Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter

Alexander House Hotel & Utopia Spa; Crawley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with

8 Bank holidays

Free car parking

Discounted hotel accommodation

Discounted spa treatments

Discount on food & beverage

Discount on spa treatments

Discount on retail products

Refer a friend staff recruitment

Birthday off paid

Complimentary overnight stays

Complimentary lunch/afternoon tea

Service-related holiday

Job summary

Alexander Hotels is seeking a Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter to support our on-site maintenance teams across five luxury hotels in the South of England. You will report to the Operations Director and coordinate with General Managers on priority tasks, including basic plumbing, electrical, and painting.

The role requires travel to all group hotels, a flexible 40-hour workweek, and the ability to work weekends. Training will be provided for pool plant procedures and maintenance.

Qualifications

• Experience in guest/customer environments preferred.
• Ability to travel to multiple hotel locations within the group.
• Comfortable covering a wide range of maintenance tasks and collaborating with hotel teams.

Responsibilities

• General maintenance duties to support hotels and spas, including both reactive and planned tasks and pool plant procedures & maintenance.
• Painting and decorating duties for interior rooms and areas; some exterior painting and wood staining; ensure high quality finishes.

Skills

General maintenance

Painting

Electrical basics

Plumbing basics

Job description

Job Title: Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter

Hours: 5 days out of 7 including weekends to allow for scheduling tasks around guest requirements. 40 hours per week, flexible working shifts

Location: Must be able to travel and cover tasks in Kent, Surrey and West Sussex (5 hotel locations).

Salary: £29,000 per annum + monthly service charge payment

THE JOB

Alexander Hotels are a collection of five luxury hotels, in the 4 & 5-star market, based in the South of England. We are looking to recruit for a Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter to support our onsite maintenance teams at our 5 hotels. You will report to the Operations Director and liaise with General Managers about priority tasks needing support.

To be successful you will need to be able to demonstrate confidence in keys areas of maintenance including basic plumbing, electrical and painting.

MAIN DUTIES

General Maintenance Duties;

To ensure reactive and planned maintenance is covered to assist in making sure the hotels and spas are presented appropriately and all facilities are maintained in excellent working order. A certified training course will also be provided to cover pool plant procedures & maintenance.

• Completing general maintenance tasks from the daily maintenance list ensuring that priority tasks are completed
• Taskswill include pool plant, basic plumbing, basic electrical, carpentry/joinery. While we are seeking a multi-skilled person, we do not expect you to be able to cover all these trades!

Painting and Decorating Duties;

Duties will include internal painting; entire rooms or areas, repainting damaged or worn areas, touching up minor scuffs to keep areas looking immaculate. Some exterior painting and wood staining may also be included in your duties.

• Applicants will possess excellent technical skills in all areas of painting
• Practice effective preparation techniques to ensure a lasting and high quality finish
• Ensure excellent quality of applications in order to meet excellent standards
• Be competent in all finishes; gloss work, emulsion, egg shell, wood stain
• Have a good eye for detail
• Work in a safe way for yourself, colleagues and guests causing minimum disruption

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment covering a wide range of general maintenance tasks in a customer environment
• General maintenance experience ideally within a guest/customer environment

• Priority areas of experience either plumbing or electrical
• Someone located to make travel to all hotels in the group realistic.

BENEFITS

4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service, 8 Bank holidays, Free car parking

Following completion of the company's 3-month probationary period access to a range of company benefits including:

• Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
• Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas
• Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
• Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas
• Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas
• Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme.

In additional you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including; your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service-related holiday

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