Builder

Closing Date: 9th January 2026 at 23:59 (GMT)

Role Type: Full Time, Permanent

This role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. The successful candidate(s) will have to ensure that they have the right to work in the UK or be able to secure this through another means without the sponsorship of the University. Further information about sponsorship is available on the UK Visas and Immigration Website.

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated and flexible tradesperson to join the Campus Operations team, within Estates, offering a reactive service and maintaining building fabric in University owned properties across all our campuses and sites.

You will need the confidence and ability to maintain, fault find, repair, and carry out installations on a wide variety of building fabric tasks. Carry out routine inspections and the building fabric planned preventative program maintenance.

The post holder will provide an effective and prompt customer focussed, professional and efficient service to the University in accordance with its requirements, aims, objectives and Service Level Agreements using prior knowledge and experience.

You will be expected to manage and prioritise your own workload; updating the CAFM system and customers as required and carry out all work in a safe manner in accordance with university policies and procedures, safe systems of work, and current legislation.

Our team operate a 36 hour working week and the successful candidate will be part of our on-call rota offering a 24/7 service to the University. The call out duty attracts a generous stand by allowance and overtime payments for all call outs.

Please apply via the Jobtrain site, and clearly demonstrate how you meet the key recruiting criteria within the Job Description and Person Specification.

The University of Reading aims to create a fair and transparent reward strategy; ensuring staff are paid a competitive salary and are recognised and rewarded for their contribution.

Members of staff have the opportunity to join a pension scheme sponsored by the University. The University has a range of family friendly policies, including a childcare voucher scheme to help you save money on childcare costs.

We have a strong commitment to health and well-being and staff can benefit from discounted membership at the SportsPark, an Employee Assistance Programme and a Health Cash Plan. The University offers generous holiday entitlements which include public holidays and paid closure days. Opportunity to join and enjoy various social events such as quiz nights, easter egg hunt, staff appreciation days etc.

When completing the application you should match your qualifications, training, skills and experience to the job description giving full details and filling in all sections.

Contact Details:

Contact Name: Andy Malin
Job Title: Reactive Maintenance Manager
Email address: a.t.malin@reading.ac.uk

Alternative Contact Name: Guneet Bhatti
Job Title: Interim Head of Reactive Maintenance
Email address: g.k.bhatti@reading.ac.uk

The University is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, supports the gender equality Athena SWAN Charter and the Race Equality Charter, and champions LGBT+ equality. We are a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2). Applications for job-share, part-time and flexible working arrangements are welcomed and will be considered in line with business needs.

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