About King’s
King's College London offers an intellectually stimulating environment in which to work, where staff are dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning, in the service of society. We are a multi-faculty institution, providing high-quality teaching, researchand innovationacross the sciences, humanities, medicine, law, dentistry, and social sciences. As a member of the Russell Group, an association of leading UK research-intensive universities, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards in research and education. King's is the largest centre for the education of healthcare professionals in Europe, and is home to fiveMedical Research Council Centres spread across its three teaching hospitals.
King's is one of the top 20 universities in the world (2014/15QS World University Rankings). We are the fourth oldest university in England and based in the heart of London, King's has more than 26,000 students from nearly 140 countries, and more than 7,000 employees.
The UK higher education funding bodies allocate about £2 billion per year of research funding to UK universities, based on the quality and volume of each university’s research. As well as informing funding allocations, the REF provides accountability for public investment in research, demonstrates its benefits, and provides important reputational yardsticks and benchmarking information about the research performance of UK universities.The results of the 2014 Research Excellence Framework (REF) have confirmed King’s College London as a world-leading research university.
Top ten nationally for research ‘power’ and ‘quality’
King’s has risen to 6th position* nationally in the ‘power’ ranking – up from 11th in the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008. ‘Power’ takes into account both the quality and the quantity of research activity. King’s has also risen to 7th position* for quality – up from 22nd in 2008. 84 per cent of our research has been deemed 3* and 4* (up from 61 per cent in RAE 2008), meaning that it is regarded as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.The proportion of the university’s overall submission classified as 4* has risen from 19 per cent in 2008 to 39 per cent in REF 2014. King’s submitted 1,369 staff compared with 1,172 in RAE 2008, which represents an increase of 14 percent. 80 per cent of eligible staff were submitted to REF 2014 compared with 79 per cent last time.
Higher education sector comparisons
In terms of comparison across the sector, King’s has had some outstanding successes notably:
•Law is 1st in the country for quality of research and 7th for power (up from 19th and 14th respectively);
•Education is 2nd for quality and 4th for power;
•Clinical Medicine is 3rd for quality;
•General Engineering (Imaging Sciences) is 5th for quality and submitted twice the number of staff compared with 2008;
•Psychology, Psychiatry and Neuroscience is 2nd in the country for power and achieved 100 percent 4* ranking for research ‘environment’;
•Politics and International Studies is 1st for power*;
•History is 5th for quality and 7th for power;
•Philosophy is 3rd for quality and 3rd for power;
•Communication, Cultural and Media Studies (Culture, Media and Creative Industries and Digital Humanities) are 1st for power and 8th for quality and scored 100% at 4* for research ‘environment’.
Based on proportions of research at 3* and 4*, 19 of our 27 submissions rank in the top quartile nationally. Outstanding performances include: General Engineering (Imaging Sciences) with a total of 99 per cent, putting us in first position nationally in terms of proportion of submissions ranked at 4*/3*; Clinical Medicine with 93 percent, alsoin first position nationally in terms of proportion of submissions ranked at 4*/3*; and the three submissions to Subjects Allied to Medicine (Dentistry; Nursing & Midwifery and Palliative Care; and Pharmacy, Nutritional Sciences and Women’s Health), which also achieved scores in the 90s.
Research outputs
For research outputs, 15 of 27 Units of Assessment have achieved an upper quartile ranking based on 3* and 4* classifications. Particularly strong performances have been seen for General Engineering (Imaging Sciences), Clinical Medicine, Dentistry and Mathematics.
Impact
The ‘impact’ of research was introduced as a new metric in the REF and represents 20 percent of the overall submission. Eighteen of King’s 27 submissions have upper quartile status based on 3* and 4* quality ratings. In particular the areas of Education; Culture, Media and Creative Industries/Digital Humanities; Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care; Public Health; General Engineering and Law scored highly for impact.Furthermore, measured against other multi-disciplinary universities, rather than specialist higher education institutions, King’s is ranked 4th in the country for research impact.
*Times Higher EducationREF rankings
University fundraising: World questions|King’s answers
Our fundraising campaign World questions|King’s answers was launched publicly in 2010 with a goal to raise £500 million by 2015 and to answer urgent global questions focusing on cancer, children’s health, neuroscience, mental health, understanding shifts in global power and supporting the next generation of global leaders.
In June 2014 we announced that we had reached our target 18 months early and committed to raise another £100 million by the end of the campaign. The campaign is the largest UK higher education fundraising campaign other than Cambridge and Oxford. For more information, please visit the campaign website:
King’s Health Partners
King’s Health Partners is one of the UK’s five Academic Health Sciences Centres. It brings together a world leading research led university (King’s College London) and three successful NHS Foundation Trusts (Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital and South London and Maudsley).
Our aim is to create a centre where world-class research, teaching and clinical practice are brought together for the benefit of patients. We want to make sure that the lessons from research are used more swiftly, effectively and systematically to improve healthcare services for people with physical and mental health care problems. This integrated organisation serves more than 1.5 million patients every year, has approximately 25,000 employees and has a combined annual turnover of £2 billion.For more information, visit:
Hospital fundraising: together we can…
together we can...is the fundraising partnership for Guy’s and St Thomas’, King’s College Hospital, South London and Maudsley, with academic partner King’s College London. For more information, visit
The Directorate
The Directorate of Estates and Facilities is responsible for efficient and effective acquisition, disposal, management and operation of the College’s Infrastructure assets and the environment within which the College’s Students, Staff, and Researchers operate.
