Maintenance Technician

University of Bedfordshire; Luton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational institution in Luton is seeking an Estates Technician to perform electrical and building maintenance across its sites. The role involves delivering high-quality maintenance services, supervising apprentices, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Benefits include a generous pension plan, free fitness classes, and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Generous pension

Free fitness classes

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Ability to deliver reactive, planned, and preventative maintenance tasks.
• Experience in installation, fault-finding, and repairs.
• Ability to supervise work and support apprentices.

Responsibilities

• Model leadership qualities and deliver maintenance tasks across sites.
• Ensure quality and timeliness in work requests.
• Maintain stock levels of spare parts and manage maintenance stores.

Job description

Overview

Estates Technician x2 Posts 1 Electrical and 1 Building Fabric

Responsibilities

• At all times to role model all Leadership Qualities expressed in our Leadership Framework, which applies to all line managers, and includes four pillars: Future Focused, Connect and Include, Create, learn, Deliver, and, Build Brilliant Teams.
• To deliver reactive, planned, and preventative maintenance tasks across all sites, either specialising in Electrical, Mechanical or more general disciplines of building maintenance
• To perform a variety of tasks across multiple trades, including installation, fault-finding, and repairs.
• To undertake any other duties as directed by the Maintenance manager.
• To operate in a customer-facing and public environment and set an appropriate image of the University.
• Monitor and record information through the maintenance Helpdesk system, responding to emails and queries prioritising as appropriate.
• To ensure work requests are carried out to a high quality, delivered to schedule and with minimum disruption; to undertake duties to provide the highest standard of customer service and student experience, taking into account statutory obligations and appropriate regulations where appropriate.
• To liaise with the Estates team to ensure all activities undertaken are carried out safely using existing risk assessments, dynamic assessments, to wear appropriate PPE; to ensure that the health, safety
• To be responsible for the maintenance stores, ensuring that consumables and tools are kept stocked, organised, serviced, clean, tidy, secure and accounted for.
• To maintain stock levels of spare parts and other appropriate resources.
• To make regular inspections of all plant, equipment and buildings to bring to the attention of the Maintenance Supervisor the condition of these areas (where within the role's specialism).
• To keep abreast of relevant developments in the field, including practices, techniques, equipment and legislation.
• To supervise external contractors on sites where appropriate
• To liaise with appropriate personnel to discuss and agree programmes of work.
• To have the ability to work independently/without the need for supervision and validate work to ensure compliance with professional standards.
• To supervise work, support and develop the team's Apprentices in line with area(s) of specialism

Equality, diversity and compliance

The University is committed to equality of opportunity and values the diversity of all its workforce and student population.

The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.

Benefits

We offer a range of employee benefits including a generous pension and annual leave entitlement, free fitness classes and gym membership, flexible working arrangements, personal and professional development and family-friendly policies