Senior Facilities Assistant

6 months ago

Harwell, United Kingdom The Rosalind Franklin Institute Full time

The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a national research centre, funded by the UK government through UK Research and Innovation, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary research and technology. We have a purpose built research facility as part of the Harwell Campus near Didcot, with a combination of lab and office space. This role is very much hands on, working as part a small facilities team responsible for ensuring that our facilities are maintained to a high standard for our staff and visitors.

This is a temporary role for 6-9 months to cover staff absence. It will be working full time, but we are open to reduced hours across 5 days.

**Responsibilities**:
You will:

- Regularly inspect all facilities to ensure they remain operational on a day to day basis, dealing with minor items of repair and maintenance and reporting more significant works required to the Facilities Manager.
- Follow health & safety procedures and risk assessments at all times addressing or reporting any concerns immediately. Producing areas and task specific risk assessments where appropriate.
- To undertake minor repairs and maintenance that do not require the services of a skilled craftsman and which are not covered by a maintenance contract.
- Support periodic inspections (Fire, First Aid, Safety etc.).
- Shared responsibility for gas cylinder exchange and N2 decanting.
- Periodic small plant and equipment maintenance and monitoring activities, including contractor overview.
- Assist with event support setting up furniture and AV equipment.
- Ensure timely and safe waste management for lab chemicals and packaging.
- Support scientists and visitors with ad hoc requests such as autoclave operation.
- Support to collect deliveries and distribute to the relevant teams/labs, including valuable technical equipment.
- Liaison with Cleaning contractor and Estates Soft Services including periodic review inspections.
- Adhoc maintenance work.

**Other Duties**
- To be aware of and exercise personal and Institute responsibilities under the Health and Safety at Work Act and other related matters.
- To carry out any other duties as required by the Head of Facilities to deliver the wider service to The Franklin within the skills of the post holder.

**Skills/Experience**
- Experience of working in a facilities / maintenance / caretaking position.
- Positive ‘can do’ attitude
- Ability to work well in a team
- Self-motivation to work independently
- Ability to communicate with professionalism and diplomacy with people at all levels throughout the Institute and across the wider campus
- Excellent organisational skills
- Strong work ethic and a commitment to values-based behaviours in all you do
- Comfortable taking on new challenges and learning new skills

**Desirable**
- Previous experience of working within a Science or Technical environment
- Health and safety knowledge and experience
- Relevant Health and Safety qualifications

**In return we offer**:

- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays and Christmas holiday shutdown
- Generous pension scheme (employer’s contribution currently up to 18%)
- Group Life Assurance (also known as Group Life Insurance or Death in Service)
- Hub building with state-of-the-art laboratories
- Training and development opportunities for staff at all levels
- Bus pass discount scheme and good transport links to Oxford and surrounding areas
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Access to employee discount platform (Perkbox)
- Occupational Health and wellbeing support including Employee Assistance (24/7 support and counselling)
- Health Cash Plan
- Subsidised canteen and food outlets on campus
- Free on-site parking
- Campus location in beautiful countryside with social and sports clubs open to staff

About us: The Rosalind Franklin Institute is a national Research Centre, funded by the UK government through UK Research and Innovation, dedicated to bringing about transformative changes in life science through interdisciplinary research and technology.

Location: The Franklin is based in Harwell Campus, UK’s innovation hub and well-established as one of the leading science and innovation campuses in Europe.

The Franklin’s underlying aim is to produce the best science for research today, and this means resolutely embracing a diverse team, who have a wide range of experiences, skills and knowledge to push forward on the innovative work our institution delivers. Both our work and our institution are better for it. For further information, view our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.

Applications for flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

To be considered for this role, please send a CV and cover letter through explaining why you think you are the right person for this job. Please including information about your education and work experience.
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