Maintenance Technician (Mechanical bias)
Date: 1 Oct 2026
Location: COVENTRY, GB, CV4 7AL
Company: University of Warwick
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Job Title: Maintenance Technician (Mechanical bias) Reference: 349 Department: Estates - Maintenance Operations - Zonal Operations Contract Type: Indefinite 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
An exciting opportunity is available to join a developing team at the heart of Estates Maintenance Team.
The Maintenance Technician works flexibly across the Maintenance function to provide reactive and planned maintenance support, including statutory testing and basic repairs, to electrical and mechanical systems and building fabric. This is a multiskilled role; however, post holders will spend a significant proportion of their time on their mechanical trade(s) specialism. The role also assists the trades teams in the general execution of their duties as required.
For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here).
About You
You will have a recognised apprentice background or equivalent training or significant years’ practical working experience within building services industry and/or mechanical services industry. You will have the ability to carry out a range of plumbing and mechanical fitting activities. To organise, plan and prioritise own workload to meet SLAs and work with minimal supervision. You will have experience of dealing with high volume of reactive calls and dealing with them in an efficient and effective manner and have proven problem-solving ability to assess and resolve problems and use own initiative to investigate and diagnose problems and to escalate to the appropriate level.
About the Department
This is a chance to work in the Mechanical department working on wide variety of systems across the University Campus.
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.
If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.
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.
The University currently holds a Race Equality Charter Bronze Award, Athena Swan Sliver Award and a Disability Smart Bronze Award. Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here. The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance.
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. |