Overview
Role: Plumber
Location: Buckingham
Hours: Full time (8am–4pm or 9am–5pm), 35 hours a week
Salary: £18.20 per hour
Immediate start. An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Plumber to join our client’s Estates & Facilities team. You’ll support the safe, efficient operation of a diverse estate and deliver a first-class service to staff, customers and visitors.
We’re recruiting on behalf of a well-established organisation in Buckingham with a collaborative, “one team” approach across Estates. You’ll join a friendly maintenance team where your customer focus and pride in workmanship matter.
Benefits
* Varied, hands-on role across multiple buildings
* Ongoing training and CPD
* Structured PPM as well as reactive works
* Participation in an on-call/standby rota (allowance subject to policy)
* PPE and tools provided (where applicable)
Duties of a Plumber
* Reactive and planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to hot/cold-water systems, sanitation, drainage and heating plant
* Diagnose and repair leaks, blockages, failures, valves, pumps, TMVs, cylinders and associated controls
* Install/modify pipework, sanitaryware and fixtures to current standards
* Complete condition surveys and produce clear reports for the Team Leader
* Work safely: RAMS, permits to work, isolation and H&S compliance
* Maintain accurate job records, parts and store requisitions
* Liaise with colleagues, contractors and specialist engineers to complete works
* Join the emergency call-out rota (including some out-of-hours) and support key site events (occasional weekends)
* Support the wider Estates team with a “one team” approach
What we would like from you
* NVQ/City & Guilds in Plumbing or equivalent experience
* Strong track record in maintenance, repair and small installations on building plumbing/heating systems
* Sound knowledge of Water Regulations/Legionella awareness and safe isolation
* Comfortable using a tablet/handheld for jobs, drawings and reports; clear written reporting
* Great people skills, customer-focused, able to prioritise in a busy environment
* Able to work at heights and in confined spaces
* Full UK driving licence
* Willing to join an out-of-hours call-out rota
Desirable
* Gas Safe registration and experience with gas appliances/plant
* Experience improving PPM regimes and asset information
* Recognised H&S qualification (e.g., IOSH Working/Managing Safely)
* Proficient with MS Office
* Evidence of ongoing CPD
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