Maintenance Assistant

Maintenance Assistant

The Department of Campus Infrastructure is responsible for the maintenance and development of the University’s buildings, and are currently seeking to appoint Maintenance Assistants to support the team, undertaking planned and unplanned maintenance such as general repairs, minor plumbing in accommodation buildings, and safety testing.

• have experience in some of the following areas: plumbing, carpentry, painting (qualifications are not essential)
• are familiar with and happy to work in the built environment, able to identify and remedy a variety of maintenance tasks and keep all affected informed of the situation
• have a flexible approach to work and a willingness to undertake training to improve knowledge
• are committed to the role and able to work individually and as part of a team
• have good problem‑solving, customer service and communication skills

This role is offered on a full‑time (36.5 hours per week) permanent basis, Monday‑Friday, with the City campus team, and a driving licence is required to travel between City campus locations.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Darren Chitty, Building Engineering Manager () or Simon Midgley, Building Services Manager ().

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, and an autism‑friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

• 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, Linked In 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

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.

Anonymous shortlisting
:
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.