Maintenance Manager

Full-time (35 hours per week) over any five days out of seven. This will typically be Mondays to Fridays but will include weekend days on occasion

The Maintenance Manager has responsibility for the maintenance and safety of all College premises. The post-holder will ensure that the College’s buildings, utilities, plant, machinery and equipment are properly maintained and conform with current regulations and recognised good practice. Alongside this, the post-holder plays a key role in developing annual and long-term maintenance plans, and will investigate and incorporate sustainable maintenance solutions.

The Maintenance Manager ensures that reactive maintenance tasks are correctly prioritised, engages contractors where appropriate, and monitors the quality of maintenance work – ensuring that all work is carried out in strict compliance with all relevant Health and Safety legislation.

The Maintenance Manager leads and line-manages the Maintenance Team and manages all maintenance contractors – obtaining quotations, ensuring statutory compliance, supervising work, and ensuring work orders and invoices are accurate.

To be successful in your application you will need previous experience in a similar role. Proven success in leading a small team, project management experience, and experience of appointing and dealing with contractors will be essential.

The successful candidate will have excellent knowledge of health and safety policies and practices, as well as an awareness of the statutory ACOPs and an interest in investigating and incorporating sustainable options and solutions. You will need good IT skills, strong organisational and prioritisation skills, and good administrative skills. Effective communication and interpersonal skills, experience of managing departmental budgets, and a flexible approach to your work will be essential.

Familiarity with planning regulations, knowledge of building regulations, Chartered Institute of Building (or similar) membership and a Site Managers’ Safety Training Scheme Certification would be advantageous, as would sympathy with the values, ethos and objectives of a small, collegiate institution.

St Antony’s College is a lively community of students, Fellows and staff, providing a sense of belonging, mutual support, shared knowledge, and a feeling of identity and place. The College is the normal place of work for all College staff. The Assistant Maintenance Manager is a visible part of our College community, and will be based on the site at St Antony’s College, Woodstock Road, Oxford but will also maintain other College properties (all currently adjacent to the main College site, or within less than 10 minutes’ walking distance). Please visit our website for more information about the College.

We offer excellent employee benefits including a full-time equivalent of 41 days’ annual leave (including bank/public holidays), free meals in College during normal working hours and when the Hall is open, membership of the University of Oxford’s Staff Pension Scheme, and access to a car parking space in the College’s grounds if available.

St Antony’s College is located in North Oxford, the College is just a 10-minute walk from the city centre and is close to the University Parks, Port Meadow, Jericho and Summertown.

For further information, including the job description, person specification and details of how to apply, please click the above “Apply” button.

The closing date for applications is 9am on Tuesday 15 July 2025 and interviews are expected to be held in the week beginning Monday 28 July 2025.

Closing date: 9am Tuesday 15th July 2025

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