or have demonstrable appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role.
You'll have previous hands-on field experience, and be IT literate with the ability to prepare specifications and contracts for maintenance work and possess strong verbal and written communication skills.
Informal enquiries can be made to Ian Brown, Asset Manager at ian.brown1@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
In accordance with the UK Government’s immigration points-based system, this post does not meet the characteristics of a skilled job including salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
Please download the Job Description Person Specification for key requirements. To apply, demonstrate how your skills and experience meet the criteria.