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

£25,772 to £30,032 per annum

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:

Essential

• 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:

Essential

• 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:

Essential

• 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.

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.

This is a rolling advertisement which can close or be extended, at any time, based on the number of applications received. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience. Interviews will be held as and when applications are reviewed.