Maintenance Manager - Tring, Hertfordshire

Craydawn Pendley Manor Ltd; Tring; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Craydawn Pendley Manor Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Manager in Tring, Hertfordshire. You will lead an on-site maintenance team, coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, and ensure compliance across building fabric, plant and systems.

The role emphasizes hands-on leadership, proactive inspections, and effective contractor management. Applicants should have a minimum of 3 years in maintenance or facilities management supervision, a mechanical/electrical qualification, and solid experience with

Qualifications

• 3 years of management or supervisory experience in building maintenance or facilities management
• Mechanical or electrical qualification or other relevant trade qualification
• Sound knowledge of building fabric trades and practices
• Strong knowledge of operation, control and maintenance of building services plant and systems
• Familiarity with Statutory Compliance activities relating to built environment
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite; experience with Opera or similar software

Responsibilities

• Line management of on-site maintenance team and drive productivity and high standards
• Report regularly to Hotel Deputy Manager on maintenance delivery status
• Provide hands-on skills to maintain hotel and embedded systems in compliant, optimal condition
• Conduct regular inspections of building fabric, plant and systems
• Deliver Planned and Reactive maintenance services
• Liaise with hotel departments and management to improve property maintenance standards
• Maintain CMMS data up to date and accurate
• Supervise 3rd party contractors
• Purchase orders for maintenance spares and outsourced services
• Manage Health & Safety, including statutory compliance, risk assessments, permits to work

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Mechanical knowledge

Electrical knowledge

Microsoft Office

Opera software

Communication skills

Education

Trade qualification (mechanical/electrical)

Health & Safety Level 3 (desirable)

Pool Plant Operator Qualification (desirable)

Tools

Opera CMMS

Job description

Maintenance Manager - Tring, Hertfordshire

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, FFE, plant and systems. Acting as the line manager to a team of on site Maintenance Technicians, you will take a proactive and hands on approach to maintenance that leads from the front and through example. Through system Opera 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 Deputy Manager on the status of maintenance delivery
• Providing the hands-on skills and knowledge necessary to maintain the hotel and embedded systems in fully compliant, optimal condition
• Undertaking regular and proactive inspection of 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.
• Cover shifts as required including duty manager, full training will be given.

About you:

We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our hotel 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.
• 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 Opera 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)