Maintenance Assistant

Away Resorts; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading holiday company is looking for a Maintenance Assistant at Sandy Balls Holiday Village to ensure guest facilities are in excellent condition. Responsibility includes carpentry, painting, landscaping, and conducting maintenance checks. Candidates should be friendly, confident in fixing problems, and have practical skills in repairs. The role involves working weekends and bank holidays. Benefits include a competitive pension and discounts on holidays.

Benefits

Competitive Pension

Bonus Scheme

Life Insurance

Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays

On Park Discounts

Awards and Recognition

Qualifications

• Experience with domestic repairs and maintenance is essential.
• Understanding of Health & Safety regulations at work is required.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Maintenance Manager with upkeep of the premises.
• Carry out carpentry, painting, tiling, and other maintenance tasks.
• Work during bank holidays and weekends as needed.

Skills

Domestic repairs and maintenance

Tiling

Painting

Lock repairs

Health & Safety understanding

Job description

Location: Sandy Balls Holiday Village, Fordingbridge, New Forest

Hours: Permanent Contract - 40 Hours per week

Salary: £25,465 per annum

Who are we?

Sandy Balls Holiday Village is a world away from your day to day, with more trees than you can… well, shake a stick at. We have resident alpacas, a bush‑craft school and forest laser tag, along with the usual holiday heroes of cycling and swimming. But New Forest holidays are also about tranquillity, which is why our Retreat spa and cosy, cottage‑style lodges and caravans are here to help our guests unwind.

Part of the Away Resorts family, with 5 self‑catered parks which all have their unique appeal! Check them out on our website for more information.

Some of the background

We’re not your average holiday company. Our guests come to our UK resorts to experience a world away from their day‑to‑day. When they are with us, they play crazy games, enjoy show‑stopping entertainment and live in the moment. Our job is to surprise and delight them at every turn.

What you’ll be doing

As part of our team of holiday heroes, you will help the Maintenance Manager to ensure everything is in good working order. Your work will include:

• Carpentry, repair of doors, windows, kitchen units, walls and floors, signage, roofs & gutters and just about anything else wooden that you can think of.
• Landscaping, including paving and fencing
• Moving and siting Caravans, including external Plumbing
• Painting, decorating, and tiling
• Maintenance jobs; everything from replacing light bulbs to troubleshooting faulty locks and cutting keys
• Carrying out maintenance checks and repairs on changeover days, working with other tradespeople when necessary
• Pretty much anything else that other people can’t do!

Guests and staff will look to you to fix what’s broken and restore order, so you will need to be confident, friendly and obliging in addition to your practical skills.

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you’ll need to work your magic on bank holidays, evenings and weekends too.

Skills, experience, and qualities you’ll need

We will train you, but you’ll need to have the following skills and experience to apply for this role:

• Ability to carry out domestic repairs and maintenance, tiling, painting, lock repairs etc.
• An understanding of Health & Safety at work

Add in the ability to think for yourself and be proactive, great people skills, unfailing enthusiasm and extremely high standards of craftsmanship - if you’ve got all that, you’re in the running.

It’s about your values too. We have a can‑do, fun loving, people centred ethos here at Away Resorts, which is captured by our holiday heroes’ mantra of Attentive Amazing Lovers – if that’s fired up your curiosity, have a read about it.

What we can offer you

• Competitive Pension
• Bonus Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays
• On Park Discounts
• Awards and Recognition