Job Description

£25,772 to £30,032 per annum

Overall purpose:

The Maintenance Assistant is a member of the Estates and Facilities team at the LMB and provides practical and reliable support for the day-to-day operation of our facilities on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Babraham Research Campus.

Key responsibilities/Main duties:

• Assist with maintaining a safe, functional, and well-presented workplace for researchers, support staff and visitors.
• Assist Estates colleagues, contractors, and other service teams in ensuring the smooth operation of the facilities.
• Support the Estates and Facilities team with day-to-day caretaking and undertake a wide range of general maintenance and repair tasks within laboratories, offices, communal spaces and animal holding environments across the LMB buildings. This includes, but is not limited to:
- basic carpentry, decorating, shelving installation and furniture assembly.
- replacing lamps, ceiling tiles, fixtures and fittings.
- minor plumbing activities.
• Maintain external areas including pathways, entrances, and communal outdoor spaces.
• Assist with office and laboratory moves as required.
• Support cleaning and clearing of workspaces, stores, plant areas and service yards, where required.
• Support routine building checks, plant room and equipment inspections, reporting issues, defects or concerns through the appropriate channels.
• Use the Estates helpdesk and/or maintenance management systems to update tasks and record works completed.
• Respond to reactive maintenance requests in a timely and professional manner.
• Assist with stock control and monitoring of materials, tools and consumables.
• Work in accordance with site health and safety procedures and policies.
• Support contractors and visitors working within the facilities and ensure safe working practices are followed.

Due to the operational nature of the work, this role requires full-time attendance on site.

Working relationships:

You will work as part of the Estates and Facilities team and will report to one of the Service Coordinators.

You will work closely with Estates colleagues, contractors, scientific staff, and support teams across the site.

Person requirements

Education / qualifications / training required:

Essential
• Recognised qualification in building maintenance, facilities maintenance, trade skills, or relevant equivalent experience carrying out general maintenance or caretaking duties within a facilities, estates, or maintenance environment.

Knowledge and experience required:

Essential
• Good practical skills with the ability to undertake a range of minor repair and maintenance tasks.
• Ability to work safely and follow health and safety procedures.
• Basic IT skills including use of Microsoft Office applications.

Desirable
• Experience working within laboratory, scientific, healthcare, or animal facility environments.
• Experience using maintenance management or helpdesk systems.
• Basic understanding of building services or plant equipment.
• Experience undertaking routine plant inspections or compliance checks.
• Experience in painting and decorating, basic carpentry, plumbing and electrical work.

Personal skills / behaviours / qualities:

Essential
• Ability to work effectively as part of a team and build positive working relationships with colleagues, contractors, and facility users.
• Ability to follow clear instructions.
• Self-motivated and proactive approach to work.
• Ability to manage workload effectively and work independently when required.
• Flexible approach to duties and changing priorities.
• Strong organisational skills and good time keeping.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate with staff from technical, scientific, administrative, and operational backgrounds.
• Excellent attention to detail; understanding the importance of maintaining high standards within laboratory and animal holding environments.

Corporate/Local responsibilities & requirements

You must at all times carry out your responsibilities with due regard to the UKRI:
• Code of Conduct
• Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy
• Health and Safety policy
• Data Protection policy

s should be reviewed on a regular basis and at the annual appraisal. Any changes should be made and agreed between you and your manager.

The above lists are not exhaustive, and you are required to undertake such duties as may reasonably be requested within the scope of the post. All employees are required to act professionally, co-operatively and flexibly in line with the requirements of the post, the MRC and UKRI.

The role holder will be required to have the appropriate level of security screening/vetting required for the role. UKRI reserves the right to run or re-run security clearance as required during the course of employment.

As this job does not fulfil the UK Government minimum salary criterion for obtaining sponsored migrant worker status, we apply for sponsorship for anyone not eligible to work in the UK. At interview, all shortlisted candidates are required to bring with them identification documents and original documents that prove they hold or can obtain the right to work in the UK.You can check your eligibility here:
https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y

This is a rolling advertisement which can close or be extended, at any time, based on the number of applications received. Therefore, if you are interested, we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience. Interviews will be held as and when applications are reviewed.

UKRI - UK Research and Innovation

UKRI is an organisation that brings together the seven disciplinary research councils, Research England and Innovate UK. Together, we build an independent organisation with a strong voice and vision ensuring the UK maintains its world-leading position in research and innovation.

Supporting some of the world’s most exciting and challenging research projects, we develop and operate some of the most remarkable scientific facilities in the world. We are pushing the frontiers of human knowledge through fundamental research and delivering benefits for UK society and the economy through world-class research, skills and business-led innovation.

More information can be found at www.ukri.org

Choosing to come to work at UKRI means that you will have access to a whole host of benefits from a defined benefit pension scheme, excellent holiday entitlement, access to employee shopping/travel discounts and salary sacrifice cycle to work scheme. For more details, visit benefits of working for UKRI

How we support EDI in the workforce

At UKRI, we believe that everyone has a right to be treated with dignity and respect, and to be provided with equal opportunities to thrive and succeed in an environment that enables them to do so. We also value diversity of thought and experience within inclusive groups, organisations and the wider community. For further information, please visit ‘How we support EDI in the workforce’.

Disability Confident Employer

As users of the disability confident scheme, any candidate who opts into the scheme and best meets the essential criteria, will be shortlisted for interview. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

How to apply

Online applications only preferred for this role. Please submit a CV and covering letter which clearly outlines how you fulfil the criteria specified along with your motivation for UKRI and the role. Ensure that the job reference number is included in the filename description of each document uploaded. Note that failure to address the above criteria or submit an application without a covering letter may result in the application not being considered.

UKRI seeks to ensure it creates and maintains a system of openness, fairness and inclusion – a collaborative, trusted environment, which is attractive to and accessible to everyone who is interested in developing their career with us.

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be rejected and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action.

As part of the pre-employment checks there is a requirement to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Screening. BPSS is a pre-condition of employment and failure to achieve it may mean that the employment offer is rescinded. UKRI reserves the right to run, or re-run, security clearance as required during the course of employment.