Maintenance Manager - Sherwood Queenstown | Full-time

EVT Limited; Queenstown; Remote; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% off dining and stays across EVT,QT

Seasonal perks at Thredbo

Rapid career growth across EVT network

Paid parental leave; volunteering

Job summary

EVT Limited is seeking a Maintenance Manager for Sherwood Queenstown to lead the hotel's maintenance program across mechanical/HVAC, fire, electrical and hydraulics, ensuring ongoing compliance and high standards.

You will manage budgets, coordinate contractors via myBuildings, and contribute to WHS procedures while supporting a hands-on, inclusive leadership style.

This full-time role offers opportunities to grow within EVT's hospitality and entertainment portfolio in Queenstown.

Qualifications

• Experience leading maintenance or engineering for a building.
• Hands-on with building services across mechanical/HVAC, electrical and hydraulics.
• Knowledge of BWOF and compliance schedules, AS/NZ Standards.
• Ability to manage budgets, purchase orders and contractor performance.

Responsibilities

• Protect the integrity of the hotel building, plant and equipment through general, routine and preventative maintenance across mechanical/HVAC, fire, electrical, hydraulics and other building services.
• Maintain the Building Warrant of Fitness and Compliance Schedules to the applicable AS/NZ Standards, ahead of the annual anniversary.
• Keep fire alarm and detection systems, hydrants, sprinklers and other essential services operational, connected and free of isolation at all times.
• Manage maintenance contractors through myBuildings, including work requests, purchase orders and KPI reviews, so works are completed safely and to a high standard.
• Manage Repairs and Maintenance expenditure against the annual budget, and review utility results such as water, electricity and gas to reduce wastage.
• Lead the maintenance team and contribute to the WHS committee, emergency and evacuation procedures, and hazard and incident reporting.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Engineering experience

Budget management

Contractor management

Team rostering

On-call availability

myBuildings

Tools

myBuildings

Job description

Maintenance Manager - Sherwood Queenstown | Full-time

About EVT: Sherwood Queenstown is part of EVT, one of Australasia's market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It's why we all call ourselves Daymakers: each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.

The Independent Collection is a curated selection of hotels, each of which lives up to an exacting standard to offer travellers the best of luxury, elevated, urban, comfort and social experiences. While every hotel celebrates its own unique brand & experience, together the Independent Collection shares a passion for one-of-a-kind experiences, service and quality.

EVT has an endless range of roles and career paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia's most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you're in, there are no limits on where your career could take you.

Key Responsibilities

• Protect the integrity of the hotel building, plant and equipment through general, routine and preventative maintenance across mechanical/HVAC, fire, electrical, hydraulics and other building services.
• Maintain the Building Warrant of Fitness and Compliance Schedules to the applicable AS/NZ Standards, ahead of the annual anniversary.
• Keep fire alarm and detection systems, hydrants, sprinklers and other essential services operational, connected and free of isolation at all times.
• Manage maintenance contractors through myBuildings, including work requests, purchase orders and KPI reviews, so works are completed safely and to a high standard.
• Manage Repairs and Maintenance expenditure against the annual budget, and review utility results such as water, electricity and gas to reduce wastage.
• Lead the maintenance team and contribute to the WHS committee, emergency and evacuation procedures, and hazard and incident reporting.

What You'll Bring

• Experience leading maintenance or engineering for a building, including hands-on work and delegating to in-house staff and contractors
• Working knowledge of building services across mechanical/HVAC, fire, electrical and hydraulics
• Knowledge of BWOF and compliance schedules, AS/NZ Standards, WHS requirements and the Building Act 2004
• Confidence managing budgets, purchase orders and contractor performance
• Skill in rostering, training and developing maintenance and hotel duty personnel
• Availability to be on call for after hours call outs

How You Work

• Inclusive leader: values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.
• Hands-on and non-hierarchical: leads from the front.
• Resilient and solutions-focused: stays calm, moves fast.
• Growth mindset: learns, shares, and levels up others.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels, no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel and entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community and volunteering opportunities.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in, so don't wait! We can't wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.