Overview

Job Title: Maintenance Operative
Job Reference: REQ250684
Date Posted: Tue, 12 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Application Closing Date: Sun, 31 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT
Location: Loughborough
Package: Operational Services Monthly grade 3 from £24794 to £26230 per annum. Subject to annual pay award.

Full Time, Open
ended.

 

Join us and be part of a vibrant community
at Loughborough University. 

 

Here’s more
about the role and what we’re looking for:

 

The Estates and Facilities Management team
are looking for a full time Maintenance Operative to join the
technical response team, where you will work on the Loughborough
University’s East Midlands Campus.

 

In this role, you will be completing works
for Students, Staff, Academics, Visitors and Tenants across the
campus and our team are looking for a polite, friendly and
enthusiastic individual, to step into this role and help to
deliver our excellent maintenance team service.

 

You will work with a large team to help
ensure all PPM programmes, both planned and reactive works are
delivered to budget and on time. Our wider maintenance team is
multiskilled and you will work alongside and support Plumbers,
Electricians, Joiners and Painters.

 

Jobs can be varied and will be delivered to
your tablet and mobile phone via Archibus, our online work
allocation tool. You will be expected to manager your own
workload via this app, while working alongside the team. We are
team players at Loughborough – and are looking for an individual
that shares the same work ethic.

 

You will be provided with a uniform and the
relevant PPE to complete this role, with access to a university
owned vehicle to commute to buildings across campus, and the
onsite storeroom will provide you easy access to equipment and
tools.

 

Key
Requirements:

  • Experience within a customer focussed
    environment
  • Ability to Assist with Water Hygiene
    tasks
  • Ability to complete minor repairs to
    décor of buildings
  • Confidence to deal with routine problems
    in connection with sanitary ware and bathroom
  • Ability to change light bulbs and
    fluorescent tubes and complete minor tasks connected with
    light
  • IOSH or similar H&S
    Qualification

 

Why should you
apply?

 

With huge amounts of variety in this role,
there is an opportunity for you to develop and continually grow
while here with us.

 

If this role sound of interest, we’d love
to hear from you.

 

Informal enquiries should be directed to
Dominic Eade via email d.eade@lboro.ac.uk or by
telephone to 01509 222127.

 

All applications must be made by our
University Jobs Portal. We cannot accept CV’s.

 

For more information refer to the
Job Description and Person Specification.

 

Our
Benefits

  • Generous annual leave allowance of 22
    days plus an additional 8 bank holidays and 6 university
    closure days
  • Competitive pension schemes
  • A range of childcare support initiatives
    and benefits including childcare vouchers; on-site university
    nursery (with salary sacrifice scheme); and holiday play
    schemes.
  • We offer a range of family friendly,
    inclusive employment policies.
  • BUPA Cash Plan (100 scheme)
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Season ticker loan scheme
  • On campus parking with charging points
    for electric vehicles
  • Fantastic range of sports facilities and
    preferential membership packages available

 

Reasonable
Adjustments

We are happy to consider any reasonable
adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment
process.

 

If there are any additional adjustments,
you’d like to request please contact
f.m.admin@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk. We also offer reasonable
adjustments on the job.

 

Closing Date:
31/08/25

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