Mechanical Maintenance Manager

Warwick; Coventry; Hybrid; GBP 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Generous holiday allowance

Learning & development opportunities

Onsite facilities / childcare

Relocation support

Job summary

University of Warwick is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Manager to lead the in-house mechanical services team and oversee specialist contractors across the University estate. You will ensure safety, compliance, and reliability of heating, ventilation, environmental systems, and associated infrastructure.

You will report to the Head of Maintenance Operations, deliver statutory and reactive maintenance, and drive service standards and KPIs for long-term asset performance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading mechanical services in a large estate or campus.
• Strong understanding of heating, ventilation and environmental systems.
• Knowledge of statutory compliance and safety in mechanical maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Mechanical Services section and manage in-house and contractor work to deliver planned and reactive maintenance.
• Ensure safe, cost-effective delivery against service standards and KPIs across the University estate.

Job description

Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Manager

Reference: 390

Department: Estates - Maintenance Operations - Mechanical Services

Contract Type:Indefinite

Hours: Full-time (1.0 FTE)

Closing Date: Sunday 18 October 2026

Full time Salary Range: £48,337 - £57,666 per annum

About the Role

The Mechanical Maintenance Manager is part of Estates Maintenance Operations and reports to the Head of Maintenance Operations. The role leads a multidisciplinary in-house mechanical maintenance team and oversees specialist contractors delivering services across the University estate.The post works closely with other Maintenance teams, Estates colleagues, capital and minor works teams, customers, suppliers and contractors to maintain statutory compliance, service continuity and the long-term reliability and efficiency of mechanical assets.

For details on the experience and skills required, please refer to the job description (link here)

About You

You will lead and manage the Mechanical Services section and specialist maintenance contractors, ensuring that statutory, planned and reactive maintenance is delivered safely, cost effectively and in accordance with agreed service standards and key performance indicators.The role is accountable for the operation and maintenance of complex mechanical building services across the University estate, including heating, ventilation, environmental systems and associated infrastructure, and for functional compliance relating to natural gas, pressure systems, local exhaust ventilation, F-Gas, water systems and bulk storage.

About the Department

Mechanical Services and the wider Maintenance team is a collaborative environment where team members are encouraged to grow. There is opportunity to work on a wide variety of equipment across the Campus.

We will provide you with a great range of benefits, which include an attractive pension scheme, a generous holiday allowance plus Christmas closure, excellent learning and development opportunities, and savings on a wide range of products and services. We offer a generous maternity/paternity/adoption/parental leave policy, and onsite childcare facilities.

We recognise the importance of a healthy work/life balance and offer you access to flexible working, for more information click here .

If you are considering relocating to the UK, read our Relocation Guide to find out more about what Warwick has to offer and what might be involved in the process.

Warwick is committedto building an organisation ofmutual respectanddignity, promoting awelcoming, diverse, and inclusive workingand learning environment. We recognise that everyone is different in a variety of visible and non-visible ways, and that those differences are to berecognised, respected, and valued. Where possible, we go beyond legislation to provide a place where everyone can thrive, supporting all staff to achieve their full potential. We aspire to remove economic, social, and cultural barriers that may otherwise prevent people from succeeding.

We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all communities regardless of culture, background, age, disability, sex/gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, religion/belief, or sexual or romantic orientation. To find out more about our social inclusion work at Warwick visit our webpages here .

The University currently holds aRace Equality Charter Bronze Award,Athena Swan Sliver Awardand aDisability Smart Bronze Award.Further information on all of the University's Awards and Accreditations can be found here . The University of Warwick is also one of the six founder institutions of the EUTOPIA European University Alliance .

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