The Department
The Department has 3 main functions:
Asset Management – Determination and execution of Colleges Infrastructure and services strategy, ensuring that services provide value for money, whilst safeguarding the Colleges staff, students, and researchers, and ensuring that assets and facilities availability performance meets the demanding needs of the Colleges core business. Asset Management is also responsible for identifying and implementing strategies for managing the Colleges use of energy and water, and reducing the College’s impact on the environment
Development & Capital Projects – Managing new build and major refurbishment projects within the existing estate, in addition to the management and execution of acquisitions and disposals in line with the College’s long term space strategy.
Facilities Services – Provide support services, commensurate with a world leading institution, to the Colleges students, staff and researchers. Including; cleaning, security, porterage, postal services, catering, hospitality, and event planning.
The Post
Shift Maintenance Technicians are part of the Central Engineering Team (CET) responsible to their designated Shift Team Leader for the provision of all repairs, maintenance and operation of the College’s building services, plant, building fabric, internal finishing’s fixtures and fittings. They are also involved in reactive works of alteration and upgrade, working with both, in-house colleagues and contractors. This post will work an extended day, 7 day/week pattern and is designed to work across the entire College Estate.
Job Description
Post title
/ Shift Maintenance TechnicianDepartment/Division
/ Asset ManagementFaculty/Directorate
/ Estates & FacilitiesGrade
/ Grade 4Responsible for
/ No direct reportsResponsible to
/ Shift Team LeaderRole purpose
Responsible for undertaking Hard Services planned preventative and reactive maintenance across all College buildings, ensuring adherence to operational, regulatory and College compliance requirements.The role is critical to maintaining College functions, and is part of a specialist team of operational maintenance technicians focussing upon critical, essential, Statutory and Non-essential systems and asset operational maintenance.
The Central Engineering Team (of which the Shift Maintenance Technician is part) will have responsibility for operational performance and safety across the Estate at all times, and will have responsibility for liaising with specialist sub contractors and other building dedicated engineers to maintain high quality service delivery and maximum system uptime.
Role Profile
- Develop a complete familiarity with the operation and recovery of all business critical systems across the Estate.
- Carry out the planned preventative maintenance programme and ensure compliance with all relevant guidelines, statutory acts and regulations. Update site-specific work schedules and re-programme regularly.
- Take specific responsibility for the maintenance and operation of the sites critical, electrical and HVAC services.
- Maintain a Safe Systems of Work process and periodically update as may be required.
- Manage and conduct fault finding across all engineering infrastructures.
- Conduct statutory system asset testing, and report accordingly.
- Deal responsibly with emergencies and breakdowns.
- Deliver and comply with all Statutory, Company and Client specific environmental, health, safety and quality standards applicable to the College environment.
- You will be expected to deliver a high level of Customer focused service and participated in additional training when required (Fit fir King’s, etc).
- Liaise with, monitor and control the activities of all outside contractors working on site
- Minimise the risk of plant failure and breakdown and promote a Reliability Centred and Conditioned based proactive maintenance process.
Specific Aspects - indicate frequency D (daily), W (weekly), M (monthly) where applicable:
Intensive Display Screen Equipment work (eg. data entry or digital microscopy)1: / W / Direct patient contact involving exposure prone procedures (EPP)2:
Heavy manual handling1: / D / Direct patient contact, no EPP2
Highly repetitive tasks (eg. pipetting or re-shelving books)1: / Work with patient specimens (eg. blood or tissue samples)2:
Shift work, night work or call-out duties2: / D / Work with GM organisms or biological agents that may pose a hazard to human health2:
Work involving risk of exposure to environmental or human pathogens (eg. in waste streams or soils)2: / Hazards which require health surveillance eg. respiratory sensitisers (allergens, substances with risk phrase R42, wood dust etc) or loud noise2: / M
Driving vehicles on university business2: / M / Food handling or preparation2:
Work at height (eg. ladders, scaffolds etc)1 / D / Work in confined spaces (eg. sump rooms, etc)1 / D
1 These hazards do not require health assessment but may require advice from OH if a successful candidate declares a disability or health condition in the Health & Capability Declaration.
2 These hazards automatically require the successful candidate to undergo employment health assessment to identify any necessary health surveillance, recommended vaccinations or other risk control measures. The Occupational Health option must be checked on the SRAF or the Employment Checks page in the e-Recruitment system.
Organisational chart
An Organisation chart is available for the Estates & Facilities, Hard Services Delivery Team
Additional Requirements
- All staff are expected to adhere to King’s policies and procedures.
- Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.
- You will be required to work as part of a 7 day/week shift team. All shift staff will retain a working week of 35 hourswhen averaged in accordance with the Working Time Regulations.
- Information of a confidential nature must be kept strictly confidential and should never be disclosed either inside or outside work. It should be noted that breach of confidentiality is a serious offence which may lead to dismissal.
