Estates Carpenter/Building Technician

Put your carpentry skills to work and make a real difference.

We’re looking for an experienced Carpenter/Building Technician to join the Estates and Facilities team at Oxford University Hospitals.

This is a Band 5 role plus RRP (reviewed annually) and on-call allowance, with overtime and on-call allowances available, working 37.5 hours per week.

You’ll deliver planned and reactive carpentry and building maintenance across our hospital sites, helping to keep facilities safe, functional and welcoming for patients, visitors and colleagues.

You’ll need a City & Guilds Crafts Certificate or equivalent, along with experience or training in maintenance carpentry. You’ll be confident working independently, solving problems and responding to changing priorities in a busy healthcare environment. You’ll join a team that values experience and is nurturing young talent. We are also very supportive and encourage personal growth and collaborative working.

If you take pride in your workmanship and want a varied role where your skills have a visible impact every day, we’d love to hear from you.

Advert Code: EF15QP

No two days will be quite the same. You’ll work across our hospital sites, tackling a varied range of carpentry and building maintenance tasks, from planned works to urgent repairs. You’ll have the opportunity to use your skills, experience and initiative while helping to maintain the environment in which our patients receive care. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Carry out planned and reactive carpentry and building maintenance across Trust sites.
• Undertake repairs to doors, frames, linings, furniture, fixtures and fittings.
• Respond promptly to urgent maintenance issues affecting patient and clinical areas.
• Ensure work complies with relevant HTMs, HBNs, British Standards, statutory requirements and Trust procedures.
• Plan maintenance work and liaise with colleagues, building users and contractors.
• Follow Estates safe systems of work, including Permit to Work and isolation procedures.
• Supervise Maintenance Assistants and contractors when required, ensuring work is completed safely and to the required standard.
• Liaise with the Estates Helpdesk regarding emergency work and service issues.
• Use your initiative to resolve technical problems and escalate significant issues appropriately.
• Participate in the on-call arrangements as required.

• NC/HNC/HND in Construction or equivalent,
• Recognised apprenticeship, NVQ Level 3 and above, or equivalent training in construction.
• Demonstrable knowledge and practical experience of construction, building maintenance or a related technical discipline, sufficient to undertake the responsibilities of the post. - Experience as a Competent Person (CP) or Authorised Person (AP) under HTMs.
• Knowledge of maintenance methodologies and Estates-specific legislation (e.g., HTMs, HBNs).
• Substantial competence in the post-holder’s primary trade within building fabric, with the ability to undertake appropriate minor multi-trade tasks within their training, competence and authorisation.
• Experience of safe systems of work development.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Please note that this job advertisement will close automatically once the application limit is reached, regardless of whether this occurs before the advertised closing date.