Lead Maintenance Manager

Apex Hotels; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Hotels is searching for a Lead Maintenance Manager to guide and inspire a dedicated maintenance team in Greater London. This role requires a proactive leader with technical expertise in building maintenance, HVAC systems, and exceptional people management skills. The successful applicant will ensure optimal building conditions while promoting a culture of safety and high standards. Enjoy a collaborative environment with excellent employee benefits, including generous leave and training opportunities.

Benefits

35 days holiday

Training and development from day one

Employee events and celebrations

Access to gym and pools

50% discount in restaurants

Cycle to Work Scheme

Financial Wellbeing App

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of management or supervisory experience in maintenance.
• Demonstrated knowledge of building fabric related trades and practices.
• Strong understanding of HVAC/MEP operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead on-site maintenance team and ensure high maintenance standards.
• Implement Planned and Reactive maintenance services effectively.
• Maintain accurate CMMS records for maintenance activities.

Skills

Building maintenance

People management

Communication

Health & Safety

Education

Mechanical or Electrical Qualification

Level 3 in Health & Safety

Pool Plant Operator Qualification

Tools

Microsoft Office

CAFM/CMMS Software

Job description

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You will receive a warm welcome into the Apex family on joining us as Maintenance Manager. We genuinely care about our guests and each other, and we show this through our family values of Trust, Passion, Friendliness and Teamwork. It is these values that support you to be yourself here at Apex Hotels. By bringing your own personality, passion, and ideas to the role, you will add a new dynamic to our innovative and supportive Maintenance and Engineering Team. We believe it is our personality, style and friendliness that makes Apex Hotels.

Role Overview:

Reporting to our Cluster Maintenance Manager, as Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for leading and coordinating the delivery of Planned and Reactive maintenance services to the hotel’s building fabric, FF&E, plant and systems. Acting as the line manager to a team of onsite Maintenance Technicians, you will take a proactive and hands on approach to maintenance that leads from the front and through example. Core to your role is the hotel’s Computerised Maintenance Management Software (CMMS) that you will utilise to maintain accurate record keeping, process reactive repairs and schedule planned maintenance activities of both your direct team and external contractors.

Main Responsibilities:

• Line management of on-site maintenance team including the driving of productivity and high maintenance standards through ongoing mentoring and development
• Reporting regularly to the Hotel Managers (and or Hotel Operations Managers) on the status of maintenance delivery
• Providing hands-on skills and knowledge necessary to maintain the hotel and embedded systems in fully compliant, optimal condition
• Undertaking regular and proactive inspection of the building fabric, plant and systems ensuring high standards of maintenance are maintained
• Delivery of Planned and Reactive maintenance services
• Liaising closely with other hotel departments and wider management team to support continual improvement of property maintenance standards
• Accurate record keeping and the maintaining of the CMMS data base up to date
• Supervision of 3rd party contractors
• Purchase ordering of maintenance spares and outsourced specialist services
• Health & Safety management, including Statutory Compliance, Risk Assessment, Permits to Work and guarding of safe working practices
• Developing knowledge of hotel plant and systems including their switching, control and optimisation
• Actively seeking to improve the hotels Environmental performance through implementation of initiatives to reduce the consumption of utilities.

About you:

We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Apex family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in. To excel within this role, you will:

• Hold a minimum of 3 years management or supervisory experience within the building maintenance or facilities management arena
• Be mechanically or electrically qualified or hold other relevant trade qualification
• Be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience of building fabric related trades and practices
• Strong knowledge of the operation, control and maintenance of building services plant and systems (HVAC/ MEP)
• Hold sound knowledge of Statutory Compliance activities related to the built environment
• Hold familiarity with the function and use of Microsoft Office suite of programmes
• Have previous experience in the use of CAFM/ CMMS or similar software
• Hold strong people management and communication skills
• Be an enthusiastic self-starter, able to motivate and inspire others
• Have achieved a Pool Plant Operator Qualification (desirable)
• Hold a level 3 qualification in Health & Safety (desirable)
• Live within daily commutable distance of London
• Hold willingness to work at other Apex sites as directed, some of which may involve travel from your normal place of work.

This role has supervisory duties of other team members.

You will work with great people, enjoy your time at work, develop new friendships, networks, and skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:

• 35 days holiday
• Training and development from day one
• Employee events and celebrations
• Inhouse company interactive employee communication APP
• Entry to our state-of-the-art gym and pools
• Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working.
• Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing App Wage stream, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date.
• £200 referral bonus when your friends or family join the team.

Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive ……

• Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family.
• Involvement in our employee of the quarter and annual recognition schemes
• Long service recognition
• Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
• 50% discount in our restaurants
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
• Spa treatments and product discounts
• Life Assurance cover

We encourage you to bring your true self to work. We’ll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fulfilling career, reaching your dreams and aspirations. Our family can never be too big, there’s a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. We’re an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey.

If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Management

• Industries

  Hospitality and Hotels and Motels

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