Fitter / Plumber

Job Purpose

Heating Engineers/plumbers play an essential role within an enthusiastic and innovative Direct Labour Organisation (DLO), delivering reactive maintenance activities, planned preventative maintenance, fault finding, and out-of-hours support for all mechanical operations and systems across the Estate.

Duties and Responsibilities

Main duties

• Undertake adaption/repair and reactive, planned, and preventative maintenance work, including systems checks and when necessary, problem diagnostics for all mechanical building services installed throughout the University’s estate in compliance with current regulations.
• Act as the first responder for all commercial, domestic gas and Carbon Monoxide (CO) emergencies to confirm evacuation or re habitation in accordance with Gas Safe Training and CMDDA1.
• You will be part of a mandatory out of hours 1 week in 5 ‘on-call’ rota
• To undertake first response fault finding and provide clear updates on remedial works for installations including but not limited to: -

• commercial, domestic, plumbing and boiler maintenance breakdowns,
• LTHW
• CWS/DHWS
• heating/ventilation,
• natural gas systems
• equipment associated with mechanical building services.
• steam raising plant, associated controls, pipework, and delivery systems (additional steam training will be provided as necessary).

• To be able to trace faults on control panels and associated equipment, working with Building Services Engineers to rectify faults.
• Comply with all relevant health and safety legislation, policies and procedures. Undertaking task specific (dynamic) risk assessments and method statements, before carrying out maintenance and adaptation work, reporting any potentially unsafe working conditions.
• Ensure all necessary paperwork required both manually or electronically is completed accurately and in a timely manner in line with set timescales (Service Level Agreements).
• To attend, as identified and by agreement, development, and training courses to keep abreast of new industry best practice and statutory regulations.
• On behalf of the University to act as a competent person for all works defined in and associated with Safe Systems of Work, including but not withstanding mechanical services and compressed air isolation and de isolations.
• Establish working relationships with key customers to help improve service levels, developing appropriate communication links with the University’s Schools/Departments and outside bodies as required.
• Assist with managing critical and essential material stock levels. Maintaining tools, equipment, and vehicles, taking responsibility for the safe keeping of these.

General Duties

• Ensure that an understanding of the importance of confidentiality is applied when undertaking all duties.
• Abide by University policies on Health and Safety and Equality and Diversity
• To carry out such multi-disciplinary duties as are required and are commensurate with the level of this post.

Additional Information

To be available to attend annual Health Surveillance assessments.

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Estates

Grade 4