Assistant Technician (Infrastructure and Facilities)

Overall Purpose of the Job

The University of Manchester (www.manchester.ac.uk) is one of the largest single-site universities in the UK, with one of the biggest student communities. In total, 25 Nobel Prize winners have worked or studied here and 93% of our research was ranked as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ by the Research Excellence Framework in 2021. Furthermore, more than nine out of ten of our recent graduates go straight into employment or continued studies. The Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) plays an important and essential role in this success. FSE comprises two multi-discipline Schools; the School of Engineering and the School of Natural Sciences, each led by a Head of School and Head of School Operations. The School of Engineering is made up of five academic departments and the School of Natural Sciences is made up of five academic departments. For more information please visit https://www.se.manchester.ac.uk/.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive assistant technician to join our dynamic technical operations team, which strives to provide a sector leading technical support for FSE and the wider University. With a commitment to customer service excellence and a passion for science and engineering, the assistant technician will provide an agile technical support service to staff and students to support teaching, research and professional services. FSE’s research and teaching quality is recognised globally; this is an exciting opportunity to join us in Manchester and contribute to the provision of a sector leading technical service.

• Acting as a point of contact and action for all building and building services related matters.
• Ensuring that problems are resolved in a timely fashion by working with your team members and in close collaboration with Faculty Estates and H&S teams.
• Proactively ensuring that buildings operate to an excellent standard of housekeeping, organisation and safety.
• Be responsible for carrying out and recording routine and statutory inspections and preventative maintenance. Such jobs may include but are not limited to: Estates repairs reporting, updating and maintaining accuracy of FSE’s technical asset register, collating and submitting security and space access requests, PAT testing, inspection of specialist safety monitoring systems (e.g. gas detection and oxygen depletion alarms), liquid nitrogen decanting, equipment and chemical waste disposal, office and equipment moves, legionella prevention, ladder and lifting aid inspections, fire suppression checks (e.g. extinguishers and blankets), monitoring of early warning systems (e.g. escape of water, freezer temperatures, power cuts, gas detection).

Please note, under the new immigration rules this role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route of the Points Based System. Candidates will need to be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK in order to be eligible to take up the post.

What can you expect in return

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Chris Hyde, Technical Building Manager

Email: Christopher.hyde@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

Email: People.recruitment@manchester.ac.uk

Technical support:

https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home

This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.