Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter

Job Title: Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter

Hours: 5 days out of 7 including weekends to allow for scheduling tasks around guest requirements. 37.5 hours per week, flexible working shifts

Location: Must be able to travel and cover tasks in Kent, Surrey and West Sussex (5 hotel locations).

Salary: £29,000 per annum + monthly service charge payment

THE JOB

Alexander Hotels are a collection of five luxury hotels, in the 4 & 5-star market, based in the South of England. We are looking to recruit for a Group Maintenance Assistant and Painter to support our onsite maintenance teams at our 5 hotels. You will report to the Operations Director and liaise with General Managers about priority tasks needing support.

To be successful you will need to be able to demonstrate confidence in key areas of maintenance including basic plumbing, electrical and painting.

MAIN DUTIES General Maintenance Duties

To ensure reactive and planned maintenance is covered to assist in making sure the hotels and spas are presented appropriately and all facilities are maintained in excellent working order. A certified training course will also be provided to cover pool plant procedures & maintenance.

• Completing general maintenance tasks from the daily maintenance list ensuring that priority tasks are completed
• Tasks will include pool plant, basic plumbing, basic electrical, carpentry/joinery. While we are seeking a multi-skilled person, we do not expect you to be able to cover all these trades!

Painting and Decorating Duties

Duties will include internal painting; entire rooms or areas, repainting damaged or worn areas, touching up minor scuffs to keep areas looking immaculate. Some exterior painting and wood staining may also be included in your duties.

• Applicants will possess excellent technical skills in all areas of painting
• Practice effective preparation techniques to ensure a lasting and high quality finish
• Ensure excellent quality of applications in order to meet excellent standards
• Be competent in all finishes; gloss work, emulsion, egg shell, wood stain
• Have a good eye for detail
• Work in a safe way for yourself, colleagues and guests causing minimum disruption

REQUIREMENTS

• Ability to work in a fast paced, ever-changing environment covering a wide range of general maintenance tasks in a customer environment
• General maintenance experience ideally within a guest/customer environment
• Priority areas of experience either plumbing or electrical
• Someone located to make travel to all hotels in the group realistic.

BENEFITS

4 weeks holiday rising to 5 weeks with service, 8 Bank holidays, Free car parking

Following completion of the company's 3-month probationary period access to a range of company benefits including:

• Discounted hotel accommodation for yourself and your family at all hotels
• Discounted hair treatments at our two Utopia Spas
• Discount off all food & beverage at all hotels
• Discount of individual treatments booked in our two Utopia Spas
• Discount on retail products in our two Utopia Spas
• Refer a friend staff recruitment scheme

In addition you will enjoy a range of other benefits when you celebrate your 1 yr, 3 yr and 5 yr anniversary including: your birthday off paid, complimentary overnight stays, complimentary lunch/afternoon tea and service-related holiday