Job Description
Closing date: 19th October 2025 at 23:59 (BST)
Role type: Full time
Contract type: Permanent
This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. The successful candidate(s) will have to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK or be able to secure this through another means without the sponsorship of the University. Further information about sponsorship is available on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.
Occupying three beautiful campuses (Whiteknights, with its early 19th century planned landscape, London Road with its formal gardens and ceremonial Great Hall, and Greenlands, Henley-on-Thames, with its riverside garden landscape) the unique “University within a Park” setting of the University of Reading is an inspiring place to come to work.
With such a varied portfolio, there is never a dull day in the Estates Team here at Reading.
We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and flexible Maintenance Carpenter to join the Campus Operations team, within Estates, offering a reactive maintenance service maintaining all aspects of the building fabric in university owned properties
You will need the confidence and ability to carry out reactive and planned maintenance on the university’s building stock, investigating, fault finding and seeking solutions to building fabric faults and failures. The post holder will provide an effective and prompt customer focussed, and professional service to the University in accordance with Service Level Agreements using prior knowledge and experience.
You will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload; updating the CAFM system and customers as required and carry out all work in a safe manner in accordance with university policies and procedures, safe systems of work, and current legislation.
Our team operate a 36 hour working week and the successful candidates will have the opportunity to join our on-call rota offering a 24/7 service to the University. The call out duty attracts a generous stand by allowance and overtime payments for all call outs.
Please apply via the Jobtrain site, and clearly demonstrate how you meet the key recruiting criteria:
1. Recognised time served apprenticeship, and NVQ Level 3 qualifications or equivalent in carpentry or joinery.
2. Experienced and competent in all aspects of planned, preventative and day to day reactive maintenance issues relating to the building fabric.
3. Awareness of current statutory requirements, including a broad knowledge H&S and the risk assessment process.
4. Good communicator with client- facing attitude and demonstrable customer care
5. Flexible, well organised, able to project a professional image and demonstrate proactive attitude in work related issues.
6. Participate in the Maintenance Team Call-out rota.
Salary Package up to £39.1k based on a basic salary G4 up to £32.1k plus call out standby on average £2.75k and overtime average £2.75k plus potential additional responsibility payments for specific qualifications, skills and /or experience up to £1.5k.
Interview and practical assessment date: 27th October 2025
Contact:
Contact Name: Andy Malin
Contact Job Title: Reactive Maintenance Manager
Contact Email address: a.t.malin@reading.ac.uk
Alternative Contact Name: Guneet Bhatti
Alternative Contact Job Title: Deputy Head of Reactive Maintenance
Alternative Contact Email address: g.k.bhatti@reading.ac.uk
The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.
