Job Description

HAREWOOD ESTATE

JOB DESCRIPTION

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JOB TITLE:

Senior Plumber

Part time, ideally 16 hours across 2 days.

Background

The Harewood Estate spans some 4000 acres and lies nestled between Leeds and Harrogate, set in the sweeping Yorkshire landscape designed by Lancelot "Capability" Brown 250 years ago. The Estate has a diverse range of business interests including commercial units, residential properties, holiday cottages, arable and livestock farming, forestry, renewable energy generation, food production and hospitality.

The Estate has many Listed Buildings and features, a mix of tenants and is visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year. Recent years have seen landscape and heritage restoration and regeneration projects which are restoring damaged and degraded historic structures, ecosystems and natural processes, creating new habitats, encouraging greater biodiversity and enhancing natural capital functions. We are constantly working to protect our past while staying relevant for the future.

As a Plumber, you will undertake planned and reactive maintenance of Harewood plumbing and heating assets across the site. Responding to emergency calls both in and out of hours (on call-out rota). The Estate has invested in renewable energy biomass plants and a district heating network, so candidates with experience of these sorts of scales and schemes would be very beneficial.

Role Profile

Where you fit in:

As a Plumber you will be required to work unsupervised and be accountable for the completion of planned and reactive plumbing tasks within agreed timescales, quality and cost parameters. Candidates will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload effectively. Adhering to the Health and Safety policy and standards actively identifying hazards, providing mitigation and reporting to Health and Safety Officer.

You will be required to supervise approved Contract Partners, providing risk assessments and method statements where permit to work is required for a given task. Installation & commission new plant and equipment to relevant standards is essential. Diagnosing and repairing faults on systems.

The successful candidate will have the ability to specify parts and equipment required and place orders from our established suppliers. The candidate will be a friendly helpful and considerate personality, self-motivated and manage your own time to deadlines. They will be required to keep account of the in-house stock store.

Punctual, honest and reliable with good attention to detail. Works well in a small team to complete a variety of different sized projects across residential and commercial properties.

The successful applicant will be a member of the Facilities Department reporting to the Maintenance Manager.

Skills and Experience Required

It is essential that you have the following:

NVQ Level 3 or Equivalent

Gas Qualifications

Unvented Cylinder install experience

Experience of renewable energy

OFTEC ticket for Oil

What We Offer

Competitive salary (35,000 - 45,000 FTE) depending on experience

24 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Use of a company van on site - full, clean Driving Licence required

Discounts and benefits with selected Harewood businesses and retail

Standard pension scheme (up to 4% company contribution)

The opportunity to develop within the role via formal training and on the job learning

There will be some weekend working so we have a TOIL system in operation or there is the opportunity for overtime where agreed in advance

Roles are offered on a 2-year fixed term contract initially with the possibility of extension depending on opportunities and funding at the end of this time

To apply please send a cover letter, along with your CV, to recruitment@harewoodestate.co.uk by 5th January 2026. Interviews will take place in January with a view to starting soon thereafter.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: From 35,000.00 per year

Expected hours: No more than 16 per week

Benefits:

Employee discount On-site parking
Work Location: In person