Senior Compliance & Safety Operations Manager

Travelodge; Thame; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to £70,000

Annual Bonus

Contributory pension scheme

Car Allowance

Hybrid working

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Discounts for bookings

Job summary

Travelodge is seeking a Senior Compliance & Safety Operations Manager to protect guests, colleagues, and contractors across our national hotel portfolio. Reporting to the Head of Maintenance Services, you’ll lead safety, asset integrity and regulatory compliance.

This role requires strong multi-site leadership, hands-on risk management, and the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels, from regulators to field teams. Hybrid pattern with site visits is required.

Qualifications

• Senior compliance and safety leadership experience across multi-site operations.
• Ability to translate complex regulatory requirements into practical site-level action.
• Strong stakeholder management with regulators, senior leaders and field teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead fire safety, asset compliance and water hygiene across the portfolio.
• Drive risk management, continuous improvement and regulatory adherence.
• Influence decisions and ensure safety remains central to operations.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Safety leadership

Multi-site facilities

Risk management

CAFM systems

Education

NEBOSH National General Certificate

NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management

Facilities Management qualification

Tools

CAFM systems

Insurance systems

Job description

Job Description

Find where you belong!

Are you a senior compliance and safety leader who thrives on turning complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical action? Do you have the expertise and influence to raise standards, manage risk and make a real difference across a large, multi-site operation? If yes, our Senior Compliance & Safety Operations Manager position might be the right next move for you.

This role will involve national travel.

Your Purpose

We're looking for a Senior Compliance & Safety Operations Manager to take a leading role in protecting our guests, colleagues and contractors across our national hotel portfolio. Reporting to the Head of Maintenance Services, you’ll bring together safety, asset integrity and regulatory compliance, connecting senior-level direction with what happens on the ground across our estate.

This is a high-impact opportunity to shape how compliance and safety are delivered at scale. You’ll lead key areas including fire safety, statutory asset compliance, water hygiene, asbestos and maintenance health & safety, while building a proactive approach to risk management and continuous improvement.

You’ll be someone who can confidently navigate complex regulatory environments, influence stakeholders at every level and turn standards and policies into effective operational practice. From working with regulators and senior leaders to engaging directly with field teams, contractors and project teams, you’ll have the authority and expertise to make sure safety remains at the heart of everything we do.

Your Strengths

We’re looking for an experienced operational leader with a strong background in multi-site facilities, engineering infrastructure or estate compliance. You’ll have a deep practical understanding of building fabric, M&E systems and UK statutory compliance, alongside the ability to use compliance data and CAFM or insurance systems to identify trends, manage risk and provide clear insights to senior leaders.

You’ll hold a NEBOSH National General Certificate, NEBOSH Fire Safety and Risk Management qualification, and a recognised technical qualification in Facilities Management or an engineering-related trade.

Just as importantly, you’ll be a confident communicator and influencer, able to build trust with engineering teams, work effectively across all levels of the business and manage strong relationships with external partners.

Your Perks

• Salary up to £70,000 & Annual Bonus
• Contributory pension scheme
• Car Allowance
• Hybrid working - a minimum of 60% of your time should be spent visiting sites
• 50% personal discount for hotel bookings and great friends and family discounts too!
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, increasing with length of service

Why Travelodge?

At Travelodge, we’re more than just a Hotel brand; we’re a community where you can truly be yourself and belong. Through our “Better Me” initiative, we prioritise your total wellbeing—emotional, physical, financial, and professional—while actively celebrating the diversity that makes our teams stronger. If you’re a results-driven individual who pays attention to the little things and genuinely cares about people, you’ll fit right in.