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Pay information:
This role has an additional Shift Premium of 20%
 
Working Pattern:
Please note this role is 42 hours per week. This is a shift work pattern of 14 x 12.5 hour shifts in every 28 day cycle. You will work a combination of day and night shifts.
Day shifts - 05.45-18.15
Night shifts - 18.45 - 06.15
 
What’s the job about?
As an integrated part of the Campus Engineering Team, Fabric Engineers support both shift and technical teams by delivering in-house planned, reactive, remedial and improvement tasks. 

Building fabric maintenance and value-added change-work delivery are essential to the continually-developing automated environment across the campus; completing such work internally with talented Partners contributes to campus engineering business objectives.
 
What you’ll be doing:
Internal delivery of planned maintenance, reactive and remedial regimes, including exposure to project activity, reducing / eliminating external contractor dependence in a 24-hour environment where SLA is often business-critical. Ability and desire to learn new skills relating to campus asset maintenance and repairs, including inspection regimes, record-keeping, plumbing, sanitary systems, painting, external site maintenance, yard disciplines etc.

Achieving first-fix on building fabric, fixtures and equipment, supporting the Engineering Technician team, demonstrating the following skillsets: Action change-work in the branch within agreed hours. Understand and use the IT Systems to action and facilitate work. Maintain effective communication links with the Engineering Shift Managers. Resolve operational issues promptly, courteously and effectively.
 
What you’ll already have:

• Strong vocational background with proven construction / engineering experience.
• A comprehensive understanding of Health & Safety legislation in a commercial and industrial environment is expected.

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What else you could bring:

• Apprenticeship-served (CITB, CGLI or equivalent).
• CSCS accreditation.
• IPAF & PASMA, Working at Height trained.
• First-Aid qualified.
• IOSH / NEBOSH.

 
Additional information:
As a business we encourage flexible working. We have a number of different ways to work flexibly, so at your interview feel free to talk about what flexibility means to you. There are no guarantees, however, examples of how our Partners already work flexibly include part-time, job share, home working and compressed hours. Head office areas also support a blended working approach of office and home working.

We occasionally close vacancies early in the event we receive a high volume of applications. Therefore, we recommend you apply early .

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