Maintenance Assistant | Operations Group | Estates and Facilities | LMB 2625 in Cambridge

Overall purpose

The Maintenance Assistant is a member of the Estates and Facilities team at the LMB and provides practical and reliable support for the day-to-day operation of our facilities on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Babraham Research Campus.

Key responsibilities/Main duties

• Assist with maintaining a safe, functional, and well-presented workplace for researchers, support staff and visitors.
• Assist Estates colleagues, contractors, and other service teams in ensuring the smooth operation of the facilities.
• Support the Estates and Facilities team with day-to-day caretaking and undertake a wide range of general maintenance and repair tasks within laboratories, offices, communal spaces and animal holding environments across the LMB buildings.

This includes, but is not limited to

• basic carpentry, decorating, shelving installation and furniture assembly.
• replacing lamps, ceiling tiles, fixtures and fittings.
• minor plumbing activities.
• Maintain external areas including pathways, entrances, and communal outdoor spaces.
• Assist with office and laboratory moves as required.
• Support cleaning and clearing of workspaces, stores, plant areas and service yards, where required.
• Support routine building checks, plant room and equipment inspections, reporting issues, defects or concerns through the appropriate channels.
• Use the Estates helpdesk and/or maintenance management systems to update tasks and record works completed.
• Respond to reactive maintenance requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Assist with stock control and monitoring of materials, tools and consumables.
• Work in accordance with site health and safety procedures and policies.
• Support contractors and visitors working within the facilities and ensure safe working practices are followed.

Due to the operational nature of the work, this role requires full-time attendance on site.

Working relationships

You will work as part of the Estates and Facilities team and will report to one of the Service Coordinators.

You will work closely with Estates colleagues, contractors, scientific staff, and support teams across the site.

Person requirements

Education / qualifications / training required

• Recognised qualification in building maintenance, facilities maintenance, trade skills, or relevant equivalent experience carrying out general maintenance or caretaking duties within a facilities, estates, or maintenance environment.
• Knowledge and experience required
• Good practical skills with the ability to undertake a range of minor repair and maintenance tasks.
• Ability to work safely and follow health and safety procedures.
• Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable

• Experience working within laboratory, scientific, healthcare, or animal facility environments.
• Experience using maintenance management or helpdesk systems.
• Basic understanding of building services or plant equipment.
• Experience undertaking routine plant inspections or compliance checks.
• Experience in painting and decorating, basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical work.
• Personal skills / behaviours / qualities
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and build positive working relationships with colleagues, contractors, and facility users.
• Ability to follow clear instructions.
• Self-motivated and proactive approach to work.
• Ability to manage workload effectively and work independently when required.
• Flexible approach to duties and changing priorities.
• Strong organisational skills and good time keeping.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with staff from technical, scientific, administrative, and operational backgrounds.
• Excellent attention to detail; understanding the importance of maintaining high standards within laboratory and animal holding environments.
• Corporate/Local responsibilities & requirements
• You must at all times carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the UKRI:
• Code of Conduct
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy
• Health and Safety policy
• Data Protection policy

Job descriptions should be reviewed on a regular basis and at the annual appraisal. Any changes should be made and agreed between you and your manager.

The above lists are not exhaustive, and you are required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post.

All employees are required to act professionally, co-operatively and flexibly in line with the requirements of the post, the MRC and UKRI.

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role.

UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.

Eligibility/compliance terms

As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum salary criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK.

At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK.

You can check your eligibility here: https://www. gov. uk/check-uk-visa/y

This is a rolling advertisement which can close or be extended, at any time, based on the number of applications received.

UKRI - UK Research and Innovation

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK.

Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world's most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world.

We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world‑class research, skills and business‑led innovation.

Benefits

• defined benefit pension scheme
• excellent holiday entitlement
• employee shopping/travel discounts
• salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme
• How we support EDI in the workforce

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so.

We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community.

We actively support equality, diversity and inclusion in all our activities, processes and culture.

We encourage applications from all sections of society irrespective of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age.

We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

You are very welcome to contact us for information about the application process and any adjustments you may require; recruit@mrclmb. ac. uk.

UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food security, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research.

Whilst you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.

The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is one of the birthplaces of modern molecular biology and has played an important role in the development of many new techniques, most notably X-ray crystallography of proteins, DNA sequencing and monoclonal antibodies.

The LMB has a clear goal of understanding biological processes at the molecular level, with the ultimate aim of using this knowledge to tackle specific problems in human health and disease.

We aim to tackle difficult, long-term problems, which often require investment over many years.

There are four scientific Divisions - Structural Studies, Protein and Nucleic Acid Chemistry, Cell Biology and Neurobiology.

However, scientific collaboration between the different Divisions is extensive.

Scientists are well supported by excellent scientific facilities and by the LMB Operations Group which maintains the core infrastructure and services of the institute.

Our state‑of‑the‑art laboratory provides an unsurpassed environment for both young and established researchers.

Scientists are drawn to the LMB from all over the world, thus creating a lively and international community for the exchange of ideas and technical innovation.

The LMB is a great place to work and progress your career, be it in scientific research or the support functions.

The LMB is a unique working environment where our researchers are rewarded by world class innovation and collaboration opportunities that the LMB name brings.

The LMB is an excellent place to develop yourself further and a range of training & development opportunities will be available to you, including professional registration with the Science Council.

Choosing to come to work at the LMB (part of UKRI) means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement to access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme, as well as the chance to put the LMB and UKRI on your CV in the future.

We actively support equality, diversity and inclusion in all our activities, processes and culture.

We encourage applications from all sections of society irrespective of gender, race, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sexual orientation, disability or age.

We are a disability inclusive employer and encourage disabled people to apply for this role.

You are very welcome to contact us for information about the application process and any adjustments you may require; recruit@mrclmb. ac. uk.

UKRI supports research in areas that include animal health, agriculture and food security, and bioscience for health which includes research on animals, genetic modification and stem cell research.

While you may not have direct involvement in this type of research, you should consider whether this conflicts with your personal values or beliefs.

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