Maintenance Assistant

Peoplebank; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Worldwide employee discounts

Free meals on shift

Training & progression opportunities

Referral bonus

Employee wellbeing support

Job summary

Hilton Belfast is seeking a hands-on Maintenance Assistant to keep the hotel facilities safe, pristine and fully operational. You will perform reactive and preventative maintenance, coordinate with departments, and support audits and stock control to minimise disruption for guests.

We value reliability, attention to detail and the ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced hotel environment. Permanent, full-time contract with 40 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in plumbing, electrical work and decorating.
• Strong understanding of health and safety practices and regulations.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work under pressure.
• Capable of working in a team and on own initiative.

Responsibilities

• Complete maintenance tasks to keep the hotel running smoothly.
• Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance.
• Support audits and monitor stock levels in collaboration with the maintenance team.

Skills

Plumbing

Electrics

Decorating

Health & safety

Teamwork

Prioritisation

Job description

Ideally positioned on the banks of the River Lagan, Hilton Belfast offers a central and vibrant location, just moments from the city's top cultural landmarks, thriving nightlife, and key business districts.

Are you a hands-on problem solver who loves keeping things running smoothly? At Hilton Belfast, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional guest experiences from the moment they arrive to the moment they check out. Behind every seamless stay is a dedicated team ensuring our facilities are safe, pristine, and fully operational.

We are looking for a reliable, skilled, and proactive Maintenance Assistant to join our busy hotel maintenance team on a permanent, full-time basis.

What we offer

• CONTRACT TYPE & HOURS Permanent, full-time contract (40hrs per week, across Monday to Saturday)
• Worldwide employee discounts at Hilton Hotels through Go Hilton program;
• Hotel discounts across all Axiom Hospitality hotels – colleague rates and up to 50% discount on F&B;
• 28 days holiday, including bank holidays, increasing yearly to 33 days;
• Discounts across retail, restaurants, events and more through our benefits & rewards portal;
• Access to our Employee Assistance Line to support your Mental Health and Wellbeing;
• Use of Wagestream Financial Wellbeing platform, allowing instant access to your pay;
• Yearly complimentary Axiom Xcape stayover after one year of service;
• A growing team with great training, progression, and promotion opportunities;
• Rewards for referring a friend: referral bonus for recommending a new team member starts at £250 per successful hire;
• Free meals while on shift;
• Length of service awards, ranging from 1 year to 3, 5, 10 and 20-year rewards and more!

Your role

Completing all maintenance-related work within the hotel in a timely fashion; you’ll be responsible for making sure the property is consistently maintained to group standards and any issues are addressed in a timely manner.

The role will cover both reactive and planned preventative work and involve working closely with all hotel departments to ensure minimum disruption to guests. You’ll support property audits, record benchmarking data such as meter readings and work with the maintenance manager to monitor relevant stock levels.
The ideal person for this role will be enthusiastic about change, focused on details and trusting.

The core skills and experience required to succeed:

• Knowledge and experience of plumbing, electrics and decorating are highly important to this role, alongside being enthusiastic, motivated and able to work well under pressure;
• Knowledge of health & safety practices and regulation;
• We are looking for someone who prides themselves on a high standard of work and has the ability to prioritise their workload efficiently;
• Able to work within a team and on own initiative.

You must have the right to work in the UK to be eligible for this role. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from all candidates prior to commencing employment.

Having these core skills will put you one step further to joining Axiom Hospitality and the Hilton Belfast

Opportunities for all

At Axiom Hospitality, we thrive on differences and believe it is critical to our success as a fast-growing hospitality company with global aspirations. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace that seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from various backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We, therefore, encourage applications from all genders, races, religions, ages, and sexual orientations, as well as parents, veterans, people living with disabilities, and any other groups that could bring diverse perspectives to our business.

At Axiom Hospitality, we are making efforts to reduce our carbon, energy, water and waste footprint. We strive to be ethical in all we do and want to be a thriving, sustainable and responsible business for our people, our communities and our planet. Working closely with our Hotel Owners, we are committed to the journey to sustainability. In addition, we are working to reduce our hotels’ impact on the environment through internationally recognised eco-label certification.

Our hotels strive to be active members of their local communities by giving back where they can. Supporting local charities is important to our teams, from volunteering at soup kitchens to collecting donations and fundraising. Our hotels aim to leave a positive impact on their neighbourhoods. At Axiom Hospitality, we are working closely with our stakeholders to support our social impact commitment. Caring about people extends outside our business and is part of our DNA.