Electrical Technician

University of West of Scotland

Campus Services

Ayr Campus

Grade 4 - Salary: £26,445 - £31,396

Permanent - Full time: 35 hours per week

THE POST - Electrical Technician

Campus Services have an exciting new opportunity for an Estates Electrical Technician to join their growing team. The post holder will be expected to undertake reactive emergency and unplanned repair requirements across all University sites and ensure that all work is performed in a safe timeous, effective, and responsive manner with minimum downtime and disruption to service users. The post holder will also work in teams and participate in contribute to and support environmental and sustainability initiatives, monitoring and reporting across the campus.

The successful candidate should have the following:

• HNC in an appropriate approved Electrician / Electrical Engineering Discipline or have relevant and practical work experience.
• Full current driving licence
• An ability to read, interpret and understand technical drawings, including plans, layouts, schematics, circuits and wiring diagrams for buildings or plant, equipment, fixed wiring, and control systems.
• Good organisational and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Fault finding and fault diagnosis.
• A flexible, responsive, and adaptable approach to work is essential in this role.

ABOUT US

The University of the West of Scotland is one of Scotland’s largest and most dynamic modern universities. Our reach across the country, together with our London campus, means that UWS is a significant force in global knowledge creation, innovation, and a leading provider of undergraduate, postgraduate and research degree education. Our degrees provide students with a transformational experience; equipping them with highly sought-after graduate skills that set them up for global success in world-leading sectors, industries and businesses.

With cutting-edge courses, modern pedagogy and practical knowledge, we enable our students and staff to experience the joy of learning, teaching, research and innovation, and apply their knowledge for the benefit of others.

UWS is officially ranked by Times Higher Education in the top 200 universities worldwide under 50 years old (2023 Young University Rankings).

Our professional services teams are the backbone of UWS, providing robust and innovative solutions to support the vast range of work across learning and teaching, and research and innovation. You will join a supportive and dedicated team, playing a key role in a range of work that will help drive forward our ambition to deliver world-leading research, and graduates who will design, shape and build a new future.

We offer our staff a caring and supportive environment, across five campuses, and a competitive benefits package which includes:

• 24 days of annual leave, plus a further 12 days for public/university holidays
• An additional days leave on your birthday
• Defined benefit contribution pension scheme (currently 19.3%), including death in service benefits upon joining the scheme.
• A flexible approach to working pattern and work-life balance
• Employee discount scheme across 3,500 retailers
• Fitness facilities across our campuses
• Access to a range of health and wellbeing resources, including occupational health, physiotherapy and access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Professional, career and research development opportunities.

Closing Date: 29th March 2024

Interview Date: TBC

The University reserves the right to shorten/extend the closing date of any position where a high/low volume of suitable applications are received. Therefore, if you are interested in this role, an early application would be encouraged.

UWS is committed to equality and diversity and welcomes applications from underrepresented groups.

UWS is a "Disability Confident" employer.

University of the West of Scotland is a registered Scottish charity, no. SC002520.