Farm and Research Workshop Technician

UNIVERSITY OF READING Farm and Research Workshop Technician Salary: Grade £31,236 - £35,608 per annum Contractual hours: 36 Basis: Full time Job reference: RRF53562 Contract: Full time (36 hours per week), Permanent Closing Date: 21 September 2026 at 23:59 Interviews will be held: 1 October 2026 Due to the complexity of the Skilled Worker Visa route and eligibility criteria, applicants requiring sponsorship are recommended to check their eligibility on the Home Office website. We cannot provide advice to candidates at the application stage and will only discuss visa routes with candidates who are invited to interview. There is further information about this on the UK Visas and Immigration Website UK Visas and Immigration Website The Centre for Dairy Research (CEDAR) is a unique agricultural research facility supporting applied and strategic large-animal research. The Centre operates across a 580-hectare farm with approximately 550 Holstein dairy cows. If you have excellent organisation skills, enjoy fixing things, improving things and finding practical solutions to unusual engineering problems, this could be a particularly interesting agricultural engineering role. We are looking for an Agricultural Engineer / Workshop Technician to join our team working across the University Farms at Arborfield and Sonning. Alongside maintaining and repairing the machinery and equipment needed to run a busy working farm, you will support the specialist equipment and infrastructure used ..... full job details .....