We are looking to appoint a fully qualified, Gas Safe registered Commercial Plumber & Heating Engineer to join the Works Department at Downside School.
Key Responsibilities
- Planned & Reactive Maintenance: Undertake routine servicing, statutory safety inspections, fault diagnosis, and reactive repairs on all gas boilers, plant rooms, and ancillary equipment across the estate.
- System Balancing & Optimisation: Manage water distribution, heating loops, and hot water storage systems.
- Water Hygiene Compliance: Maintain and monitor hot and cold water services to prevent water stagnation, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
- Contractor Liaison: Liaise with and assist in supervising external contractors during major plant overhauls or other work on site.
- Emergency Out-of-Hours: Participate in an on-call emergency response rota to address critical heating or plumbing failures on campus.
Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- Gas Safe Qualifications (Commercial): Valid COCN1 (or CODNC01), CIGA1, CORT1, ICPN1, and TPCP1/1A.
- Gas Safe Qualifications (Domestic): Valid CCN1 and CENWAT.
- Plumbing/Hot Water: HWSS (G3 Unvented Hot Water Systems certification).
Desirable
- Experience of working in historic or listed buildings.
- Experience of working in an educational environment, preferably a boarding school.
- Basic electrical competence for safe isolation and boiler control fault-finding.
Benefits
- A highly experienced, professional and supportive team of colleagues.
- A static, single-site role on a beautiful rural campus (no commuting to different places).
- Complimentary lunches from our excellent on-site caterers.
- Free uniform and safety equipment.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Complimentary access to onsite leisure facilities including indoor swimming pool, gym and squash courts.
Contractual Details
Competitive salary between £40,000 and £45,000 dependent on qualifications & experience.
Working hours are 39 hours per week, Monday-Thursday 8:00-16:30, Friday 8:00-15:30 with a 30 minute unpaid lunch break.
Permanent contract, 52 weeks per year with 28 days annual holiday (including bank holidays).
Downside School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be DBS checked. We strive to be an equal opportunities employer.
Registered Company No. 11751009 and Registered Charity No: 1184700.
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