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Technical Officer - Mechanical

Swansea University - Estates and Campus Services

Location: Swansea
Salary: £33,882 to £37,999 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 10th March 2025
Closes: 25th March 2025
Job Ref: SU00800

Location: Bay Campus, Swansea

About The Role

This is a permanent position based at both Singleton and Bay Campuses within the Estates Infrastructure Services Team, working across all University sites and occasionally at weekends. The Technical Officer (Mechanical) will provide professional and technical knowledge and experience contributing to the successful delivery of the University’s estate and campus services, ensuring a well maintained and safe built environment for the University community.

Reporting to a Senior Technical Officer, the post holder will be expected to deputise the role of Senior Technical Officer as required. You will provide professional and mechanical technical support to assist in the delivery of the University’s Technical Services including planned and reactive maintenance of building services and wider campus infrastructure. Working closely with colleagues across Estates and Campus Services on energy and water efficiency & decarbonisation funding and implementation projects. The successful candidate will ensure campus infrastructure, buildings, plant and equipment are energy/water efficient, cost effective and fully support University strategic net zero objectives.

As a qualified and experienced building services tradesperson or Technical Officer you will have a strong customer first ethos. You will be a good communicator and provide clear, accurate and concise means of communication to others. To be successful in this role, you will need a good understanding of the varied mechanical systems across the University Estate. You will need to be someone who strives for excellence and enjoys providing accurate diagnosis of faults to achieve resolution of issues quickly. You will also possess an ability to manage works and strong communication skills with the ability to summarise technical detail to colleagues. You will have a positive attitude with a flexible and adaptable approach to your work and be comfortable when priorities suddenly need to change. You are equally comfortable working alone as you are as part of a team.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

The University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity in all its practices and activities. We aim to establish an inclusive environment and welcome diverse applications from the following protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race (including colour, nationality, ethnic and national origin), religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation.

Welsh Language Skills

The Welsh language level required for this role is Level 1 - A little. The role holder will be able to pronounce Welsh words, answer the phone in Welsh (good morning/afternoon) and use very basic everyday words and phrases (thank you, please etc.). Level 1 can be reached by completing a 1 hour course.

The University is a proud bilingual institution, our Welsh Language Strategy outlines our aspiration to promote the language and enable our staff to engage with the language as an additional workplace skill and as a gateway to new cultural and social opportunities. Applications are welcome in Welsh and will not be treated less favourably than those submitted in English. Welsh speakers have the right to an interview in Welsh. Applicants for a role where Welsh skills are essential are expected to present their application in Welsh and will be interviewed in Welsh, if shortlisted.

Additional Information

Applications for this role will take the format of a CV submission and cover letter.

Closing Date: 25th April 2025

Interview Date: 7th May 2025

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