Site Maintenance Technician
Brymore Academy, Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 2NB15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
21 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
6 October 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): Multiple working patterns available
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Support Staff Band 4, Point 5-6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join Our Team as a Site Maintenance Technician!
Are you practical, proactive, and passionate about keeping things running smoothly? Do you love working outdoors, fixing things, and making a real difference every single day? If so — we want to hear from you!
Brymore Academy is looking for a dedicated Site Maintenance Technician to help keep our Academy grounds and facilities safe, clean, and inspiring for students and staff alike. This is more than just maintenance — it's about making an impact in an environment where students come first, and teamwork makes the difference.
Brymore is a State Boarding School for boys aged 11 – 16 set in its own 60-acre site with a working farm, gardens, workshops and sports facilities.
Our team is expanding, and we various working patterns available up to 32.5 hours per week.
What You’ll Do
- Keep our buildings and outdoor spaces looking their best
- Carry out essential checks and repairs
- Support with safety, security, and emergency responses
- Work with contractors and colleagues to deliver top-notch site services
- Help our school stay compliant, efficient, and welcoming every day
You’ll Thrive If You
- Enjoy practical hands-on work and problem-solving
- Have experience in maintenance, groundskeeping, or a similar role
- Take pride in doing things right and keeping things safe
- Can handle a mower, paintbrush, or toolbox with confidence
What the school offers its staff
What we offer:
- Generous local government pension scheme with employer contributions of over 23%
- Employee Reward Scheme, including high-street discounts & Staff Wellbeing Centre
- Free on-site parking
Closing date: Midnight, Tuesday 21st October 2025
We believe in hiring for potential and this means that we value individuals for the knowledge skills and experience that they have developed in every aspect of their lives. If you don’t feel that you meet all of the criteria listed in the person specification, we would still encourage you to apply.
We care about our staff and provide a number of benefits in addition to salary including a positive and supportive working environment, employer pension contribution of at least 23%, generous annual leave entitlement for all-year round staff, on-site gyms, free parking, access to a retail discounts platform and Employee Assistance Programme. Helping you achieve a good work life balance is important to us. Lots of our colleagues work flexibly including part time hours and/or job shares and we are happy to discuss these opportunities with you.
We truly believe that diversity of thought, culture, background and perspective secure the best outcomes for our students. We strive to build teams that represent our local communities and welcome applications from individuals who identify as members of an under-represented group and in particular individuals who identify as BAME, disabled or LGBT. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Bridgwater & Taunton College Trust is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share its commitment. Our mission is that all children achieve. A criminal disclosure check will be requested for any applicant who is offered a position.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Brymore Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety of children and therefore this post requires a criminal background check via the disclosure procedure.
Applying for the job
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About Brymore Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 17
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 346 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 17
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Brymore Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@btc-trust.org
Brymore is a State Boarding School for boys aged 11 - 17 set in its own 60 acre site in the Quantocks, an area of outstanding natural beauty, with a working farm, gardens, workshops and sports facilities which are fully utilised in the delivery of the curriculum to over 320 students of which 130 are boarders. The school is currently expanding and this is an exciting time in Brymore’s development.
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