Facilities and Maintenance Technician (Animal Centre)

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Job summary

An educational institution is seeking a part-time Facilities and Maintenance Technician for its Animal Centre in Maidenhead. This role involves maintaining safety and security for staff and students and includes responsibilities like routine repairs and equipment operation. A minimum of 2 years' experience in maintenance and a professional trades qualification are required. Benefits include annual leave and access to subsidised leisure courses.

Benefits

30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Career progression opportunities

Access to subsidised leisure courses

Defined benefit pension schemes

Free on-site parking

Cycle to Work Scheme

Family friendly policies

On-site Coffee Shop & Cafeteria

Health & wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a general maintenance or handy person role.
• Must hold a professional relevant trades qualification.
• Experience driving large/heavy vehicles is essential.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe and secure working environment for animals, staff, and students.
• Perform daily checks, routine repairs, and project work.
• Collaborate with Estates to develop maintenance schedules.

Skills

Experience with heavy machinery

General maintenance skills

Education instruction

Full driver's licence

Education

Professional relevant trades qualification

Tools

Excavators

Telehandlers

Job description

Windsor Forest Colleges group is looking for a Facilities and Maintenance Technician (Animal Centre) to join the Animal Centre at Berkshire College of Agriculture on a fixed-term, part-time basis.

Facilities and Maintenance Technician (Animal Centre)

This is a part-time, fixed-term position working 28 hours per week on a 12-month contract based at our Berkshire College of Agriculture campus in Maidenhead, Berkshire.

As the Facilities and Maintenance Technician (Animal Centre) it will be your responsibility to maintain a safe and secure working environment for animals, staff, and students at the Animal Centre.

This will involve daily checks, routine repairs, and project work.Collaborating with the Estates department to develop a maintenance schedule ensuring that the facilities are kept in good shape.The role will involve the use of heavy machinery and tools such as Excavators and Telehandlers, experience and knowledge of the use of such equipment is essential.

The technician will also educate animal management students on construction, maintenance, health and safety, and animal enclosure maintenance as part of their Estate skills module by assisting in practical sessions and providing instruction and assessment to students to enable them to successfully complete their estates skills tasks correctly and safely.

To be considered for this role, you must have a minimum of 2 years’ experience in a general maintenance, or handy person role and ideally hold a professional relevant trades qualification as well as a full driver’s licence with experience of driving large/heavy vehicles.

About Us

The Windsor Forest Colleges Group (TWFCG) is a leading education provider in the South-East. Our staff work across 4 main campuses at Langley, Windsor, Strodes-Egham and Berkshire College of Agriculture-Maidenhead. Our teams place the learner at the heart of all we do and in our state-of-the-art learning environments, we are proud to deliver education and training to a diverse group of students and businesses each year.

For further details on this role please refer to the attached job description/person specification.

Our staff benefit from:

- Support roles enjoy 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays

- Career progression opportunities for ambitious staff

- Access to a wide range of subsidised leisure courses

- Access to excellent defined benefit pension schemes

- Free on-site parking at all sites

- Cycle to Work Scheme

- Family friendly policies to support Work Life Balance

- On-site Coffee Shop & Cafeteria

- Various health & wellbeing benefits including discounted gym memberships, confidential staff counselling and discounted hair and beauty treatments at The Salon at Langley College

Please be advised that the vacancy will close on Friday 12th September 2025*

Interviews will be held on TBC*

To apply please visit our careers page and complete the online application form.

Please ensure you pay particular attention to the supporting statement of the online application form making sure to include details of how you meet each of the essential criteria listed on the person specification.

*Applications will be shortlisted on a rolling basis, and we reserve the right to interview and appoint before this closing date. We therefore encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

The College is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all its staff to share this commitment.Successful applicants will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS and Barred List check along with other legally required checks which are an essential part of the safeguarding process.

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