Senior Maintenance Electrician
6 days ago
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.
With such a varied portfolio, there is never a dull day in the Estates Team here at Reading. As well as being responsible for the management and maintenance of the University’s academic teaching and research buildings, we also care for a significant collection of Champion Trees, an expansive lake, and the university SportsPark.
We are seeking to appoint two highly motivated and flexible Senior Maintenance Electricians to join the Campus Operations team, within Estates, offering a reactive maintenance service maintaining the University’s low voltage electrical network and associated equipment in university owned properties.
You will need the confidence and ability to carry out reactive and planned maintenance on the university’s LV electrical systems, investigating, fault finding and seeking solutions to electrical faults and failures.
The post holders will provide an effective and prompt customer focussed, professional and efficient service to the University in accordance with its requirements, aims, objectives and Service Level Agreements using prior knowledge and experience.
You will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload; updating the CAFM system and customers as required and carry out all work in a safe manner in accordance with university policies and procedures, safe systems of work, and current legislation.
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 42K (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 and /or experience up to £2.5k).
Please apply via the Jobtrain site, and clearly demonstrate how you meet the key recruiting criteria:
- Recognised time served apprenticeship, and NVQ Level 3 qualifications or equivalent, in Electrical Installation or Maintenance including C&G AM2 practical assessment
- Experienced and competent in all aspects of electrical planned, preventative and day to day reactive maintenance issues, with extensive experience in fault finding on complex electrical installations.
- Thorough knowledge of electrical safe working practices including isolation plus an awareness of current statutory requirements, including a broad knowledge H&S and the risk assessment process.
- Good communicator with 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.
When completing the application you should match your qualifications, training, skills and experience to the job description key recruiting criteria giving full details and filling in all sections.
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. The University has a range of family friendly policies, including a childcare voucher scheme to help you save money on childcare costs.
We have a strong commitment to health and well-being and staff can benefit from discounted membership at the SportsPark, an Employee Assistance Programme and a Health Cash Plan. The University offers generous holiday entitlements which include public holidays and paid closure days.
Closing date: 24th November 2024
Interview and practical assessment date: 5th or 6th December 2024
Please note that this role may be closed earlier if we find a suitable candidate.
Contact Details:
Contact Name Luke Spencer
Contact Job Title Reactive Maintenance Manager
Contact Email address l.t.r.spencer@reading.ac.uk
Alternative Contact Name Guneet Bhatti
Alternative Contact Job Title Deputy Head of Reactive Maintenance
Alternative 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 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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