Multi Skilled Operative

Multi Skilled Operative – Maintenance Officer

Location: Oxfordshire (must live within 1 hour’s commute)

Employment type: Full Time, Permanent

Hours: 42.5 per week (8:00–17:00, Monday–Friday)

Salary: Up to £39,000 per annum, plus company van & fuel card

Pyramid Plus South, a joint venture partnership between A2

Dominion and Mears Property Services, provides repairs and maintenance, compliance, planned replacements and fire risk assessment works. We successfully complete over 46,000 repairs, 1,000 voids and fit 600 kitchens and bathrooms annually to 23,500 homes.

We are expanding our Maintenance Officer team to ensure high-quality service across our Oxford key worker and student sites.

• Carrying out compliance checks (meter readings, flushing void properties, minor repairs)
• Completing small repairs (typically 15 minutes or less) across key worker and student accommodation
• Moving items across sites as needed, supporting property managers
• Ensuring all compliance requirements for key worker and student properties are met
• Providing excellent customer care and maintaining high standards of service

• Prior experience as a handyperson or site maintenance officer
• Experience with basic plumbing, carpentry, decorating and general repairs
• Previous work in social housing (essential)
• Full UK driving licence (no more than 9 points)
• Ability to bring own tools (company van and uniform provided)
• Good physical health and fitness
• Flexibility and a proactive mindset

• Experience with compliance checks (e.g., water meter readings, flushing void properties, electric meter checks)

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Annual Mears Fun Day
• Volunteering Leave
• Staff perks with Mears Rewards – discounts of up to 10% weekly groceries, holidays, eye test vouchers, Share save scheme, and more
• Family friendly policies
• Company van, fuel card, and uniform

All our roles require candidates to have the entitlement to work within the UK;
Mears does not currently offer visa sponsorship.

To drive a Mears vehicle, you must be aged over 21, have held your licence for over 3 months and have less than 9 points.

Candidates should be aware that all our roles are subject to relevant Background, Identity & Security checks before commencement of employment.

Apply below or discuss your application further; contact:
Laura Bourne ().

Mears Group is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment. We are a Disability Confident employer and support the Armed Forces Covenant. We proudly hold the Gold Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme and an Endorser Award for the Career Transition Partnership.

We invite applicants to voluntarily share background information during the application stages to support our social mobility commitments. These questions are optional and will not impact your ability to apply.