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Uppingham School, founded in 1584, is a leading co-educational independent boarding school. Its 800 pupils, aged 13-18, are accommodated in 15 boarding houses, taught by over 20 academic departments, and participate in numerous extra-curricular activities such as sports, music, and drama. The academic programme is supported by business units responsible for marketing, estates, finance, human resources, IT, catering, cleaning, health and safety, and the School’s trading subsidiary. The School employs almost 600 staff and operates seven days a week during term-time.
The estate covers 125 non-contiguous acres, almost one mile apart at its extremities and interspersed by town housing and retail properties. It includes 59 acres of playing fields, 14 acres of gardens, and a built estate of 80 buildings with an insurance replacement value of £200 million, whose combined external footprint is 775,000 sq ft, and of which 23 are listed (Grades I – II). Buildings include teaching blocks, assembly buildings, boarding houses, staff housing, administrative and technical accommodation, and sports facilities. A programme of new buildings followed full co-education in 2001, including boarding houses, a Music School, sports pavilions, a dual-use Sports Centre and an RIBA national-award winning Science Centre completed in 2014.
The Estates team comprises over 45 people responsible to the Estates Director, and work in a range of functions including maintenance, sports turf, gardens, estates compliance, estates technicians.

YOUR ACCOUNTABILITIES

Note: this section is a guide to the nature and principal duties of the position as they currently exist and is not intended as a comprehensive list.

• Carrying out routine tasks and inspections across the Estate including but not limited to: Fire Doors, Fire Dampers
• Where possible, complete minor remedial works to ensure compliance, or escalate any failures to the helpdesk to be actioned as required.
• Utilising the School’s computer aided facilities management (CAFM) system, through use of a tablet, to receive, respond to, and complete PPM jobs with correct notes and recommendations.
• Supporting the wider Estates Team and Contractors to assist with maintenance tasks as and when required.
• Being responsible for own personal health and safety including adhering to task specific risk assessments.
• To carry out such other duties as are of a similar or equivalent nature at the discretion of the line manager.

JOB PURPOSE

Reporting to the Head of Building Fabric, the Fire Door Technician will join a small team completing Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) tasks. You will work collectively on a small range of tasks to improve rates of statutory compliance across the Uppingham School Estate.

Note: this section is a guide to the nature and principal duties of the position as they currently exist and is not intended as a comprehensive list.

• Carrying out routine tasks and inspections across the Estate including but not limited to: Fire Doors, Fire Dampers
• Where possible, complete minor remedial works to ensure compliance, or escalate any failures to the helpdesk to be actioned as required.
• Utilising the School’s computer aided facilities management (CAFM) system, through use of a tablet, to receive, respond to, and complete PPM jobs with correct notes and recommendations.
• Supporting the wider Estates Team and Contractors to assist with maintenance tasks as and when required.
• Being responsible for own personal health and safety including adhering to task specific risk assessments.
• To carry out such other duties as are of a similar or equivalent nature at the discretion of the line manager