Maintenance Officer

Location: Oxfordshire (must live within a 1-hour commute)
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Annual Salary: Up to £39,000 per annum
Benefits: Company van and fuel card
Hours: 42.5 per week (Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm)

About the Role

We are expanding our Maintenance Officer team to support the delivery of high-quality services across Oxford key worker and student accommodation sites. This role focuses on compliance, minor repairs, and general site support.

Day-to-Day Duties

• Carrying out compliance checks, including meter readings, flushing void properties, and minor remedial works

• Completing small reactive repairs (typically 15 minutes or less) across key worker and student accommodation

• Moving items and materials between sites as required, supporting property managers

• Ensuring all compliance requirements for key worker and student properties are met

• Delivering excellent customer care and maintaining high service standards at all times

Role Criteria

Essential

• Previous experience as a Handyperson, Maintenance Officer, or Site Maintenance Operative

• Experience in basic plumbing, carpentry, decorating, and general repairs

• Previous experience working within social housing

• Full UK driving licence with fewer than 9 points

• Ability to provide own tools (company van and uniform provided)

• Good level of physical fitness

• Flexible, proactive, and reliable approach to work

Desirable

• Experience completing compliance checks, such as water meter readings, flushing void properties, and electric meter checks

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

• Company van, fuel card, and uniform

• Annual Mears Fun Day

• Volunteering leave to support community initiatives

• Mears Rewards scheme, including discounts on groceries, holidays, eye tests, and share save options

• Family-friendly policies

All roles require the right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not available).

To drive a company vehicle, applicants must be aged 21 or over, have held a licence for at least 3 months, and have fewer than 9 points.

All positions are subject to relevant background, identity, DBS, and security checks prior to employment.

How to Apply

Apply below or to discuss the role further, please contact:

Tom Morgan
tom.morgan@buildrec.com

Support is available throughout the application process if required.