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Building Services Technician

Location: The designated office base is Abbey House, Abingdon. The councils operate in a truly flexible, and hybrid way where the focus is on outcomes not where you work.
Salary and grade: £36,032.00 to £42,576.00 per year, Grade 5
Duration of role: Permanent
Hours per week: 37

Closing Date: 22nd November 2024

About the role and what we’re looking for:

The Property Assets team provide Property and Facilities services across both Councils for the general public and for internal customer departments, using a Corporate Landlord model. The types of buildings and the customers being served include: -

• Arts centres – Cornerstone in Didcot and Beacon in Wantage.
• Council offices, providing staff accommodation and public reception service.
• Community centres
• Leisure – includes leisure facilities and outdoor swimming pools.
• Housing – hostels, houses, mobile home parks
• Public toilets
• Other land and facilities, including closed church yards
• Working closely with technical services team – responsible for car parks, flood alleviation, sewage pumps and engineering services.
• Working closely with Development and Property Strategy teams – specifically providing any Facilities or maintenance needs for sublet premises.

The Team uses a mix of internal and contract labour for repairs and cleaning, and specialist contractors for compliance, pre-planned and reactive maintenance.

A building services technician is required to lead on the maintenance, repair, and improvement of the Mechanical and Electrical building assets for the Council.

The role requires a mix of hands-on maintenance and repair for preplanned and reactive tasks, as well as management of sub-contractor suppliers for specialist maintenance and repair works.

The role requires both mechanical and electrical skills but expected that an operative may be more biased to one discipline.

About you

Your essential skills, knowledge and experience

• PC literate/MS Office skills.
• Excellent Contract / Supplier Management Skills.
• Mechanical Building Services Technician practical knowledge.
• Knowledge of emergency response/standby/call out activities and protocols.
• Knowledge Water hygiene L8.
• Strong proven experience in operating Building services across multiple sites.
• Experience operating a Permit system.
• BMS Controls Experience / HVAC Experience.
• Operational experience of managing Environmental, Health & Safety Systems.
• Hold a current full driving licence and, whenever necessary, have access to a vehicle that is insured and available for business use.
• Attend occasional events and meetings on evenings and weekends.
• Must be able to climb ladders and access small and cramped spaces, also inspect roofs and other non-public areas of large buildings.

Your essential qualifications

• Diploma level qualification in mechanical/electrical engineering.
• Or Recognised Apprenticeship.

If you have the following experience or qualifications – it’s a bonus

• IOSH or NEBOSH or equivalent H&S training.
• Understand the monitoring of utilities and environmental
programmes.
• 18th Edition Electrical Wiring Regulations

The benefits we offer

·A basic 25 days annual leave per annum, rising to 30 days after five years. You also have all the bank holidays to look forward to and time off between Christmas and New Year.
·Flexible working and annualised hours – a flexible approach to work that our employees love!
·Salary pay awards – most jobs give scope for a pay increase after six months or the following April (depending on your start date) and we also review salaries each April.
·Agenerous career average pension scheme which includes life insurance of three times your salary
·The opportunity to purchase a bike through Cyclescheme (cheaper than directly through a store) so that you can cycle to work!
·Various schemes to keep you healthy (reduced gym membership, free swims, free eye tests for DSE users and more)
·We give you two days per year to volunteer within the local community.

We look forward to hearing from you.

You may also have experience in the following: Facilities Maintenance Technician, Mechanical and Electrical Technician, Building Maintenance Engineer, Property Maintenance Specialist, Facilities Services Technician, Mechanical Systems Technician, Electrical Services Technician, Asset Maintenance Technician, Building Operations Technician, Environmental Services Technician, etc.

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