Job Description

Hotel Maintenance Manager
2025-07-17 - 2025-08-16
Permanent
CPT001955
Engineering
Western Cape, Helderberg
Our client is seeking a dynamic and technical Maintenance Manager to join their team. The Maintenance Manager will oversee hotel building maintenance operation and grounds, room setups, fire and safety programs, and equipment inventory control.
Responsibilities:
To supervise a variety of personnel actions and direct a workforce to ensure the facility is maintained in a clean and orderly manner, flexibility to adjust to changing schedules. Some knowledge of techniques and crafts involved in preventive maintenance, housekeeping, and construction. Open to new ideas and adaptable to changing technology.
Duties:

• Collaborate with all hotel departments, such as housekeeping, front desk and management to ensure a thorough knowledge of each department's running and the equipment in their sections.
• Respond actively to requests from guests and other members of staff who report maintenance requirements throughout the hotel.
• Provide regular inspections of various equipment such as, swimming pools and their pumps, pipes, and filters, safety apparatus such as handrails, and stairwells.
• Liaise with external contractors such as lift repairs to ensure that contracts are in place for the hotel and liaise with those contracts to complete repairs as and when required.
• Fix issues around the hotel such as broken tiles, loose handrails, dirty swimming pool, leaking pipes, faulty air conditioning units, etc.
• Maintain a proper and on-time service schedule for hotel heating and air conditioning equipment, including AC units, water heaters, and boilers.
• Supervise the maintenance team and conduct regular performance reviews to address concerns.
• Always provide excellent customer service to guests.
• Provide maintenance reports, and manage the maintenance budget, including justifying expenditure and providing reports.

Requirements:

• Associate certificate or above in engineering or maintenance-related field, or equivalent experience and equivalent education.
• Demonstrated experience in maintaining and fixing general issues.
• Demonstrated ability to manage a small team.
• Great leadership abilities with good delegation skills.
• Able to prioritize your workload efficiently.
• Confident with report writing and presentation.
• Good computer skills including the use of Microsoft Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Proven ability to use varying types of tools, such as hand tools, power tools, air tools, and battery-operated tools.
• Excellent problem-solving abilities.
• Able to communicate confidently in both speaking and writing.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service experiences for guests.

***Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted***