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Multiskilled Carpenter
An opportunity has arisen for Multiskilled Carpenter to join the Workshop team in the Department of Campus Infrastructure, dedicated to maintaining the upkeep University's buildings.
You will undertake planned and unplanned maintenance activities in the University's academic buildings, residences, and sports facilities. You will also undertake some low-level electrical work and be expected to take part in the on-call rota that attracts an additional allowance.
About You
You should be professional, committed and hard-working, and someone who can work at an efficient pace on their own initiative or well with the other team members.
Our Ideal Candidate Will Have
* completed an apprenticeship in carpentry, building maintenance or similar discipline at NVQ Level 2 or equivalent
* a varied post apprenticeship experience
* a good understand of Health & Safety issues and familiar with basic risk assessments
* excellent customer care and communication skills
* a flexible approach to working using own initiative to prioritise and complete all tasks in a timely and professional manner
Your Responsibilities Will Include
* Installing and repairing kitchens and bathrooms
* Refurbishing buildings
* Fitting new door and fire doors
* Fire door checking
* Repairing flooring
* Repairing locks and cylinders
* Repairing walls, groundworks
* Building furniture
* Making signs
Further information
Although not essential, we would also value basic knowledge of locksmithing, experience using woodworking machinery and an NVQ Level 3 in carpentry, building maintenance or similar.
The work is mostly on the Claverton Down campus but occasionally in the city locations and a UK driving licence is required.
This is a full-time role working 36.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) although overtime opportunities may be available.
For an informal discussion about this position please contact Alastair Newman, Building Workshop Supervisor (an764@bath.ac.uk) or Tony Griffin, Operations Manager (asg79@bath.ac.uk) however, please submit your application via the University website.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
What we can offer you
Benefits
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
* Free counselling services through Health Assured
* Cycle to work scheme
* Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
* Staff discount at Team Bath gym
* Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
* Staff discount on language courses
* Generous employer contributory pension schemes
* Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
* A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more
* Free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
* Local discounts and more
* A family-friendly workplace
* An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
* Relocation allowance
* Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
Find out more about our benefits and watch the video to hear from our staff about what makes the University of Bath a great place to work as well as following us X and LinkedIn.
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Further Details
* Job Description & Person Specification
* Terms and Conditions of Employment
Right To Work In The UK
We do not assess immigration or right to work status until offer stage. Being invited to interview does not guarantee you are eligible for visa sponsorship and all offers are conditional on meeting right to work requirements. Further information is available on our application support webpage.
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We are constantly seeking to reduce the unconscious bias that enters any assessment process, with the goal of creating an inclusive and equal assessment process. To support this, personal details such as your name, may be removed from application forms at the initial shortlisting stage.
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