- This appointment is subject to Occupational Health clearance. Should you be offered this post you will be sent an Occupational Health Questionnaire along with your contract of employment. When the Occupational Health Department have evaluated your questionnaire and declared that you are fit for appointment, your appointment will be formally confirmed.
Disclosure and Barring Service Clearance (Formerly known as CRB check)
This position is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). As such, shortlisted candidates will be required to declare full details of any criminal background, regardless of whether the conviction is spent, and the university will be required to apply for an enhanced disclosure (a criminal records check) from the Disclosure and Barring Service in relation to the successful candidate.
Elements of this post are deemed as a position of trust: ie. working with children (under 18 years old) and/or vulnerable adults or working in a hospital environment. Further information about the Disclosure scheme can be found at:
A criminal record will only be taken into account for recruitment purposes, where the conviction is relevant to the position being applied for, and whether this is the case, will not necessarily bar candidates from employment. Any decision will depend on the precise nature of the work, the circumstances and background to the offence(s). The same procedure will be followed for university staff applying internally for a vacancy.
Occupational Health Clearance
This appointment is subject to Occupational Health clearance. The successful applicant will be sent an Occupational Health Questionnaire along with their contract of employment. When the Occupational Health Department at King’s College Hospital have evaluated the questionnaire and declared that they are fit for appointment, your appointment start date will be formally confirmed.
Please note
This job description reflects the core activities of the role and as the university and the post-holder develop there will inevitably be changes in the emphasis of duties. It is expected that the post-holder recognise this and adopt a flexible approach to work and be willing to participate in training.
If changes to the job become significant, the job description should be reviewed formally by the post-holder and line manager. The Human Resources department should then be consulted as to the implications of the proposed changes.
Confidentiality
In the course of your work you may have access to personal or confidential information which must not be disclosed or made available to any other person unless in the performance of your duties or with specific permission from your Dean of Faculty/Division/Department. (In particular if your work involves the handling of clinical samples and/or patient data, NHS policies for the maintenance of security and confidentiality of NHS systems and data must be observed). Breaches in confidentiality may lead to disciplinary action.
No Smoking Policy
King’s College London is committed to maintaining a healthy environment for staff, students and visitors. Therefore, please note that smoking is not permitted in any of the university buildings or in university vehicles. Smoking is also not permitted immediately outside the entrances to university buildings or near to windows and air intake units. Staff working at associated NHS trust sites or other premises should adhere to whatever policy is in place at these locations.NB. This information is provided as guidance only, and does not form part of the employment contract.
Person Specification
Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom
This post does not qualify for a Certificate of Sponsorship under Home Office regulations therefore the university will not be able to offer sponsorship for this role.
Criteria
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Education/qualification and training
Certified (currently valid) Mechanical, Electrical, or HVAC Craft Apprenticeship.AND/OR
Minimum (currently valid) City & Guilds certificate/s within an appropriate engineering discipline. / X / AP
Knowledge/skills
Have good understanding of Health & Safety issues / X / IBasic Microsoft Office skills (Word, Excel and Outlook) / X / AS
IT literate / X / I
Fully conversant with large complex multi functioning HVAC buildings. / X / I
Knowledge and understanding of engineering operations within Critical Environments. / X / I,R
Sound technical and environmental awareness / X / I,R
Large UPS >2MW (DRUPS/Static) and Standby generator systems >5MW. / X / I,R
Complex Building Management Systems / X / I,R
> 4MW chilled & condenser water systems. / X / I,R
Close Control Air-conditioning systems. / X / I,R
Air cooled chillers >1Mw / X / I,R
Load management and control systems. / X / I,R
Energy Management systems. / X / I,R
Permit to Work and Authorisation processes. / X / I,R
Critical System Environments / X / I,R
Permit to Work and Authorisation processes. / X / I,R
IT Technology change Management processes / X / I,R
BMS and Control wiring installations / X / I,R
Safe Systems Skilled Persons duties in Boilers and Pressurised Systems. / X / I,R
Good Communicator – Communicates clearly / X / I,R
Be able to motivate others within the Team. / X / I,R
Excellent collaboration and influencing skills / X / I,R
Experience
Significant post qualification experience / X / APPrevious supervisory experience would be a distinct advantage / X / AP
Managing change / X / I,R
Personal characteristics / other requirements
Must be able to work on your own initiative as well as within a team / X / I,RDesire the opportunity to work towards career enhancing opportunities by demonstrating self motivational skills. / X / I,R
Building Understanding and Trust – Seeks to understand the views of others / X / I,R
Enthusiastic flexible approach to role and responsibilities. / X / I,R
Self-focused, motivated and willingness to provide excellent customer service via proactive and innovative working practices. / X / I,R
Understanding Issues – Breaks down problems. / X / I,R
Demonstrates desire and willingness to undergo training as required. / X / I,R
Achieving Excellence - Gets the job done to a high standard / X / I,R
Inspiring - Displays self-belief / X / I,R
Finding Solutions – Provides a solution. / X / I,R
Cross-boundary working (internal & External) / X / I,R
Role specific requirements