The Duke of York’s Royal Military School seeks to appoint a Plumber to carry out Facilities Management specified services to the standard and level detailed in the Facilities Operational Policy and Service Level Agreement. As a vital member of the Facilities Management department, the successful candidate will be expected to fully support all areas of the department function with a main objective of ensuring all heating and plumbing assets are maintained to a high and legislative standard.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

- Ensure that all Health and Safety issues / defects are dealt with in a prompt manner either by making safe or permanent rectification.
- Deal with all reported defects, via the Facilities Helpdesk within the approved Facilities Management Service Level Agreement document.
- Maintain plumbing and heating systems around the School site.
- Undertake site-wide legionella compliance testing: temperature monitoring, showerhead descales, etc.
- Support and assist the School’s gas safe registered heating and plumbing engineers in installations and maintenance work as required.
- Assist maintenance staff in other maintenance tasks as required.
- Conduct visual fire extinguisher checks for the School site as required.
- Undertake relevant training and updates as required to keep up to date with current legislation.
- Other such reasonable duties as from time to time decided by Line Manager, Principal or SLT.

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience

- Effective communicator – good oral & written skills.
- Proven IT skills or ECDL or equivalent.
- Experience of heating and plumbing roles, including installation and maintenance of plumbing and heating systems.
- Plumbing Qualifications – 6189 NVQ Level 2 or equivalent.
- Experience of undertaking general maintenance activities.
- Full UK Driving Licence

Desirable Experience/Skills

- Previous experience of working in a School environment.
- ACOP L8 regulations (Legionella) to the approved industry standard.

Personal Attributes

- Ability to work to tight and ever-changing deadlines according to the business need.
- Able to use initiative and prioritise.
- An excellent team player but equally able to work alone.
- High level of integrity.
- Willingness and ability to work flexible hours as required (including, evening and weekend work plus emergency call outs as required).

Candidate Pack
For additional details, please refer to the School's website (www.doyrms.com/staff-vacancies), where a comprehensive candidate pack and full job description are available. This position is full-time, 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday (excluding breaks), with additional on-call responsibilities for emergency situations as needed.

Applications Process
Completed application packs should be sent by email to the HR Department at Recruitment@doyrms.com by Tuesday 31 December 2024.

CVs alone will not be accepted.

The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our students. You are advised that this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Please be aware that schools are also required to undertake online recruitment checks on shortlisted candidates under changes to Keeping Children Safe in Education.