Maintenance Heating Plumbing Engineer

We enjoy over 150 acres and more than 50 buildings, consisting of domestic and non-domestic properties, which provide accommodation for students and staff. These range from stunning listed buildings built in the 17th century, to construction of new buildings such as our new Classroom Hub as part of our campus wide Masterplan.

Working at Gordonstoun comes with many benefits, where you become part of the family not just a workforce. As well as a competitive salary some of these benefits include: providing training and support to our staff to help colleagues progress and diversify their career through different pathways; we offer subsidised transport from Hopeman, Burghead and Lossiemouth for those who require it; we provide a diverse range of foods cooked by our award-winning chefs at Refectory and free staff meals while on shift. Additionally, we have a generous seven-week Holiday allowance annually for full-time staff and much more.

We are looking for a talented, enthusiastic and qualified Maintenance Heating and Plumbing Engineer who has experience and working knowledge of carrying out a variety of heating, engineering and plumbing tasks in support of the maintenance team as we conduct maintenance, repairs and installations within existing buildings across campus. The right candidate will take pride in completing these works while ensuring student and staff experience and stakeholder standards are maintained, while upholding safety guidelines and complying with codes and regulations.

There may also be the opportunity within this role to demonstrate the ability to take on further responsibility, including supervising a plumbers mate/handyperson. Maintenance Heating and Plumbing Engineer duties include:

As the principal heating engineer report, plan and programme work schedules as necessary in conjunction with Maintenance Manager.

Carry out heating surveys on heating systems, plant, equipment, fuel tanks, pipelines, valves, pumps, control gear, meters and associated equipment and update electronic records.

Carry out planned and reactive maintenance, repairs, testing and installations of heating and plumbing components.

Assist other trades within the team with tasks if required. Assess the materials and parts needed for a job, place and track orders for those parts. Provide professional assessments and advice.

Previous plumbing and heating technical experience along with the ability to demonstrate strong written and verbal communication and customer service skills are required. You will need to be able to carry out risk assessment, diagnostics and fault finding; possess a valid UK driver's license, initiative, responsibility, safety, and have a professional appearance.

Gordonstoun is striving to build a team that is truly inclusive. We welcome applications from marginalised and under-represented groups.

If you’re excited to learn more, please contact Recruitment on recruitment@gordonstoun.org.uk or call us on 01343 837837

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Closing date: Monday, 18 July 2022