Senior Trades Technician - Carpenter

Senior Trades Technician - Carpenter

University of Cambridge

Salary: £29,605-£33,966

Department/Location: Estates Division - Facilities

REF: BA43246

Estates Division is looking to recruit a Carpenter Joiner to carry out various building fabric repairs around the Universities Operational Estate. The range of works is vast and requires an interest in building maintenance along with skills in working with all kinds of materials and machine shop and joinery experience.

As part of our in-house building fabric team, you will provide front line support to University Departments by undertaking the routine fabric maintenance and passive fire work throughout the operational estate. Experience with passive fire work is important but not essential as training will be provided.

About you:

The ideal candidate will have a good general education with experience in carpentry and joinery. You should have excellent organisational and communication skills along with the ability to work alone or as a team member. A proven qualification in carpentry joinery to NVQ level 3 or similar is essential.

This is a great opportunity to work as part of a small and friendly team in and around the vast University estate.

A full British driving licence is essential for the role.

Benefits of working at the University of Cambridge include:

- Competitive rates of pay with automatic service related pay progression and annual

cost of living increases;

- Generous annual leave allowance

- Generous maternity, adoption and shared parental leave entitlement and other family

friendly schemes (e.g. workplace nurseries)

- An auto-enrolment pension scheme, with a generous employer contribution;

- Travel benefits and retail discounts at over 2,000 local and national stores;

- Schemes to support with relocation

Closing date: 10th November 2024

Please quote reference BA43246 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.

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