Mechanical Services Technician
Company
Location
Bath BA2 9BN
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Employment Type
Contract, Contract
Salary
£33,951 - £37,694 a year
Job Highlights
- Maintain and operate the mechanical services for Bath Spa University's campuses, ensuring safety and efficiency across HVAC and plumbing systems.
- The ideal candidate will have proven expertise in mechanical systems, strong fault-finding skills and a collaborative approach to teamwork.
- This full-time role is based in Bath, offering a dynamic work environment focused on sustainability and compliance with health and safety regulations.
Job Requirements/Description
Join Bath Spa University's Estates team and help maintain the mechanical infrastructure that supports our academic, residential and historic campuses.
This hands-on role offers a varied workload across HVAC, heating, cooling and water systems, ensuring our buildings remain safe, comfortable and operational for students, staff and visitors
Salary Grade 6 - Starting from £33,951 rising to £37,694 per annum
The salary range shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. Please note that our default position is to appoint into the lower end of the range, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Please see Special Conditions for this role below:
We are a community of colleagues, striving for excellence to ensure students thrive. Our values are:
In light of this, for most vacancies it will be unlikely that permission to work in the UK would be granted.
For further information please click here to visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Description
Join Bath Spa University's Estates team and help maintain the mechanical infrastructure that supports our academic, residential and historic campuses.
This hands-on role offers a varied workload across HVAC, heating, cooling and water systems, ensuring our buildings remain safe, comfortable and operational for students, staff and visitors
About the Role
- Deliver planned preventative, reactive and corrective maintenance across the University's mechanical services infrastructure.
- Maintain, fault find and repair HVAC systems, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, heat pumps, chillers and hot and cold-water systems.
- Coordinate boiler servicing and gas safety inspections, ensuring compliance with current regulations.
- Support the operation and optimisation of biomass boilers, energy centres and district heating systems.
- Supervise specialist contractors working on mechanical systems across the estate.
- Coordinate water hygiene testing and compliance activities in line with L8 requirements.
- Procure spare parts and contribute to effective stock management.
- Share technical expertise and support the development of colleagues.
- Undertake minor plumbing and general building maintenance tasks where required.
- Maintain plant rooms and service areas in a safe, clean and operational condition.
- Liaise with building users and stakeholders to communicate maintenance activities and minimise disruption.
- Ensure all work is undertaken in accordance with health, safety and compliance requirements.
About You
- Recognised apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, HVAC or Commercial Gas Services.
- Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills across mechanical building services systems.
- Experience working within a maintenance or facilities management environment.
- Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings and schematics.
- Sound understanding of health and safety regulations and safe systems of work.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver work to agreed timescales.
- Good IT skills and experience maintaining accurate maintenance records.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Positive, proactive and solution-focused approach.
- Experience of BMS, district heating networks, biomass systems or educational estates would be advantageous.
Additional Information
Salary Grade 6 - Starting from £33,951 rising to £37,694 per annum
The salary range shows the potential maximum pay progression in addition to any annual inflationary increase to your pay. Please note that our default position is to appoint into the lower end of the range, unless there are exceptional circumstances.
Please see Special Conditions for this role below:
- Full UK driving licence required.
- Ability to work across all Bath Spa University campuses.
- Occasional travel may be required for training and business purposes.
- Flexibility to work additional paid hours where operational requirements demand.
- Participation in training and continuing professional development as required.
Staff Benefits
We offer a wide range of great benefits at BSU, including
We offer a wide range of great benefits at BSU, including
- Generous pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme/Teacher's Pension Scheme). This is a defined benefit pension scheme which pays members a secure income for life, post-retirement
- Enhanced paid leave - 41 - 46 days depending on the role (Full Time) - more details here: https://apphub.bathspa.ac.uk/StaffBenefits
- Family friendly policies including hybrid working, flexible work environment, on-site nursery, and a sector-leading enhanced maternity scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme which offers access to on-demand GP appointments, wellbeing support and advice, and access to counselling
- Transport schemes including Electric Vehicle Scheme and Cycle to Work
- Wide range of discounts and financial benefits, accessed through and easy-to-use app
For further details about all our staff benefits, have a look at our rewards page: https://www.bathspa.ac.uk/work-at-bath-spa/rewards-and-benefits/
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About Bath Spa University
At Bath Spa University, we believe in the power of education to break down barriers to opportunity and to transform lives. We are the Professionally Creative for the future. Professional Creativity transcends subject disciplines, and is just as important for our sciences, education, business and law subjects as it is for our sector leading creative industries provision. We connect learners, staff and external partners with applied research and innovation. We power inclusive growth through skills development and practice based, innovation – intensive learning for all.
Our main Newton park campus is based in stunning countryside just a few minutes from a World Heritage City. We are also proud to offer courses to students at our other campuses around Bath, and in London at our Canary Wharf and Hackney sites.
An impressive 84% of our staff said they would recommend the University to a friend as a good place to work.
Our main Newton park campus is based in stunning countryside just a few minutes from a World Heritage City. We are also proud to offer courses to students at our other campuses around Bath, and in London at our Canary Wharf and Hackney sites.
An impressive 84% of our staff said they would recommend the University to a friend as a good place to work.
We are a community of colleagues, striving for excellence to ensure students thrive. Our values are:
- Respect
- Inclusivity
- Collaboration
- Sustainability
We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community. We foster inclusivity, celebrating and respecting differences. We welcome diversity and encourage applications from all backgrounds and genders. We consider our recruitment practices to be comprehensive and unbiased; ensuring fairness, transparency, and equal opportunity for all.
Information about visa sponsorship
Information about visa sponsorship
Under the 2006 Immigration, Nationality and Asylum Act the University has a duty to prevent illegal working by carrying out document checks on all potential employees to confirm that a person has the right to work in the UK.
Please note that the University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are entitled to live and work in the UK.
Please note that the University has a legal responsibility to ensure that all employees are entitled to live and work in the UK.
For some vacancies (those requiring specific specialist skills or in shortage occupations) we may be able to obtain a certificate of sponsorship for a suitably qualified applicant. Due to the limited availability of sponsorship resources, not all vacancies in this category will be eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship. Sponsorship eligibility will be assessed on a role-by-role basis and is normally limited to positions that meet the University's workforce and immigration criteria.
In light of this, for most vacancies it will be unlikely that permission to work in the UK would be granted.
For further information please click here to visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
Company
Location
Bath BA2 9BN
Employment Hours
New Jobs
Employment Type
Contract, Contract
Salary
£33,951 - £37,694 a year