Handyperson- Campsfield IRC

Mitie Cleaning & Hygiene Services; Oxford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Life insurance

Company pension

33 days annual leave

MiDeals discounts

Virtual GP

Mitie Shares

Salary Finance

Job summary

Mitie is seeking a Facilities Operative to support Campsfield IRC with reliable general maintenance, safety and site upkeep. The role involves planned/reactive maintenance, painting, grounds cleaning, gritting, locksmith tasks, and escorting visitors, under supervision.

This position requires a hands-on, team-oriented individual with security clearance eligibility and a proactive approach to safety and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Reliable, hands-on approach with willingness to learn.
• Strong communication and ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload.
• Comfortable performing physical and practical tasks.
• Eligibility for enhanced vetting and security clearance (British Citizen, EU Settled Status or ILR, 3 years UK residency, no criminal history).
• Forklift licence or experience operating a forklift.
• Painting and decorating skills.
• Health & Safety awareness.
• Experience in building fabric maintenance, joinery, or locksmithing.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive general maintenance across the site.
• Support engineers with both planned and reactive maintenance tasks when required.
• Perform building fabric maintenance, including painting and decorating.
• Clean external areas such as pathways and grounds, including litter picking.
• Complete gritting of paths and roads, and support snow-clearance operations.
• Undertake basic locksmith duties.
• Escort FM visitors, suppliers, and subcontractors around the centre.
• Carry out additional duties as directed by the Supervisor.

Skills

Hands-on

Communication

Organisational skills

Physical & practical tasks

Security clearance eligibility

Tools

Forklift license

Job description

Better places, thriving communities.

Join Mitie – the future of high performing places.

ROLE

Handyperson

LOCATION

Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre

Overview

At Mitie, our people are our greatest strength, and our promise is to create a place to work where you can thrive and be your best every day. We're looking for a Facilities Operative who will support the smooth day‑to‑day running of Campsfield IRC by delivering reliable general maintenance and helping to keep the site safe, functional, and well‑maintained.

Role Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive general maintenance across the site.


• Support engineers with both planned and reactive maintenance tasks when required.


• Perform building fabric maintenance, including painting and decorating.


• Clean external areas such as pathways and grounds, including litter picking.


• Complete gritting of paths and roads, and support snow‑clearance operations.


• Undertake basic locksmith duties.


• Escort FM visitors, suppliers, and subcontractors around the centre.


• Carry out additional duties as directed by the Supervisor.

Required Qualifications

• A reliable, hands‑on approach with willingness to learn.


• Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively as part of a team.


• Good organisational skills with the ability to manage your own workload.


• Comfortable performing physical and practical tasks.


• Eligibility for enhanced vetting and security clearance (British Citizen, EU Settled Status or ILR, 3 years UK residency, no criminal history).

Desirable Qualifications

• Forklift licence or experience operating a forklift.


• Painting and decorating skills.


• Health & Safety awareness.


• Experience in building fabric maintenance, joinery, or locksmithing.

What's in it for you?

• A stable and supportive workplace with opportunities to learn and grow.


• Life insurance and company pension.


• 33 days annual leave.


• Continued personal development with full support to enhance your career.


• Free Mitie shares.


• Access to a virtual GP 24/7 for you and your family.


• MiDeals discount scheme with 3000+ retail, leisure, and utility offers.


• Additional optional benefits, including private medical cover, technology packages, and extra holiday.

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle.

We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a Mitie Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in Mitie).

We award our employees with Mitie Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing Christian Kalugin at [e-mail].

Since 1987, Mitie’s 84,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

Join our Mitie Team.

Together our diversity makes us stronger.