Salary
Up to £35,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Hours and Rota
Shifts between 8am – 8pm on weekdays and rotation of weekends. This role includes on‑call rota with additional pay.
Essential
A full UK driving licence and plumbing experience.
The Role
This role will be required to carry out any repairs and remedy any defects to Unite Students properties as instructed by Facilities Managers and Team Leaders. The role is responsible for delivering planned preventive maintenance, responsive repairs and ensuring the delivery of safe, warm, working homes to our customers.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Background or experience in plumbing or electrical works
- Painting and decorating
- Tiling
- Masonry repairs
- Grounds work
- Adhering to health and safety legislation, and a safe and secure working environment
- Accountable for the quality of the maintenance and repair work delivered
- Ensuring that the work delivered meets the correct Unite Students standard
- Carrying out dynamic risk assessments to ensure that they are in a safe working environment and escalating issues to line management
- Completing all digital job tickets required for the works they deliver, raising follow‑on work orders where necessary and remaining compliant with Unite Students policies and procedures
- Accountable for raising any maintenance or repair concerns that they identify when performing the tasks that they have been assigned
What We’re Looking for in You
- Minimum of entry‑level skills in plumbing to deliver general duties and minor repairs
- A level of experience above all else
- NVQ L2 in other related skills useful but not essential
- Desirable: relevant construction and facilities management qualifications
- Have relevant post‑experience
- Be competent and qualified to safely operate tools and equipment
- Understanding of health and safety responsibilities
- Understanding of safe systems of work
- Good communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Ability to work at pace whilst maintaining a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to offer flexibility in working hours and to take part in the on‑call rota
- Ability to work contracted hours over a 5/7 working pattern
What You’ll Get in Return
- A discretionary annual bonus so you can share in the company’s success
- 33 days’ paid holiday, inclusive of bank holidays and an annual holiday buying scheme, with 5 additional days awarded for long service
- A generous pension scheme – employer contributions between 5% and 11% depending on how much you save
- Various benefits to support your health and wellbeing, including a Healthcare Cash Plan, an Employee Assistance Programme, a Wellbeing platform and a Gym benefit that you can share with your family and friends
- Enhanced Family Leave including 18 weeks full pay for birthing parents and 4 weeks for non‑birthing parents
- Lot of other great benefits, including an annual ShareSave scheme, Employee Life Assurance, a discounts portal and more!
As part of our commitment to safeguarding our students, all new employees in this position will be required to undertake a basic criminal record check prior to commencing employment. The cost of this check will be incurred by Unite Students. Any offer of employment will be subject to a satisfactory criminal record check result.
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