Facilities Technician

Life and Mind Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PS

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a motivated individual to join a new buildings operations team within the Life and Mind Building (LaMB) as a Building Technician. This is currently under construction and is the largest building project the University has ever undertaken. It will house advanced research laboratories as well as modern lecture theatres and will significantly improve the way psychological and biological science is undertaken in Oxford, helping scientists to solve some of our major global challenges. It will be home to the Department of Experimental Psychology and the Department of Biology.

As a Building Technician, you will work closely with the Deputy Building & Facilities Manager (Operations) to effectively maintain the infrastructure of the LaMB. This will involve carrying out routine repairs, maintenance and supervision of some contractors working within the building. You will be responsible for prioritising both reactive and preventative maintenance tasks and respond to work request forms submitted by the occupying departments. Working alongside several other Facility Technicians and within a broader Building Management team, you will ensure work is carried out in a timely fashion and to appropriate standards.

As a large, multi-disciplinary research facility, the LaMB will accommodate a variety of wet-chemistry labs, specialist analytical suites, controlled environment rooms and highly sensitive analytical equipment. The role holder will be expected to have a thorough understanding of the Health and Safety requirements of working in such environments, as well as the ability to work meticulously according to standard operating procedures. It is essential that the role holder have experience in writing, modifying and working according to risk assessments and understand the requirement to routinely evaluate and adapt them when there is a procedural change. A flexible approach is required to working hours and the post holder will be expected to cover additional hours or swap shift patterns from time to time.

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Created on 18/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom