Maintenance Manager

Compass Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading catering and support services organization is seeking a Maintenance Manager in Milton Keynes. This role involves overseeing maintenance operations and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, while providing exceptional customer service. The ideal candidate will have experience in maintenance management and strong leadership skills. Competitive benefits include healthcare and generous annual leave.

Benefits

Excellent healthcare benefits

Annual leave plus bank holidays

Meals on duty

Pension scheme and Life Assurance

Ongoing training and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in maintenance management.
• Strong understanding of health and safety legislation.
• Ability to lead teams effectively.

Responsibilities

• Manage maintenance schedules and documentation.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
• Supervise third-party contractors and their work.
• Lead and mentor maintenance team members.

Skills

Customer service excellence

Health and Safety compliance

Team leadership

IT system proficiency

Education

Experience in maintenance management

Relevant health and safety certifications

Job description

Overview

Maintenance Manager - Kents Hill Park Training & Conference Centre, Milton Keynes | Full-Time / Permanent

£37,000 to 42000 Depending On Experience + excellent benefits including healthcare, wellbeing support, 23 days' annual leave plus bank holidays, life assurance, meals on duty, and more.

We are currently looking for a Maintenance Manager to join Kents Hill Park, part of The Venues Collection.

As Maintenance Manager you will work with the senior team to enhance the customer experience effectively through both reactive and PPM schedules in line with all statutory requirements, company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

Department specific responsibilities

• Supplying the highest possible levels of customer care and service whether in the public eye or back of house areas
• To attend any departmental and training meetings as required.
• To understand how the Hotel's health and safety policy affects your department and how it links in with the rest of the Hotel.
• To complete daily job requests as required
• To maintain Kents Hill Maintenance documentation Library to ensure inspection, maintenance and repair records are readily available for verification and audit purposes.
• To lead the management of third-Party contractors to ensure operations are performed to a consistent high quality.
• To ensure all service framework policies, procedures and controlled documents are up to date and implemented correctly in your area including HSE.
• To be aware of all legislation that is relevant to your work and ensure that all legal requirements are met, including: licensing, Health and Safety at Work, COSHH, Environmental Health, Fire Precautions, Manual Handling, Wellbeing and Risk Assessments
• To work flexibly and attend site meetings, training courses as required.
• To comply with any reasonable requests made by your Line Manager.
• To be fully competent in the use of all IT systems associated with your department.
• To take responsibility for Profit Protection manual actions relating each department.
• To ensure the department SOP is up to date and is monitored for 100% compliance.
• Proactively manage the work of the team, allocating special duties and responsibilities.
• Duty manager shifts ownership and responsibility of the daily job tasks
• Attend any meeting as requested by the management.
• To ensure effective communication between each department.
• Set up meeting rooms as per guest requirements to meet company SOP.
• Maintain colleague discipline and grievance procedures in accordance with our policies.
• Take ownership for all Health and Safety as they arise.
• Cogard Health and Safety and Duty Manager Safety Walk daily.
• Maintenance & Cleanliness of the site grounds internally and externally
• To support the overall goals of the business.
• Ambassador to our venue and brand you will lead by example, give clear instructions, and maintain good guest relations to both internal and extremal customers

About Kents Hill Park

Kents Hill Park is a dedicated training and conference centre set in a peaceful location on the outskirts of Milton Keynes, yet within easy access to key road, rail and airport networks.

Ideally suited to training courses and conferencing, our quiet, suburban location provides delegates with an environment conducive to learning. With over 70 meeting rooms and 300 bedrooms, with our restaurant serving upwards of 200 guests for breakfast, lunch and dinner, we also have fantastic onsite leisure club operated by Nuffield Health. Kents Hill Park offers a flexible and adaptable approach to our clients business needs and can accommodate up to 600 delegates being one of the largest dedicated training and conference centres in the UK, it is not surprising that Kents Hill Park is recognised as a leading venue to host training and conferencing events in the home counties. The Venues Collection, a division of Compass Group UK & Ireland.

Benefits

• Medicash - Healthcare benefits, including dental, optical and therapy treatments (includes up to 4 dependent children)
• Aviva Digicare - Free annual healthcare check
• Exclusive Benefits & Wellbeing site (Perks at Work)
• Entertainment discounts - up to 55% off cinema tickets
• Health & Wellbeing discounts - Discounts for Nuffield Health (20%) and Pure Gym (10%)
• Travel discounts - Discounts with holiday companies such as TUI and Expedia
• Shopping discounts - Save up to 15% at high street and online stores by purchasing Shopping Cards
• Meals on duty
• Vodaphone discounts
• Pension scheme and Life Assurance
• Employee Assistance Programme
• 23 days + BH's and additional day off for your birthday
• 2 days additional leave, following return from Maternity leave during first year back
• Competitive and supportive family benefits
• Day off for baby's first birthday
• Holiday purchase scheme
• On-going training & development and career pathways
• Professional subscriptions paid
• Financial wellbeing programme and preferred rates on salary finance products

Great things happen when people get together in our spaces to meet and spaces to sleep at Kents Hill Park. From conferences, meetings, training, and every business event in between our venue provides an informal atmosphere where you and our guests can be themselves.

We combine our spaces with a bigger family. Kents Hill Park is part of The Venues Collection - a division of Compass Group UK & Ireland, the market leader in contract catering & support services.

Part of Compass Group UK&I, we are a grouping of seven easily accessible event spaces with hotel-like residential and leisure facilities, which all sit under the brand name The Venues Collection. Located across the UK, our venues all feature stylish and individual event spaces, including both contemporary and historic meeting areas. Join us to grow your career with the industry leader, and get competitive pay, great perks and unrivalled opportunities for learning and development, at one of the UKs biggest businesses.Every day, our teams of passionate hospitality professionals strive for excellence in delivering employee dining and hospitality to some of the UKs leading workplace as well as inspiring exceptional experiences in iconic cultural and heritage destinations.

Job Reference: com/1009/97323001/52497433/SU #Venues Collection

Compass Group UK&I is committed to fostering an environment where every individual can truly be themselves at work and has equal opportunities to advance in their careers. We strive to build a culture that respects and celebrates the unique talents, beliefs, backgrounds, and abilities of all our team members. We want our colleagues to feel valued, empowered to reach their full potential, and to thrive - because diversity is our strength!