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The Mechanical Engineering Technician role is to support a full and diverse Mechanical Engineering service within Babraham Institute buildings located on the Babraham Research Campus. This includes attending to boiler plant, air conditioning plant and ancillary services including plumbing work.
The post is within a small in-house maintenance team carrying out day to day remedial and PPM tasks to maintain the institutes operations and compliance for all relevant regulations and legislation.
The post holder is overseen day to day by a Mechanical Supervisor answering to a Mechanical Manager with over all mechanical management responsible.
Specific training is a requirement within the post and is provided by the Institute.
Applicants with GCSEs (Grades A* to C) or equivalent in Maths and English are desirable. NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering is highly desirable, with an understanding of relevant regulations and legislation and carrying out of PPMs to meet relevant regulations and legislation. E.g. control of legionella, pressurised systems. If a Level 2 or 3 engineering qualification is not held, then the willingness to train towards this qualification is essential.
A strong understanding of mechanical systems and the ability to identify issues, analyse root causes, and implement solutions across a variety of plant including Steam, water, AHU and chilled water is essential for this post.
Working with and assist other disciplines within the maintenance department to maintain a high standard of delivery to BI science, including departmental non-mechanical tasks as requested by BCE Managers forms part of the post holders’ duties.
The successful applicant will be required to be part of an overtime rota covering plant room checks work during weekends and public holidays and an on-call rota and part of an out of hours on call team rota.
We will consider candidates who do not hold a recognised Level 2 or 3 Engineering qualification. A candidate such as this must be willing to undertake a level 2 or 3 engineering apprenticeship and will start on a salary between £25,175 - £26,500 per annum
This post requires the successful candidate to be onsite full time.
The Babraham Institute offers competitive benefits, to include a generous pension scheme where Babraham Institute will contribute 10.5% to the pension fund if an employee contributes 4.5%, a Life Assurance Scheme, an Employee discounts and Wellbeing Resources Platform where employees can make significant monthly savings on essential and everyday purchases. Further benefits can be found on our Benefits Summary.
Informal enquiries can be addressed to hr@babraham.ac.uk
Closing date for applications is Friday, 5th April 2024.
However, we reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on the volume of applications received.
The Babraham Institute welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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The Babraham Institute holds a silver Athena SWAN award and is committed to promoting and developing a culture of excellence, diversity and mutual respect that supports the Institute’s ambitions and attracts highly motivated and talented people. The Babraham Institute abides by the principles of the government’s Disability Confident Scheme and has a positive approach to employing disabled people.
