Mechanical Technician

Late / Weekend Shifts

Are you a skilled Mechanical technician looking for an exciting opportunity to showcase your expertise?

We're seeking a reliable and experienced Mechanical technician to join our dynamic team. If you're passionate about Mechanical systems, troubleshooting, and ensuring smooth operations, we want to hear from you!

In this role you’ll carry out routine, planned and reactive Mechanical maintenance duties, fault diagnostics and repairs to a wide range of Mechanical systems to ensure our customers receive a high quality, efficient response, and service. You’ll also work on minor installations for all Mechanical services throughout the University.

You will have an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical Installations or Maintenance with the ability to carry out installations, as well as an excellent understanding of Health & Safety and the associated processes. For further information regarding the skills required for this role please see the personal specification section of the attached job description.

Join our team and take your Mechanical technician career to the next level. We’re looking for skilled people like you to help us shape and deliver our new, improved service. You’ll be working in a range of buildings and facilities that will challenge your trade skills across ground-breaking research facilities, student accommodation, sports, retail, and entertainment venues. But it doesn’t stop there. You’ll also play a key role in the major events we get involved with.

Take a look at the Estates Department at Warwick. With new, enhanced salaries, excellent pensions and conditions, and the chance to be a member of an ambitious, expanding team, there’s never been a better time to join us.

In addition to a competitive base salary of up to £32,982 per annum, you’ll receive a market supplement of £2,000 per annum.

As a member of the Late/Weekend Shift, you’ll also receive a generous shift allowance (17% of your basic hourly rate) to compensate for working late shifts and at weekends Typically, the working pattern would be 8 days of up to 10-hour long in any 14 day period with a 36.5 hr week covering the hours 13:00 to 23:00 Monday to Friday and 07:30 to 18:00 on Saturdays and Sundays.

For an informal chat about the role contact Iain Cockcroft on 07824 540786.

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Maintenance Assistant

Based in one of our Zone teams, this is a varied role that will enable you to get involved across the trade specialisms in a truly multiskilled role. You’ll provide reactive and planned maintenance support to buildings in your zone, including statutory testing and basic repairs to electrical and mechanical systems and building fabric. The role involves carrying out the important tasks around campus that always need doing, (mainly high-volume, repetitive, lower-skilled tasks) which help provide an outstanding customer service experience to everyone who uses our buildings. You’ll assist the Maintenance Technicians and specialist trades teams with their work too, so a great opportunity to learn and progress in your trade(s) specialism if you wish. You’ll help transport materials and equipment and meet contractors.

Our Maintenance Operations Team is changing and growing and we’re looking for skilled people like you to help us shape and deliver our new, improved service. You’ll be working in a range of buildings and facilities that will challenge your trade skills across ground-breaking research facilities, student accommodation, sports, retail, and entertainment venues. But it doesn’t stop there. You’ll also play a key role in the major events we get involved with.

Being a large campus that operates all day every day of the year, your regular shift pattern will be Monday to Friday business hours plus occasional weekends on a rota basis (approximately 5 weekends a year, you’ll only ever be required to work 5 days in 7.

You’ll have previous practical experience of building maintenance works in a varied environment and City & Guilds NVQ Level II in a relevant subject

A competitive base salary of up to £25,138 per annum.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Nigel Smith on 07824 540775

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Building Control Technician

The Building Controls Team are looking to expand and require a highly skilled BEMS Technician to join our highly motivated team. You will be responsible for the successful operation, continued development, and analysis of the University’s Building Energy Management System (BEMS) to the agreed KPI.

The servicing of building energy management systems in accordance with a particular design and specification. The Building Controls Technician is responsible for ensuring the energy management system continues being safe, technically correct and efficient.

The BEMS controls a wide variety of complex equipment and life critical alarms throughout the University Estate such as environmental systems, lifts, heating, ventilation equipment that form part of the services infrastructure.

This is an exciting time for the University of Warwick as we are preparing for a large-scale expansion and development on the Estate with the focus on SMART buildings and Technologies.

You will have completed a recognised engineering building services apprenticeship/training programme or equivalent in a HVAC or Electrical discipline. With the ability to carry out installation, planned and predictive maintenance to BEMS and associated electrical plant/systems.

You will need to be an autonomous self-starter with excellent organisational skills. The role will require you to work alongside other skilled trades and specialist contractors to ensure the high level of service as expected by our customers.

In addition to a competitive base salary of up to £32,982 per annum, you’ll receive a market supplement of £2,000 per annum.

You will also require an excellent understanding of Health & Safety and operational practices.

For an informal chat about the role contact Will Cutting on 07385145069.

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Maintenance Technician (Electrical)

If you’re an Electrician, or a multiskilled tradesperson with an electrical bias, we would love to hear from you! We have multiple new Maintenance Technician roles that will provide all reactive and planned maintenance works in a particular zone on our campus. You will work in a team of tradespeople within a zone, you’ll be involved with statutory testing and basic repairs to our building fabric, and electrical and mechanical systems.

Our Maintenance Operations Team is changing and growing and we’re looking for skilled people like you to help us shape and deliver our new, improved service. You’ll be working in a range of buildings and facilities that will challenge your trade skills across ground-breaking research facilities, student accommodation, sports, retail, and entertainment venues. But it doesn’t stop there. You’ll also play a key role in the major events we get involved with.

This is a multiskilled role, for which you’ll receive training and support from across the trades. You’ll spend a significant proportion of your time on your trade specialism. No two days will be the same in this varied role where you’ll thrive on providing an outstanding customer service experience to all building users in your zone.

In addition to a competitive base salary of up to £28,759 per annum, you’ll receive a market supplement of £2,000 per annum.

Being a large campus that operates all day every day of the year, your regular shift pattern will be Monday to Friday business hours plus occasional weekends on a rota basis (approximately 5 weekends a year, you’ll only ever be required to work 5 days in 7.

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Nigel Smith on 07824 540775

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