Maintenance Technician (Building Fabric bias)
Date: 1 Oct 2026
Location: COVENTRY, GB, CV4 7AL
Company: University of Warwick
Job Title: Maintenance Technician (Building Fabric bias)
Reference: 352
Department: Estates - Maintenance Operations - Zonal Operations
Contract Type: Fixed-term contract
Fixed Term End Date: 29 October 2027
Hours: Full-time, 36.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE)
Closing Date: Thursday 8 October 2026, 11:59 pm
Full time Salary Range: £26,707.00 - £30,378.00 per annum
About the Role
We have a Maintenance Technician role that will provide all reactive and planned maintenance works in a particular zone on our campus. Working in a team of tradespeople in your zone, you’ll be involved with basic repairs to our building fabric.
This is a multiskilled role, for which you’ll receive training and support across the trades. However, you’ll spend a significant proportion of your time on your trade(s) specialism. No two days will be the same in this varied role where you’ll thrive on providing an outstanding customer service experience to all building users in your zone. Being a large campus that operates all day every day of the year, you’ll need to be available to work weekends when required (approx. 5 weekends a year). However, you’ll only ever be required to work 5 days in 7.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).
About You
If you’re a Carpenter, or a Builder, or a multiskilled tradesperson with an building fabric bias, we’d love to hear from you.
You will have a recognised apprentice background or equivalent training or significant years’ practical working experience is required within the building industry. The ability to carry out a range of building fabric related activities.
You will hold a City and Guilds/NVQ level 2 or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
About the Department
Our Maintenance Operations Team is changing and growing and we’re looking for skilled people like you to help us shape and deliver our new, improved service. You’ll be working in a range of buildings and facilities that will challenge your trade skills across ground-breaking research facilities, student accommodation, sports, retail, and entertainment venues. But it doesn’t stop there. You’ll also play a key role in the major events we get involved with.
In Estates, we’re always looking for new ways to make things happen, so whatever your trade, this is an exciting time to join us and make an impact. You’ll be part of a supportive team who will help you build on your strengths and inspire you to develop your potential.
How to Apply
To apply please complete your essential personal details and attach a CV and cover letter by the closing date stated.
We will review applications throughout the advertising period and may contact shortlisted candidates before the closing date. We therefore encourage interested applicants to submit their application as early as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of suitable applications.
Please ensure your CV includes your most recent employment experience along with any additional relevant experience and education history.
Your cover letter should detail your motivation for applying for the role as well as detailing how you meet the essential and desirable criteria.
The interviews will be held on a date to be confirmed.
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We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.
We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here.
We are proud to say that we are a Living Wage employer.
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Warwick is committed to building an organisation of mutual respect and dignity, promoting a welcoming, diverse, and inclusive working and learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to be recognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.
We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here.
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Right to Work in the UK
We wish to advise applicants that this role is not eligible for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker visa. If you do not yet have the right to work in the UK you will need to check the UK Government Website to see if you are eligible to obtain the right to work in the UK through one of the other UK immigration routes before you make your application. |