Maintenance Assistant

4 weeks ago


Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle University Full time

**Salary**: £23,144 per annum

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

**Closing Date**: 18 August 2023

The Role

The Direct Works Team are looking for an experienced & reliable Maintenance Assistant to join their dynamic team in day to day maintenance across the University.

Based within the Estates & Facilities Service you will undertake a variety of planned preventative and general maintenance and installation tasks, as well as supporting other E&F teams and trades as required.

You should have a good level of secondary education and be literate and numerate to NVQ level 2, demonstratable experience in a similar role would be desirable and manual skills in a wide range of building, electrical or mechanical disciplines is essential. You will have excellent customer care and communication skills and be willing to attend training as required.

You should be physically fit and active with the ability to work at heights and in confined spaces.

A full driving license is essential.

The successful applicant may occasionally be required to work unsocial hours or weekends.

The closing date is 18th August 2023, and interviews will be held on Tuesday 5th September.

The Person

Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Manual skills in a wide range of building, electrical and mechanical disciplines
Excellent customer care and communication skills
A willingness to attend training course/sessions
Demonstrable experience in maintenance and repair of buildings and mechanical and/or electrical services
Physically able to carry out the duties of the position - regular bending, lifting, moving around a large building or complex
Clean current driving licence
Desirable
Basic theoretical knowledge of mechanical and/or electrical plant and equipment or building fabric
An ability to understand permit to work systems, COSHH systems and procedures and manual handling requirements
IT skills

Attributes and Behaviour
Inspiring others
Communicating
Working together
Team working
Taking responsibility
Service delivery
Looking to the future
Embracing change

**Qualifications**:
Good level of secondary education
Literate and numerate to NVQ level 2

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality. We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe.

**Requisition ID**: 25970


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