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Estates and Facilities Management
Electrical Maintenance Operative
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an electrician to join one of the UK’s leading Universities in their Estates & Facilities team. You will work within the Electrical Maintenance team alongisde colleagues to support and ensure the completion of reactive and planned maintenance work across the Loughborough Univeristy.
Your new role
The role will require you to be part of a technical response team, ensuring asset management, H&S, work processes and compliance tasks carried out safely and on time.
What you'll need to succeed
- City and Guilds Electrical Technical Qualifications or equivalent.
- BS 7671 “current” Edition Requirements for Electrical Installations
- Experience of working within an electrical team
- Experience of working in occupied premises.
- To have served an indentured apprenticeship or equivalent experience or equivalent practical experience.
- Practical IT skills including Microsoft Office and Outlook diary management, and ability to use maintenance management software
Our Benefits*
The University offers an unbeatable working environment and benefits package with options to suit everyone.
· Generous annual leave allowance up to* 44 days (inclusive of Bank Holidays & University closure days)
· Competitive pension schemes
· A range of childcare support initiatives and benefits including childcare vouchers; on-site university nursery (with salary sacrifice scheme); and holiday play schemes.
· We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies.
· BUPA Cash Plan (100 scheme)
· Employee Assistance Programme
· Season ticker loan scheme
· On campus parking with charging points for electric vehicles
· Fantastic range of sports facilities and preferential membership packages available
If this role sound of interest, we’d love to hear from you. Applications must be made via the Loughborough Website portal. Informal enquiries should be directed to Adam Slater a.m.slater@lboro.ac.uk.
For more information refer to the Job Description and Person Specification.
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process. If there are any additional adjustments, you’d like to request please contact Gina Evans, f.m.admin@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk. We also offer reasonable adjustments on the job.
Closing Date: 22nd November 2024.
