Maintenance Manager

Working with us provides great benefits, including:

• Access your pay as you earn it through our financial wellbeing platform Wagestream, a tool that lets you track your earnings in real-time, access a percentage of your pay as you earn it, learn easy tips for managing your money and save straight from your pay into pots for the future.
• Discounted Hotel Stays across our UK sites, and if you work for a branded venue, around the World!
• 50% off Food & Beverage at all our Hotels & F&B Venues
• Spa Discounts at our venues with a Spa
• Retail, Cinema & Leisure Discounts
• Development Opportunities via our Grow with us initiative, including Apprenticeship opportunities, our Development Programmes, and more!
• Monthly Star of the Month Awards
• Long-service Awards, that start after 1 year of service
• Recommend a Friend Incentive Be rewarded for referring someone you know!
• Access to a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) available 24/7, 365 days per year.
• Pension Scheme
• Other incentive programmes that run throughout the year

About the role

Youll ensure all aspects of hotel maintenance and property are kept to the very best standards and in line with all relevant health and safety legislature and procedures. Youll also keep an organised and secure maintenance office, be responsible for the efficient operation of the hotel property and all its equipment, and create and maintain the preventative maintenance plan. Youll play a key part in organising and managing service contracts, receiving quotes for ad-hoc requirements, and be the main contact for all contractors. You'll keep up to date with the maintenance log to ensure jobs are completed efficiently so that guest satisfactions are met during their stay.

About you

Experience of working in a maintenance department preferably within a hotel is required. You will have the ability to create a maintenance schedule, ability to troubleshoot, knowledge of structure or grounds to be maintained, knowledge of maintenance procedures, knowledge of systems to be maintained (e.g. Electrical, roofing, pool), and a trade qualification would be desirable.

• Excellent leadership skills
• Strong communication skills through a variety of means
• Self-motivated, adaptable, an excellent team motivator and team builder.
• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to stay calm under pressure, adapting your approach to complete routine and non-routine tasks
• High attention to detail and accuracy great at managing ones own time and the time of the team
• Excellent knowledge of health & safety, Fire Safety, building codes, laws and regulations and all role related statutory requirements, promoting a safety conscious working environment at all times
• Effective at cost control Keeping things like wages and supplies within budget
• A good understanding of heating, ventilation and plumbing building services, with up-to-date knowledge of maintenance techniques. Experience of using old and new style equipment

About us

At Cairn Group we're ambitious. With a varied and extensive UK portfolio of hotels, bars and restaurants in our portfolio, we're focused on continual growth and are in it for the long haul. We are a family owned business with family values at our core, with a growing team and sites UK wide.

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The County Hotel Carlisle is a three-star hotel from the Cairn Group which can be found in the city centre of Carlisle directly opposite from Carlisle Rail Station.
Guest's enjoy breathtaking views of King Henry VIII's historic Citadel and also be within a ten-minute walk of the picturesque Carlisle Castle,

Benefits
Cairn Group Staff Discount Scheme
Retail and travel discounts
Recruit a friend Scheme
Induction and training programme
Star of the Month & Golden Ticket Award
Pension scheme
Cairn Academy' Training & Development Opportunities
Cycle 2 work scheme*
(* Applies to positions above minimum wage)

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