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Job Title: Maintenance Technician - Plumbing
Job Type: Permanent, Full Time, Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, 40 hours per week
Salary: £30,000-£37,000 per annum depending on qualifications, skills and experience (£34,173-£42,146 if full pension flex benefit is used)
Department: Estates
Reporting to: Estates Manager
Location: Highgate, North London
Start: ASAP
Closing Date: 14 October 2026 at 9:00 am
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Highgate School Estates team are looking for someone to join us as a Plumber. We're looking for someone technically strong, enthusiastic, personable, and hardworking, with a keen eye for detail and a proactive approach to problem-solving. In this busy and rewarding role, you'll help keep our historic North London campus running smoothly, working alongside a supportive team to deliver high-quality maintenance across a wide range of buildings and facilities. If you take pride in your craft, enjoy variety in your day, and thrive in a collaborative environment, we'd love to hear from you.
The Department
Highgate Estates is made up of Maintenance, Porterage, Grounds, Gardening and Capital Projects teams. The department's in-house maintenance team has responsibility for all aspects of property and premises management and repairs and the maintenance of the schools landscaped areas and sports fields. The department works closely alongside the School's other operational departments.
The School is unique as a client organisation in the breadth of facilities it must provide and maintain which include; academic, residential, sporting (internal & external), office and administration, ecclesiastical, performance space and dining and function facilities.
I really enjoy seeing projects come to life and reflecting on the final product of hard work
Jonathan Shepperd, Deputy Grounds Manager
Job Description
THE ROLE
To support the Site maintenance team in ensuring that the School's facilities remain statutorily compliant and in good working order, minimising disruption to teaching and in line with industry standards. A key part of the role is preventative maintenance and the carrying out of rapid diagnosis and repair when building faults occur or requests are made. The role will also require a close working relationship with the Maintenance Supervisor, other Maintenance Technicians, Estates Manager and other teams within the Estates Department and wider school in identifying and prioritising work as part of ongoing refurbishment and upgrade programmes.
Main Responsibilities
The postholder will:
- Assist the Maintenance Supervisor and other Maintenance Technicians in maintaining all elements of academic and associated buildings as well as the residential estate.
- Work as part of a wider maintenance team responsible for the maintenance, repair and upkeep of School premises, carrying out tasks beyond their core trade as required.
Duties
The post-holder will be allocated a building to be visited daily as part of a practice regime of maintenance and care, carrying out the following non-exhaustive list of duties:
- Carry out routine inspections and preventative maintenance on school buildings, facilities, and equipment.
- Respond promptly to maintenance requests from staff, ensuring minimal disruption to teaching and learning or residential tenants.
- Perform minor repairs including basic electrical, carpentry, and painting tasks.
- Be the site specialist in plumbing and water systems.
- Competent in fault diagnosis, repairs and small scale installations
- Monitor and maintain water, plumbing and drainage systems.
- Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations, including fire safety checks and emergency lighting tests.
- Assist with setting up classrooms and school events, including moving furniture and equipment.
- Maintain accurate records of maintenance work, inspections, and repairs.
- Report major faults or hazards to the Estates Manager and arrange for specialist contractors when necessary.
- Manage stock of maintenance supplies and tools, ordering replacements as needed.
- Support site security by checking locks, gates, and alarm systems.
- Flagging wider concerns to the Maintenance Supervisor or Estates Manager that may require additional investigation or attendance.
- Test fire alarms and protection equipment in line with statutory guidelines.
- Take energy consumption readings when required.
- Oversee the closing down and starting up of heating, hot water and lighting systems at the beginning and end of each term.
- Respond to emergency situations such as leaks, blockages power outages, or security breaches.
- Carry out other duties as may be reasonably requested by the Maintenance Supervisor or Estates Manager.
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These duties and responsibilities are intended as a guide. They are not exhaustive: the employee will be expected to undertake any reasonable task or responsibility as required by their line manager.
Person Specification
Criteria
How will these be tested or verified?
Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- NVQ Level 3 in Plumbing, or Level 2 + 5 years commercial experience
- Knowledge of water hygiene and Legionella control
- Be prepared to undertake further training in order to gain additional qualifications to enable duties to be carried out
Desirable
- Experience of working in the education sector.
- C&G Level 3 Advanced Plumbing
- WRAS qualification
- Unvented Hot Water Certificate (G3)
- Knowledge of AHU and HVAC Systems
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to diagnose and repair faults independently
- Experience of planned preventative maintenance (PPM)
- Good record keeping and reporting skills
- Ability to prioritise work in a live educational environment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Intermediate level skills in Microsoft office (Word, Excel and Outlook), to enable the preparation of reports, spread sheets and databases
- The ability to identify, diagnose and rectify simple building defects outside of core trade
- Awareness of relevant Health and Safety legislation/regulations
Desirable
- Knowledge of child protection and safeguarding policies
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to foster effective relationships with colleagues and the wider School community
- Competent and personable
- High degree of personal drive and motivation
- Ability to work calmly under pressure and multi-task
- Willing to be flexible and adaptable
- Ability to work well as a member of a team
- Ability to adapt approach to deal with all members of the team
- An exemplary attendance record in past/present employment
- Ability to understand and adapt to the culture of an independent day school
Benefits
Location | Highgate Village, adjacent to Hampstead Heath, with quaint shops and easy connections across London.
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Pension | AVIVA workplace pension scheme offered - 26% employer contribution, with the ability to flex up to 16% of this as additional non-pensionable salary, employees contribute a minimum of 5%.
Personal development | Comprehensive induction support for new staff. Focus on continued professional development for all employees.
Leisure facilities | Free access, at stipulated times, to our sports facilities, including a fitness suite and swimming pool (recently refurbished).
Holidays | Generous holiday allowance of 33 days (including bank holidays) for full-time staff. Most holidays will be taken during school holiday periods.
Lunch | A complimentary lunch including hot meals, sandwiches, salads, fresh fruit and dessert.
Help with sustainable travel | Access to the Cycle to Work Scheme and a Season Ticket Loan scheme for public transport.
Family-friendly policies | Highgate appreciates that employees sometimes have family commitments so we try to be as supportive as possible, for example with enhanced maternity pay (8 weeks' full pay, then 10 weeks' half pay) and paid dependant leave.
Working at Highgate
A culture of community, kindness and belonging
Highgate is a caring, open-minded community, where we promote kindness, empathy and friendship. Everyone who works and studies with us deserves to feel they are part of a welcoming environment that enables them to be themselves and to thrive as individuals.
Our community extends beyond the school, through partnerships, charity work and our commitment to equality, inclusion and sustainability. All members of our school community are encouraged to look outwards and play an active role.
Following a visit from the Independent Schools Inspectorate (ISI) in September 2024 to assess Highgate's regulatory compliance and school standards, we are pleased to share the inspection findings, which reports compliance in all five areas and a'significant strength' in our teaching expertise.
Staff wellbeing
Highgate is committed to staff wellbeing, which we promote by encouraging a strong work-life balance; trying our best to support flexible working requests; providing a nutritious complimentary lunch in the dining hall; and offering access to sporting facilities including our recently renovated swimming pool.
The Staff Wellbeing Committee, with representatives across the School, meets regularly to drive forward initiatives, and a selection of staff have been trained as Mental-Health First Aiders.
We encourage an open culture throughout our school, with regular staff surveys, action committees and opportunities to feedback. We strive for continual learning and improvement, and staff training and development is paramount. There are opportunities to participate in the wider life of our school, such as taking part in trips or societies and getting involved in partnership projects.
More details about working at Highgate can be found here:
Work with us Aims + Ethos
A fun, collaborative and forward-thinking environment with a real sense of community
Philippa Studd, Junior School Principal
Charitable work and sustainability
As an independent school, we want to use our position as a charity effectively: to make high-quality education accessible to as many children as possible - through our bursary programme at Highgate and through our work with local state schools. We have partnerships with over 60 state schools across 7 London boroughs
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