Multi-skilled Carpenter

**Job Purpose**

Carpenters play an essential role within an enthusiastic and innovative Direct Labour Organisation (DLO), delivering reactive maintenance activities, planned preventative maintenance, fault finding, and out-of-hours support for all buildings & civils operations and systems across the Estate.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

**Main duties**
- Undertake reactive, planned, and preventative maintenance for all building fabric, structural and civils components and equipment (Internal & external) installed throughout the University’s estate in compliance with current regulations.
- Carry out multi skilled tasks where relevant training/experience can be demonstrated such as (but not limited to) electrical and mechanical fault finding, multi trade fabric repairs and redecoration linked to reactive and planned maintenance work.
- You will be part of a mandatory out of hours 1 week in 5 “on call” rota
- To undertake first response fault finding and provide clear updates on remedial works for installations including but not limited to:
- Building equipment repairs,
- ironmongery renewals, lock repairs and keys,
- automatic doors (Mechanical parts),
- security locking maintenance,
- door repairs and installation,
- fire doors & all associated components,
- installation of fixed storage,
- repairs to fixed furniture in student accommodation,
- kitchen units, doors, drawer fronts and worktop replacements.
- Work generally unsupervised to undertake most tasks, using your own judgement to affect the installation, adaption and repair work.
- Comply with all relevant health and safety legislation, policies and procedures. Undertaking task specific (dynamic) risk assessments and method statements, before carrying out maintenance and adaptation work, reporting any potentially unsafe working conditions.
- Ensure all necessary paperwork required both manually or electronically is completed accurately and in a timely manner in line with set timescales (Service Level Agreements).
- To attend, as identified and by agreement, development, and training courses to keep abreast of new industry best practice and statutory regulations.
- On behalf of the University to act as a competent person for all works defined in and associated with Safe Systems of Work, including but not withstanding building fabric, structural and civils.
- Establish working relationships with key customers to help improve service levels, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Departments and outside bodies as required.
- Assist with managing critical and essential material stock levels. Maintaining tools, equipment, and vehicles, taking responsibility for the safe keeping of these.

**General Duties**
- Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties.
- Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity
- To carry out such duties multi-disciplinary duties as are required and are commensurate with the level of this post.

**Person Specification**

**Essential Criteria**
- Hold a recognised apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery, NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds or equivalent qualification.
- Demonstrate experience of working within a reactive maintenance environment with substantial, relevant post apprentice experience.
- Demonstrate the safe operation of Woodworking machinery in a workshop environment.
- Good understanding of job specific General Health and Safety in the workplace including risk assessments, method statements and COSSH.
- Ability to work well as part of a team and independently to achieve overall team goals and the ability to prioritise tasks.
- Ability to solve problems and make decisions using initiative to investigate and diagnose problems and to escalate as required at the appropriate level.
- Good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate appropriately with customers and other departments.
- A valid driving license is necessary as it is a condition of employment that all personnel can utilise the fleet of University vehicles to reach all University sites.

**Desirable Criteria**
- Good working Knowledge of other trades i.e. Multi Skilled
- A good understanding of the safe operation of woodworking machinery and statutory PPM inspections.
- Have an understanding of building regulations/construction.
- Experience and knowledge of the restrictions when working on Listed buildings.

**Additional Information**

**Additional Information**

To be available to attend annual Health Surveillance assessments.

**Salary Range Min.**
- 27,644

**Salary Range Max.**
- 30,805

**Job Category**
- Estates

**Grade**
- Grade 4