Plumber - Salford
The University of Salford is looking to appoint a skilled and reliable Plumber to join its in-house Estates Maintenance team. This is an excellent opportunity to work within a large, diverse university estate, helping to keep buildings safe, compliant and fully operational for staff, students and visitors. Estates & Facilities provides a comprehensive service across the University, covering maintenance, compliance, capital projects, cleaning, security and caretaking. The maintenance team plays a critical role in ensuring the campus is safe, welcoming and fully functional every day.
The Role
As a qualified plumbing and heating professional with a strong practical background and a positive, customer-focused approach, you will carry out a wide range of planned preventative and reactive plumbing and heating works across the university estate, including teaching, research, residential and specialist facilities. . The role is varied, covering everything from routine inspections to fault finding and minor installation projects.



You will be part of a professional in-house maintenance team consisting of plumbers, electricians and joiners and supported by handypersons, as and when necessary.
Typical duties include:
- Planned preventative maintenance of water and heating systems, including plantroom inspections, filter cleaning and replacement
- Reactive plumbing repairs and fault diagnosis across water, heating and drainage systems
- Minor installation works such as new water supplies, radiators and sanitaryware
- Supporting the management of water hygiene and legionella controls through safe maintenance practices
- Working independently or as part of a wider trades team, depending on the task
- Collaborating with electricians, joiners, handypersons and external contractors where required
- Participating in the trades out-of-hours emergency call-out rota
- All work must be undertaken in line with University procedures, statutory requirements and health and s

📌 Plumber - Salford (Gordón)
🏢 University of Salford
📍 Gordón