University of Bath
Building Controls Supervisor
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Building Controls Supervisor
Following a promotion, an exciting opportunity has become available for a Building Controls Supervisor to join the Department of Campus Infrastructure.
About The Role
The role of the Controls Supervisor ensures the effective operation and support of the University’s various controls systems.
This includes:
- Building Management System
- Lighting control systems
- Energy monitoring systems.
You will provide expert knowledge, guidance, and support in development and hands-on reactive maintenance to ensure the safe and timely completion of the Building Management System.
You will work closely with the other workshop supervisors, engineers, and managers to deliver continued support of building services, to ensure minimum downtime, increased efficiency, and end user satisfaction.
About You
In order to be successful in this role you will need:
- a recognised City & Guilds or NVQ 3 apprenticeship in Electrical Engineering Maintenance (or an appropriate engineering discipline or related subject)
- IET 18th Edition
- demonstrable post-training experience in the maintenance, repair, installation, and fitting of BMS/automated controls
- experience of working effectively with skilled operatives and contractors
- experience of safely working on a variety of installations, appliances, and equipment
- practical knowledge of property-related Health and Safety legislation applicable to electrical services (i.e., COSHH, PUWER Electricity at Work Regulations)
Ideally, you will also have a relevant qualification in BMS/automated controls related subject for Schneider Sigma, Eco Struxure, and Tridium Niagra.
Further Information
Hours will be worked Monday to Thursday 8.15am to 4.45pm and Friday 8.15am to 3:45pm. However, to suit operational requirements, you may be requested to or have the option to work flexibly by agreement, at any time between 7am and 7pm.
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For an informal discussion about the role, please contact James Short, Building Controls Engineer at jas201@bath.ac.uk.
We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected, and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equity and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.
We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. An accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism-friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff.
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Benefits
We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us, and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:
- Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work-life balance
- Generous employer contributory pension schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
- Staff discount at Team Bath gym
- Staff benefits include discounted postgraduate tuition and language courses, alongside a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities such as apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning, and more
- Local discounts, including free entry to the Holburne Museum in Bath
- A family-friendly workplace
- An excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce
- Relocation allowance
- Visa reimbursement and Interest-Free Loan to help with the cost of some immigration expenses
- Employee assistance services through Health Assured, including access to the Wisdom app
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