About ARU:
ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.
About the Role:
You will be joining our Asset Management team, a key part of our Estates and Facilities Services. As a member of this small team, you will be strengthening our responsibility for the planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance of the University Estate, including commercial, residential, and domestic buildings, the ideal candidate will have a high level of attention to detail and understand the importance of providing a high-quality service to the universities students and staff.
As a Maintenance Operative, reporting to the Maintenance services team leader at our Cambridge campus, you will use a range of tools and equipment to undertake a variety of tasks such as Carpentry, building maintenance, minor plumbing repairs, decorating, floor laying, compliance tasks (P.A.T. testing, Legionella control, fire alarm testing, following full training), updating maintenance service records, maintenance schedules and helpdesk PPMs. You will also prepare cost estimates and documentation for works undertaken and have an understanding of health and safety requirements.
You will have a trade qualification in carpentry, equivalent to level 3 City & Guilds or NVQ and have previous hands-on, field experience, ideally gained in a multi-site environment, alongside basic IT and numeracy skills. You will be a self-motivated, effective team player with a positive “can-do” approach and will use your initiative to effectively evaluate priorities. You will adopt a methodical approach to your work, ensuring that you maintain effective communication with your team members, client users, our wider staff and management.
Informal enquiries can be directed to Ian Brown, Asset Manager, at ian.brown1@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of our staff and students and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that ARU will carry out online searches as part of the due diligence on short listed candidates.
We value diversity at ARU and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
We have a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.
Committed to being inclusive and open to discuss flexible working.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we have received sufficient applications.
Guidance Notes:
For a list of key requirements, please download the Job Description and Person Specification above. To apply for this role please demonstrate how your skills and experience match the criteria in the person specification.