Maintenance Technician

Virgin Active South Africa; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 50,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fitness company in Cape Town is seeking a Maintenance Manager responsible for overseeing preventative maintenance and ensuring all facilities and equipment are in top condition. The ideal candidate will manage a team and adhere to health and safety requirements while maintaining budgetary constraints. Strong project management skills are essential for success in this role, along with the ability to communicate effectively with contractors and staff.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in maintenance management.
• Strong understanding of health and safety practices.
• Ability to manage budgets and control expenditures.

Responsibilities

• Manage the preventative maintenance of gym facilities and equipment.
• Lead a team to ensure maintenance tasks are completed to standard.
• Ensure maintenance processes are within budget.

Skills

Preventative maintenance

Team management

Project management

Budget management

Job description

Your Purpose...

• Managing the preventative maintenance and state of repair to equipment and facilities
• Managing action plans/projects to the required standard.
• Managing maintenance plans & suppliers within budget.
• Managing the maintenance team to achieve desired results

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

A: Managing the preventative maintenance and state of repair to equipment and facilities

A1 Maintain and repair plant

• Follow preventative schedule for HVAC
• Communicate faults and action plans to CGM/Ops and Regional MM
• Use maintenance log in system on intranet for faults
• Adhere to downtime as stipulated on intranet
• Be hands-on and repair faults where possible

A2 Maintain and repair premises

• Liaise with landlord/contractors on issues/repairs
• Be hands-on and repair and maintain where possible according to brand standards.

A3 Maintain and repair gym equipment

• Complete and fax/email downtime reports to relevant contractors.
• Ensure completion of preventative maintenance as per contractor stipulations
• Maintain a history of equipment maintenance and preventative schedules
• Be hands-on, repair and maintain equipment according to brand standards

A4 Inspect club to establish daily maintenance tasks

• Do visual inspection via walkabout.
• Check job book, MOD checklists and fitness checklists.
• Check pool and enter results on pool log.
• Action tasks as per brand standards RAP sheet.
• Follow up all maintenance related issues on the Hey Manager cards.
• Schedule tasks from preventative maintenance schedule.
• Liaise with CGM/Ops Manager on effects to operations in club.

A5 Ensure pool maintenance completed.

• Ensure pool checked and pool key readings recorded according to operating standards.
• Ensure inspection of weirs conducted.
• Ensure pool dosed according to readings.
• Ensure backwashing falls within pressure parameters.
• Ensure pool internal and external maintained and repaired to brand standards.
• Ensure temperatures displayed.
• Liaise with Ops/CGM and RMM as required.
• Ensure dosing systems do not run dry

A6 Manage health & safety requirements in the club

• Manage your department to work within the health & safety requirements.
• Familiarise yourself with the OSH Act.

Managing Action Plans/Projects To The Required Standard

B1 Assist in ensuring that brand standards are maintained

• Conduct regular brand standard checks.
• Assist in developing RAP.
• Assist GM/Ops to manage the RAP to conclusion.

B2 Manage projects to conclusion

• Ensure compliance to job specs.
• Ensure work areas left in condition found.
• Manage contractor to adhere to health and safety standards.
• Liaise with relevant parties.
• Sign off contractors job card on completion if satisfactory and quality checked.
• Follow up on snag lists.
• Refer snags/issues to Regional Maintenance Manager.

Managing maintenance plans & suppliers within budget

C1 Ensure maintenance of Club is within budget.

• Liaise with CGM on budget constraints/availability.
• Ensure all repairs/costs/quotes are within budget.

C2 Control and maintain stock levels

• Ensure sufficient stock is available at all times.
• Follow e-procurement system with assistance from CGM/Ops using preferred suppliers and authorization systems.
• Check quality and delivery of orders.
• Ensure stock control systems are in place.

Managing the maintenance team to achieve desired results

D1 Manage team to achieve scheduled tasks

• Prioritize and set timelines for team tasks.
• Adhere to quality control standards.
• Follow up and check completed tasks.
• Establish understanding of tasks and correct tool application.
• Distribute tasks equitably among team members including tasks to yourself.

D2 Manage staffing compliment

• Ensure staff are adequately trained to deliver on operational needs.
• Ensure communication on all company initiatives/launches.
• Manage shift rosters/leave cycles.
• Induct staff on operational needs.
• Have a succession plan.

E Miscellaneous

• Be available for call outs/telephonic assistance.
• Assist and comply with any lawful and reasonable requests from manager.