Job Advert
We currently have a unique opportunity to join us as a Maintenance Technician to assist our Property & Estates Manager to manage the facilities and estate infrastructure of Brooklands Museum. Your role will be to support the maintenance and presentation of the Brooklands historic site, buildings, services and facilities, to ensure that all visitors, volunteers, staff and clients experience the best possible environment during their time at Brooklands Museum. You may also be involved in event preparation as needed.
Brooklands Museum is the birthplace of British motorsport and aviation, and the home of Concorde. Located on the 32-acre site of the world’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit and the most productive aircraft factories in Europe in the twentieth century,
Brooklands Museum, which welcome over 180,000 visitors each year, is a unique and special place to work, where people’s pursuit of speed, flight and adventure changed the world! We have ambitious plans to fulfil our vision: Inspiring people to shape the future through Brooklands’ history of innovation and endeavour. As we are a visitor attraction, our priority is delivering a memorable and inspiring experience for all visitors and ensuring we meet our commitment of ‘Brooklands at its best, every day’ and in this role, you will have a very important part to play in this.
Today we are an independent charity that is responsible for the care and maintenance of a range of buildings and structures, including the most complete sections of the 1907 racetrack, that contributed to this amazing history. Our site is truly special, where history was made – and our challenge is to look after it for future generations to enjoy.
Working in a small team the role includes completion of weekly, monthly and yearly compliance inspections and tasks, as well as undertaking ad hoc and reactive maintenance tasks. You will work closely with a range of different individuals within the Museum including the inhouse maintenance team, along with outside contractors as needed, so you will need to be able to work well in a team as well as unsupervised.
You will have skills and knowledge required to be able to carry out a broad range of maintenance and service tasks required for museum operation and be able to prioritise a busy workload while maintaining a strong attention to detail. You will possess a positive approach and a ‘can do’ attitude with a willingness to be flexible and ‘get stuck in’ as needed.
You will need a full car driving licence. If you have a forklift licence, cherry picker licence or scissor lift licence this will be an advantage but training can be provided.

HOW TO APPLY

Please apply via our recruitment website where you will find the full job description and further information about working at Brooklands Museum. You will be asked to submit your CV and a covering letter detailing how your experience could help us in this role and how you meet the requirements of our person specification. Please keep your covering letter to no more than two sides of A4.
The hiring managers will review all applications once the role has closed on the 31st March 2025 and we will be in touch with shortlisted candidates regarding an interview shortly after this date.

Please refer the Job description for details