Delivery and Facilities Technician

Location: The position will be primarily based at Singleton campus. Travel to other campuses may be required based on business and/or operational needs.

To deliver its sustainable top 30 ambition Swansea University needs a professional services workforce with the differentiated skills necessary to ensure that it can deliver excellence through efficient and effective systems and processes that harness innovations in technology. 

The creation of three faculties at Swansea University in 2020 was a key platform to drive further success for the university over the next decade. This role represents an exciting opportunity for you to use your skills and experience to make a real difference to the outcomes and success of the faculties in one of our core teams Swansea University is characterised by the distinct values, culture and behaviours that lie at our core and underpin the key pillars of our university as outlined in the University’s vision and purpose. This position will be based in the Technical, Infrastructure and Environment team. Consistent structures and roles have been created across all three faculties, to aid collaborative working and innovation to enable excellence in outcomes, delivery, and support.

The Delivery and Facilities Technician within the Faculty is responsible for supporting and maintaining the Faculties Stores area, which in turn assists with the Faculties Teaching and Research facilities, ensuring that the Faulty has a resilient, compliant, and fit for purpose technical environment equipped to deliver the business needs efficiently and effectively. 

The post holder will be jointly responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Faculty Stores area, with duties including but not limited to, sortation, picking and replenishment of all goods, receipting deliveries on the universities finance system, use of lifting equipment and to provide a technical service to university users as required. 

The Delivery and Facilities Technician will work closely with other Faculty staff members, and colleagues within other Professional Services Units, to ensure the effective day to day running of their respective environment; inclusive of Faculty specific equipment, consumables, and other systems required to deliver the faculty’s teaching and research endeavours. This will be achieved by engaging with a network of individuals inclusive of the Faculty Technical team, other University staff and suppliers.

Essential Criteria (full list in JD)

Qualification:

1. Minimum of Level 2 qualification or 3 GCSE’s and/or evidence of equivalent experience and qualifications commensurate with the roles and responsibilities of the job.

Experience:

1. Prior experience of stores management and customer service environment.
2. Experience of manual handling procedures

Knowledge and Skills:

1. Ability to acquire new skills and effectively transfer these to others.
2. IT skills, good working knowledge of MS office and data entry.

To apply for the post please click on the link: Delivery and Facilities Technician (swansea.ac.uk)

Applicants are asked to provide a completed online application providing evidence against the essential criteria in the recruitment documentation. Applicants should also attach to the application:

• Curriculum Vitae;

For further information please contact Christopher Rushton christopher.rushton@swansea.ac.uk

Interviews are planned for 19^th of December

Due to the nature of the role, we can only accept applications for those over the age of 18

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