Building Facilities Technician

University-of-Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

38 days annual leave

Childcare services

Family leave schemes

Discounted bus travel

Season Ticket travel loans

Membership to social and sports clubs

Job summary

The University of Oxford is recruiting a Building Facilities Technician to support the Department of Chemistry in maintaining the laboratory and building environment on South Parks Road and related sites. You will work under the Building Manager to carry out essential maintenance, repairs and servicing to ensure a high-quality research and teaching space.

The role requires practical DIY ability, familiarity with power tools and workshop machinery, and good IT skills.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable DIY skills and ability to switch between tasks with confidence.
• Basic IT skills including MS Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Health and safety principles knowledge is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day maintenance, repairs and servicing of the laboratory and building environment.
• Support the facilities management team under the Building Manager guidance.
• Carry out hands-on technical tasks to ensure a safe, efficient research and teaching environment.
• Assist with building and equipment maintenance across the Chemistry estate.

Skills

DIY skills

Power tools

Workshop machinery

Ladders & scaffold towers

MS Office

Tools

MS Office Suite

Job description

Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR

The University of Oxford has one of the largest and most successful chemistry departments in the world, and the Department of Chemistry is looking to recruit a Building Facilities Technician as part of our integrated facilities management team.

About the role

As Building Facilities Technician, you will provide support and assistance to the existing facilities management team in matters relating to day-to-day maintenance, repairs and servicing of the laboratory and building environment within the Department, ensuring that the building and equipment across the Chemistry estate are professionally maintained and serviced in a timely and efficient manner.

You will be required under the guidance of the Building Manager, alone or in conjunction with others, to use a range of skills and system knowledge including ‘hands on’ participation in technical tasks as required, to ensure a safe, efficient, productive and high-quality research and teaching environment.

About you

The successful candidate will possess a good level of demonstrable DIY skills, with the ability to switch for example from changing light bulbs to small building projects and back with confidence, including use of power tools, workshop machinery, ladders and scaffold towers.

You will be knowledgeable in relevant Health and Safety at work principles. You will have basic IT skills including MS Office (Word, Excel and Outlook), experience of working in a workshop and/or building maintenance will be an advantage. Given the nature of the role, good physical fitness is essential – further information about this is can be found in the job description.

What we offer

As an employer, we genuinely care about our employees’ wellbeing and this is reflected in the range of benefits that we offer including:

• 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays and 5 closure days at Christmas)
• A comprehensive range of childcare services
• Family leave schemes
• Discounted bus travel and Season Ticket travel loans
• Membership to a variety of social and sports clubs

The post will be based in the Department of Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3QR, you will also provide support in the Rodney Porter Building, Sibthorp Road, Oxford, OX1 3QU.

This is a full-time (36.5 hours per week), permanent position which is available immediately.

Please note that this vacancy is being re-advertised and previous applications need not reapply.

The closing date for applications is 12.00 midday on Wednesday 23 September 2026, UK time.

The University of Oxford and The Department of Chemistry are Silver Athena SWAN holders.

Salary (£) : £28,437 - £32,108 per annum (inclusive of Oxford University Weighting)