Maintenance Assistant (Mechanical)

University of Bath; Bath; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

EV salary sacrifice

Gym discount

Staff development opportunities

Relocation support

Health and wellbeing resources

Job summary

The University of Bath is seeking a Maintenance Assistant (Mechanical) to join the Campus Infrastructure team. You will undertake planned and reactive maintenance across campus facilities, supporting plumbers and trades, focusing on mechanical building services and water systems.

You should have vocational training in mechanical, plumbing or building services, practical maintenance experience, and be able to perform first line fault diagnosis.

Qualifications

• Vocational training in mechanical, plumbing, building services or equivalent practical experience.
• Hands-on experience with planned and reactive maintenance in buildings or facilities.
• Knowledge of hot/cold water services, sanitaryware and basic mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Undertake routine maintenance and minor repairs safely.
• Assist skilled trades with more complex tasks and escalations as needed.
• Perform first line fault investigation and document basic issues.
• Support multi‑skilled plumbers and other trades on site.
• Maintain good communication with colleagues, students and staff.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Plumbing knowledge

Building services

Safety-conscious

Customer service

Education

City & Guilds Level 1/2

NVQ/SVQ equivalent

Water hygiene awareness

Legionella awareness

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Assistant (Mechanical) to join the Campus Infrastructure team at the University of Bath, a UK top 10 university.

About the role

Working as part of our in-house maintenance team, you will undertake planned and reactive maintenance across the University's academic, residential and sports facilities, primarily on campus with occasional work at our city locations.

The role supports our multi-skilled Plumbers and other skilled trades and involves routine maintenance, minor repairs, inspections and first line fault investigation across plumbing and associated mechanical building services. This includes hot and cold-water systems, sanitaryware, internal drainage, heating systems, pumps, water softeners, laboratory services and prescribed water hygiene activities, within your training and demonstrated competence.

You will also assist skilled trades with more complex maintenance, repairs, replacement and small installation or alteration works, recognising the limits of your competence and escalating work where qualified trade, specialist or authorised intervention is required.

About you

You will

• have relevant vocational training in mechanical, plumbing, building services or general maintenance, or equivalent practical experience sufficient to undertake routine maintenance and minor repairs safely.
• have practical hands‑on experience of planned and reactive maintenance, minor repairs or similar work within a building, engineering or facilities environment.
• have practical knowledge and experience of hot and cold‑water services, sanitaryware, internal drainage, heating systems and associated mechanical building services at a level appropriate to the role.
• be able to undertake first line fault investigation and practical problem solving, carry out minor repairs within your competence and recognise when work needs to be escalated.
• be able to work independently on routine tasks and effectively support Multi‑skilled Plumbers and other skilled trades on more complex work.
• have good communication and customer service skills and be able to work effectively with colleagues, students, staff and contractors.
• be comfortable using mobile devices and digital work management systems.
• be flexible and able to adapt to changing operational priorities.

A relevant Level 1 or Level 2 City & Guilds, NVQ/SVQ or equivalent vocational qualification would be an advantage, as well as water hygiene or Legionella awareness, relevant health and safety training or CSCS card, and awareness of BMS or building controls.

Further information

This is a full‑time role, working 36.5 hours per week: Monday to Thursday 08:15 to 16:45, and Friday 08:15 to 15:45, however, to suit operational requirements you may be requested to work flexibly at any time between 7am and 7pm. You will identified as a 'key worker' for periods of severe winter weather and should live no further than one hour's journey time to the University.

A valid UK driving licence is required in order to drive University vehicles.

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under‑represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant . an accredited Disability Confident Leader ; autism friendly university , committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff .

What we can offer you

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
• Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
• A family‑friendly workplace
• An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
• Relocation allowance
• Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app

Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn .

Be Well at Bath

We're committed to creating a health‑supporting working environment where everyone can thrive and be at your best. We offer a range of resources to enable you to do that from your first day here, including:

• Staff support groups and networks
• A network of Staff Wellbeing Champions
• A suite of tools, resources and frameworks that enable you to be at your best and thrive

Find out more about being at your best at Bath .

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Terms and Conditions of Employment

Right to Work in the UK: We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.

Anonymous shortlisting: We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.