Job Description

Salary

26,607 - 30,378 plus 15,000 Market Rate Supplement

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Package

Permanent

Date posted

28/11/2025

Job reference

T02469



Teesside University is a vibrant, modern university in the Northeast of England, with a reputation for academic excellence and for an outstanding and stimulating student and learning experience.



Campus Services department at Teesside University provides strategic and operational services support to the University infrastructure, buildings and landholdings. We are a large and diverse department employing approximately 170 staff and provide a wide range of services across our Campus's.



A vacancy has arisen for a time served Heating Engineer/Plumber to provide a maintenance service within commercial buildings across the University Estate. Duties will include carrying out installation, planned maintenance inspections and first line repairs and servicing of commercial and domestic heating, ventilation and plumbing services. You will attend to reactive, diagnostic and repair requests to commercial mechanical services.



Applicants must hold an NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing Services (or equivalent) qualification in addition to a relevant post qualification and practical experience. A full driving licence is also essential, as is a good working knowledge of maintaining commercial mechanical services and equipment in commercial buildings.



For further information please refer to the job description and person specification for this role. Anyone wishing to have an informal discussion can contact the Deputy Director Estates Operations, Andrew Maclaren at

a.maclaren@tees.ac.uk

Please be advised that due to the minimum salary thresholds imposed by the UKVI, this post will not qualify for university sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route.

Please note that this position may close earlier than the advertised deadline if we identify a suitable candidate. To ensure your application is considered, we recommend submitting your application at the earliest opportunity.

If you are shortlisted, your interview will take place in person, on campus.

Interviews will take place on Friday 16 January 2026.

Please note that we are advertising this vacancy on other websites, but we are not using those third parties to collate applications for us. If you are viewing this advert on a third party website please ensure you apply directly to Teesside University.



Every member of our university is part of the inspiring, supportive, and caring community known as Team Teesside.




What we offer you:

A holiday entitlement of 185 hours (25 days), increasing to 28 and 30 days after 3- and 5-years' service respectively, plus bank holidays. Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period during the Christmas closure Special leave to support a range of circumstances. Flexi time scheme A variety of provision to support staff with personal development and recognition. A range of family friendly benefits An employee benefits platform which provides discounts with 350+ retailers and access to health and wellbeing resources


More information about our benefits and an employee benefits brochure can be found here.