Multiskilled Carpenter (CC12315)

University of Bath
January 13, 2025
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Job title Multiskilled Carpenter

Department Campus Infrastructure

Salary Starting from £30,505, rising to £36,924

Grade Grade 6

Contract Type Full Time, Open Ended

Placed on Monday 16 December 2024

Closing date Monday 13 January 2025

Interview date To be confirmed

Reference CC12315

Special Conditions Participation in an on-call rota that receives an additional on-call allowance, Uniform, footwear or personal protective equipment is supplied and is required to be worn, Manual handling, Please see job description for all special conditions.

Applicant Visa Guidance Skilled Worker visa: guidance for applicants (bath.ac.uk)

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An exciting 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 ([email protected]) or Tony Griffin, Operations Manager ([email protected]) however, please submit your application via the University website.

    What we can offer you:
  • a very generous employer contributory pension scheme
  • generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
  • we are a family-friendly University and with an increasingly agile workforce, are open to flexible working arrangements
  • an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
  • a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities
  • Find out more about our benefits.

    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, so we 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 are very proud to be an autism friendly university and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.

    Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

    Further details:
  • Job Description & Person Specification

  • Terms and Conditions of Employment

  • 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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