Facilities & Maintenance Manager

Christchurch-Casinos-Ltd; Christchurch; On-site; NZD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Central Christchurch location with on‑

Discounted food in casino bars and餐

Fully subsidised medical insurance

Active employee social club

Job summary

Christchurch Casino is seeking a hands-on maintenance leader to own a varied property and asset portfolio. You will lead a skilled in-house team, manage specialist contractors and ensure planned and reactive maintenance, building compliance and asset improvement activities are delivered safely and effectively.

You will work Monday to Friday, with after-hours support for urgent maintenance incidents and planned shutdowns to minimise disruption and safety risks.

Qualifications

• Experience leading employees and managing specialist contractors.
• Solid knowledge of preventative and reactive maintenance.
• Ability to assess problems and decide repair-vs-replace.
• Strong health and safety and risk controls.
• Experience managing budgets, suppliers and contracts.
• Strong planning, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate across technical and non-technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the in-house maintenance team and contractors.
• Drive planned and preventative maintenance across building services.
• Coordinate response to faults and critical asset issues to minimise disruption.
• Manage safety, quality, cost and delivery with contractors and suppliers.
• Support Building WOF and statutory maintenance with IQPs and providers.
• Assess asset condition and advise on repair, replacement and lifecycle investments.
• Contribute to refurbishments and capital works, integrating new assets into operations.
• Manage expenditure, purchasing and service contracts within delegations.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, sustainability and lifecycle performance.

Skills

Facilities maintenance

Team leadership

Asset reliability

Problem solving

Health & safety

Budget management

Planning

Communication

Education

Trade qualification useful

Job description

The Christchurch Casino is a key player in providing premier gaming entertainment and hospitality within the Christchurch CBD. We are also very much part of the broader community through our community engagement and the Christchurch Casinos Charitable Community Trust. Reporting to the GM Security & Property, this is an opportunity to take ownership of a diverse property and asset portfolio and contribute to the ongoing reliability, safety and improvement of a complex operational environment.

This is a hands‑on leadership role in a busy, customer‑facing environment where good maintenance matters. You'll lead a skilled in‑house team, manage specialist contractors and ensure planned and reactive maintenance, building compliance and asset improvement activities are delivered safely and effectively.

While the role is primarily worked Monday to Friday, 7.00am to 5.00pm, you'll also provide reasonable after‑hours support to ensure urgent maintenance incidents, critical asset failures and planned shutdowns are effectively managed, minimising operational disruption and safety risks.

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Lead and develop our Electrician, Joiner‑Carpenter and Maintenance Assistant.
• Drive effective planned and preventative maintenance across building services and plant.
• Coordinate the response to faults and critical asset issues, minimising disruption to Casino operations.
• Manage specialist contractors and suppliers, with a strong focus on safety, quality, cost and delivery.
• Support Building Warrant of Fitness and statutory maintenance requirements, working with IQPs and specialist providers.
• Assess asset condition and reliability and make practical recommendations on repair, replacement and lifecycle investment.
• Contribute to refurbishments, capital works and property projects, ensuring new assets are practical to maintain and successfully integrated into operations.
• Manage maintenance expenditure, purchasing and service contracts within agreed delegations.
• Identify opportunities to improve reliability, efficiency, sustainability and whole‑of‑life asset performance.

About you:

You’ll be a practical and credible maintenance leader who can combine technical understanding with strong people and commercial judgement.

You’ll bring:

• Solid experience in facilities, building services, industrial maintenance or a comparable asset environment.
• Experience leading employees and managing specialist contractors.
• Strong knowledge of preventative and reactive maintenance and asset reliability.
• The technical confidence to assess problems, question recommendations and make sound repair‑versus‑replace decisions.
• Good working knowledge of health and safety and maintenance risk controls.
• Experience managing budgets, suppliers, contracts and competing operational priorities.
• Strong planning, problem‑solving and communication skills.
• The ability to work collaboratively across technical and non‑technical teams.

A trade qualification would be useful but is not essential. What matters is that you have the practical technical knowledge and judgement to lead qualified tradespeople, manage specialist providers and make sound maintenance decisions.

Why this role?

This is an opportunity to take ownership of a varied property and asset portfolio where your decisions have a direct impact on safety, reliability, customer experience and business continuity.

You’ll work across electrical, mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, building and specialist systems while helping shape preventative maintenance, asset renewal and future property improvements.

In addition, Christchurch Casino offers:

• Central Christchurch location with onsite parking
• Discounted food in the Casino bars and restaurants
• Fully subsidised medical Insurance after 6 months of employment
• Active employee social club with regular events and draws

Ready for the next step?

If you’re an experienced maintenance or facilities leader who enjoys solving problems, developing people and keeping critical assets performing at their best, we’d like to hear from you.

To request a copy of the position description please email Amber Aynsley, People & Culture Advisor at [e-mail]