Handyperson/Gardener Lancemore Milawa

Lancemore Hotel Group; Milawa; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancemore Milawa, part of the Lancemore Hotel Group, is seeking hands-on Handyperson/Gardeners to enhance our guest-focused service. This role covers gardens, grounds and in-room/public area maintenance with opportunities for permanent employment for the right candidates.

You will maintain lawn care, pruning, turfing and plant health while ensuring safety and high standards across a boutique hotel setting. A strong team ethic is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience with fixing day-to-day items (lights, taps, painting)
• Logical approach to problem solving
• Ability to coordinate contractors for efficient results
• Strong communication skills and customer focus
• Hands-on maintenance knowledge in hotel environments
• Familiarity with relevant codes and standards (highly regarded)

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional presentation of the gardens and grounds across the property.
• Maintain lawns: mowing, edging, pruning trees and shrubs, fertilising and turfing.
• Pest and disease control and planting as appropriate.
• Perform day-to-day general maintenance in hotel rooms and public areas.
• Respond promptly to maintenance issues and emergency calls.
• Coordinate with contractors and contribute to long-term planning and development.

Skills

Maintenance

Problem solving

Contractor coordination

Communication

Supervisory experience

Teamwork

Hotels experience

Job description

• Be part of our fun, guest service focused team
• Casual, Part-time or Full-time opportunity available
• Flexible rostering across a range of shifts to achieve work/life balance
• Potential for the right candidates to join the team on permanent basis
• Be part of a high performing workplace that believes in developing talent and empowering people to drive their own results

Located in Victoria’s Great North East is Lancemore Milawa, a boutique hotel brimming with elegance and style – the perfect base to experience a rich bounty of world class food and wine, Australian history and breath taking landscapes.

We are currently looking for Handyperson/Gardeners who are passionate, hands-on and are guest focused

About The Role

• Deliver exceptional presentation of the gardens & grounds across the property.
• Knowledge of modern techniques in Lawn mowing and edging, pruning trees and shrubs, fertilising, planting, turfing, pest and disease control,
• Perform day-to-day general maintenance duties within the hotel rooms and public areas
• Respond promptly to maintenance issues and emergency calls
• Maintain all tools, equipment, and working areas in proper condition
• Make recommendations for the property and assist with the long-term planning and development of the complex.

About You

• Positive and optimistic attitude – "we can do anything" approach
• Experience with fixing day to day things – lights, taps, painting etc
• Logical approach to problem solving
• Ability to coordinate contractors to get efficient results
• Ability to understand what the customer sees – and ensure our property is always kept to the highest standard
• Ability to work with teams, and communicate clearly and in time
• Knowledge of a trade beneficial
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, standards and codes of practice highly regarded
• Strong communication skills
• Supervisory experience of maintenance activities in a fast-moving lean environment
• Hands on role with a solid understanding, ideally experience in hotels

About Us

Founded in 1986, The Lancemore Group is a leading Australian boutique lifestyle brand and pioneer in boutique hotels and residential conference facilities.

• Our hotels offer boutique accommodation, conferences & meetings, weddings & events, wellness spas, critically acclaimed restaurants and an award winning wines.
• We are rapidly expanding across Australia and are unique in being a family owned company that combines the head of a large operation with the heart of a family company.
• You will be joining a high performing workplace that believes in developing new talent and empowering people to drive their own results