Advanced Plumber-Maintenance Operations

Job Posting Title: Advanced Plumber

Organisation: Maintenance Operations - Estates and Facilities

Rate: £15.48 per hour

FTE and working pattern: 37.5 hour weekly

• 30 mins unpaid lunch break
• Non-guaranteed overtime at HWU rates
• Locally arranged call-out payments
• 28 days annual leave entitlement plus buildings closed days

Fixed term opportunity for 12 months

Purpose of Role:

We are looking to appoint an advanced plumber to join our maintenance operations team.

• The post holder will be a time-served tradesman conversant with all aspects of plumbing on domestic and industrial sites. This will include work on ductile water mains up to 100 mm and surface and soil drainage, copper and polygrip PVC pipework installations.

• You will carry out day to day maintenance and minor works on variety of mechanical systems in both academic and residential buildings across the University's estate

Education, Qualifications & Experience:

• The successful applicant must a fully qualified/time served Plumber with appropriate City and Guilds/SVQ or comparable Plumbing qualifications. You should ideally have a minimum of three years post qualification and apprenticeship experience.
• ood working knowledge of relevant BS standards, ACOP's, and Health and Safety Regulations.
• Legionella awareness training
• Possession of a current clean driving license and use of a car is essential to ensure travel to and from the University on Emergency Call outs.

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How to Apply

Applications can be submitted up to midnight (UK time) on Monday, 3 rd April 2023

Please submit via the Heriot-Watt on-line recruitment your Full CV

For informal discussions about the position, please contact Alan Smith, Head of Facilities Management, colin.smith1@hw.ac.uk

Unfortunately, this role does not meet the minimum requirements of qualification and salary to enable us to sponsor a non-UK/Irish National under the Skilled Worker Visa. We may not, therefore, be able to progress your application unless you are able to obtain the right to work via another visa route. Please visit the UK Visas and Immigration website: https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration for further information.

About our Directorate and Team:

Estates and Facilities is a key professional service directorate within the University's professional services' operating structure. Facilities Services is currently one of 4 divisions within the directorate. The directorate has around 300 staff with Facilities Services being the largest team.

The University's facilities team has responsibility for managing and maintaining a diverse estate over two campuses which are Edinburgh and Galashiels. In Edinburgh, the University estate principally comprises a campus site positioned within the green belt to the West of Edinburgh. It totals 154 hectares with some 100 buildings providing a developed floor space of upwards of 160,000m², together with grounds, roads, car parks, multiple student residences, sports facilities and catering outlets. There are also other Scottish Campuses based at Galashiels and in Orkney. The University also has Campuses located in Dubai and Malaysia.

Heriot-Watt University is committed to securing equality of opportunity in employment and to the creation of an environment in which individuals are selected, trained, promoted, appraised and otherwise treated on the sole basis of their relevant merits and abilities. Equality and diversity are all about maximising potential and creating a culture of inclusion for all.

Heriot-Watt University values diversity across our University community and welcomes applications from all sectors of society, particularly from underrepresented groups. For more information, please see our website https://www.hw.ac.uk/uk/services/equality-diversity.htm and also our award-winning work in Disability Inclusive Science Careers https://disc.hw.ac.uk/ .

We welcome and will consider flexible working patterns e.g. part-time working and job share options.

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