ABOUT ARU:

ARU is a global university transforming lives through innovative, inclusive and entrepreneurial education and research. ARU holds a Gold award for the quality of its education, awarded through the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF).
ARU’s research institutes and four faculties bridge scientific, technical and creative fields. We deliver impactful research which tackles pressing issues and makes a real difference to our communities. Our academic excellence has been recognised by the UK’s Higher Education funding bodies, with 16 of our research areas assessed as world leading. We are the largest provider of Nursing, Midwifery, Health and Social Care students in the East of England, and we are also among the UK’s leading universities for degree apprenticeship provision, working with hundreds of employers across the UK.

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Job Category

Administrative
Vacancy Type

Permanent
Employment Type

Full time
Salary From

£30,805
Salary To

£36,130
Location

Chelmsford
Faculty/Prof Service

Estates & Facilities Services
Ref No
3632
Closing Date
07/09/2025

This is an exciting time to be joining the Estates & Facilities Services as we seek to recruit a plumber based at our Chelmsford campus. The role will undertake planned refurbishment works to ARU’s washrooms and reactive maintenance to University Buildings. Completing pre and post task documentation. Managing both routine and complex installations, repairs, and compliance checks and ensuring all facilities are maintained to the highest standards of safety and efficiency.
The ideal candidate will be qualified to NVQ 3 or equivalent in appropriate building services engineering discipline or qualified to NVQ 2 or equivalent with extensive relevant experience in Plumbing and commercial washroom installations or have demonstrable appropriate level of experience and evidence of continuing professional development relevant to the role.
You’ll have previous hands-on field experience, and be IT literate with the ability to prepare specifications and contracts for maintenance work and possess strong verbal and written communication skills.
Informal enquiries can be made to Ian Brown, Asset Manager at ian.brown1@aru.ac.uk
Find out more about working with us and how we recruit.
We have an agile working culture and offer an extensive range of benefits including generous holiday entitlement, occupational pension schemes, training and development opportunities, travel to work scheme and a competitive relocation package. Visit our benefits page for full details.
In accordance with the UK Government’s immigration points-based system, this post does not meet the characteristics of a skilled job including salary criteria to be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route.