Estates Carpenter/Building Technician
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 14/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves undertaking reactive and planned carpentry and building maintenance across the Trust's sites, ensuring high standards. The successful applicant will carry out various carpentry tasks, work under pressure, and apply knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation. The primary purpose is to support and undertake building trades operations and maintenance, ensuring compliance with safety standards and assisting with planned maintenance programmes. This is a full-time position with 37.5 hours per week.
Key responsibilities
- Work in accordance with the requirements of HTM's, HBN's, British Standards, Model Specifications and all Statutory Regulations, Codes of Practice and Trust Policies and Procedures.
- Prioritise work requirements on essential facilities which could have a direct detrimental impact on the patient experience.
- Contribute to the development, implementation and review of the Trust's Estates plans and work closely with other Estates Managers/team Leaders.
- Assist with the set up and Implementation/management of the Estates safe systems of work (e.g. Permit to Work, isolation procedures).
- Plan maintenance works, including liaison with users and contractors.
- Supervise maintenance assistants and operational estates contractors, allocating tasks/re-prioritising where necessary.
Essential criteria
- HNC/HND in Construction
- Recognised and registered EITB, City & Guilds, modern apprenticeship, NVQ level 4 or approved equivalent training in Construction
- Demonstrable in-depth knowledge and experience within the required technical disciplines
- Knowledge of maintenance methodologies
- Knowledge of HTM's, HBN's and Estates specific legislation
- Specialist knowledge gained from working in a health care engineering environment or prepared to work towards gaining
- Must be multi-skilled in Building Trades
- Experience of working within and developing a 'safe system of work'
- Highly organised
- Able to work independently and exercise a high degree of professional judgement
- Ability to work under pressure
- Able to apply the knowledge, experience and judgement necessary to demonstrate, in a practical sense, the safe operation and maintenance of specific systems/equipment
- Able to demonstrate the analytical skills and judgement required to identify/diagnose a range of defects and failures in relation to specific systems/equipment and what actions to take, where the information sources may be complicated and/or conflicting
- Ability to make sound judgements with regard to operational safety when in lone worker situation or when put under pressure by the situation or other workers
- Ability to Plan and organise in coordination with contractors unsupervised routine and complex maintenance, analysis, solution finding and repair work
- Ability to analyse data using computer-based data entry systems and software packages
- Ability to supervise others, monitor their work and carry out training as necessary
- Able to use small tools and carry out fine adjustments to building fabric on a regular basis
- Able to carry out routine and emergency maintenance on engineering and building systems on a routine basis
- Able to concentrate on complex issues and work with detailed information
- Occasionally lift heavy loads, with support of lifting equipment where appropriate
- Pro-active and takes responsibility
- Team worker
- Innovative, Flexible
- Working to agreed deadlines
Desirable criteria
- Trained in Health & Safety, i.e. NEBOSH, IOSH, First Aid etc
- Registration with approved organisations, i.e. UK Register of Electricians, JIB Schemes, Gas Safe, etc.
- Member of relevant healthcare or engineering institutes, i.e. IHEEM, HEFMA, CIBSE, IET etc
- Experience across several of the HTM's acting as either a CP or AP
- Efficiency improvement training, i.e. Lean / Six Sigma
- Experience in working in a similar role
- Previous experience of working with a quality management system (e.g. ISO 9001)
- Good knowledge of energy efficient working practices within engineering
- Experience of creating and giving presentations to varied group of internal and external stakeholders
- Ability to carry out electrical inspection and testing
- Ability to carry out repairs to complex steam plant
- Ability to interpret, adjust and monitor various BMS systems
- Ability to carry out non-licenced asbestos work
- Committed to improving efficiency and environmental protection
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Estates Carpenter/Building Technician
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
This role is Band 5 plus RRP, Overtime & On-call allowance available. 37.5 hours per week.
The Estates and Facilities Management Directorate is seeking to recruit a highly motivated individual to undertake both reactive and planned maintenance Carpentry works across the Trust's sites and ensuring a high standard is achieved.
The successful applicant will be expected to carry out all types of carpentry work such as doors, linings, frames and furniture etc. A City and Guilds Crafts Certificate or equivalent is required and you must have training within a maintenance carpentry role.
You should be capable of working under pressure to tight deadlines, prove solutions using own initiative, have knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation and its applications.
The primary purpose of this role is to professionally support and undertake Building trades operations and maintenance work across the Trust's sites as directed by line management. This includes activities that may be demanding and/or non-routine, ensuring compliance with Trust safety standards, policies and procedures. Assist with the management and implementation of the planned engineering/building maintenance programmes for the Trust to ensure compliance with key standards, b
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