Maintenance Officer
Location: Oxfordshire (must live within a 1-hour commute)
Contract: Full-Time, Permanent
Annual Salary: Up to £39,000 per annum
Benefits: Company van and fuel card
Hours: 42.5 per week (Monday to Friday, 8:00am–5:00pm)
About the Role
We are expanding our Maintenance Officer team to support the delivery of high-quality services across Oxford key worker and student accommodation sites. This role focuses on compliance, minor repairs, and general site support.
Day-to-Day Duties
1. Carrying out compliance checks, including meter readings, flushing void properties, and minor remedial works
2. Completing small reactive repairs (typically 15 minutes or less) across key worker and student accommodation
3. Moving items and materials between sites as required, supporting property managers
4. Ensuring all compliance requirements for key worker and student properties are met
5. Delivering excellent customer care and maintaining high service standards at all times
Role Criteria
Essential
6. Previous experience as a Handyperson, Maintenance Officer, or Site Maintenance Operative
7. Experience in basic plumbing, carpentry, decorating, and general repairs
8. Previous experience working within social housing
9. Full UK driving licence with fewer than 9 points
10. Ability to provide own tools (company van and uniform provided)
11. Good level of physical fitness
12. Flexible, proactive, and reliable approach to work
Desirable
13. Experience completing compliance checks, such as water meter readings, flushing void properties, and electric meter checks
Benefits
14. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
15. Company van, fuel card, and uniform
16. Annual Mears Fun Day
17. Volunteering leave to support community initiatives
18. Mears Rewards scheme, including discounts on groceries, holidays, eye tests, and share save options
19. Family-friendly policies
All roles require the right to work in the UK (visa sponsorship is not available).
To drive a company vehicle, applicants must be aged 21 or over, have held a licence for at least 3 months, and have fewer than 9 points.
All positions are subject to relevant background, identity, DBS, and security checks prior to employment.
How to Apply
Apply below or to discuss the role further, please contact:
Support is available throughout the application process if required.