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Building Maintenance Officer – Mechanical Services

Closing date: 24/04/2025

Reference: REQ105940

37 hours / Permanent

37,938 - 39,513 *

Aberystwyth

*All salary values are pro-rata.

About the role

Please note that the advertised salary for this position is subject to a pending pay award. The final salary will be adjusted in line with the nationally agreed pay award.

Are you a skilled Mechanical Engineer with a passion for maintaining and improving building services? We are looking for a dedicated and experienced professional to join our team and help maintain our corporate estate.

In this full-time, permanent role, you’ll handle a variety of tasks, including reactive and planned maintenance, legionella monitoring, knowledge of asbestos regulation, statutory testing and managing gas and oil appliance servicing. The full scope of the role is available within the Job Description. Your role will also involve providing technical assistance, managing budgets and supporting the wider team within the Maintenance Section and the Property Services Department.

We value strong communication and organizational skills, computer literacy, and the ability to work on one’s own initiative. You need to be customer-focused, self-motivated and comfortable working as part of a team or independently.

If you’re ready to make a difference and contribute to our team, apply now and join us in delivering high-quality building maintenance services.

In exchange for your skills and commitment, we will offer you a range of employee benefits including flexible hours scheme, competitive annual leave allowance and a generous pension contribution scheme. More information about our wide-range of employee benefits can be found here. In addition, we are committed to developing our people and will not only provide support to enable you to quickly and confidently take ownership of this role’s key areas of responsibility but in addition, we are committed to supporting your development in order that you can progress your career with us.

We believe work-life balance is very important. To support you in achieving this, you will have access to the following discretionary benefits:

  • Hybrid Working: Subject to certain conditions being met, you may choose to work from home or in an office location.
  • Flexi-time: Hours may be worked within a defined bandwidth, Monday to Friday, subject to service needs.

Job Description and Person Specification

Should you wish require any further information about this role please contact Eirian Jones: Eirian.Jones@ceredigion.gov.uk

Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.

What we offer

Work-life balance

Lifestyle savings scheme

Generous employer pension scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Learning and development

Where you'll work

Economy and Regeneration

We play a fundamental role in the delivery of the Council’s key Corporate Strategy objective that seeks to boost the economy of the County and the Mid Wales region. We are organised into three main sections: Economy, Planning and Property Services.  Our primary functions include:  

  • Growth and Enterprise: Supporting economic growth and regeneration locally and across the region; Growing Mid Wales; the Corporate Estate and Development Opportunities; Project Support; European and local funding; Food Centre Wales and supporting Agri-Food development; Tourism promotion and development; Tourist Information Centres; Coast and Countryside
  • Planning Services: Supporting growth through Planning and Building Control Services; Strategic and Local Land Use Planning Policy; Development Management; Building Control; and Land Searches.
  • Property Services: Supporting the Council’s programme through Project Management; Property and Building Maintenance; Facilities Management; Carbon Management; and the Efficient Use of Council Property.
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