Maintenance Manager in Lincoln

Perched on Brayford Marina in the heart of Lincoln, the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Lincoln serves as a perfect backdrop for any type of gathering including conferences, business meetings, weddings, receptions, leisure stays, and celebrations. This downtown hotel features fully air-conditioned flexible event space. The hotel's full catering and banquet service includes delicious offerings which can be tailored to cater for any type of event. Enjoy the hotel's relaxing, yet professional atmosphere with contemporary style, as well as its proximity to local Lincoln attractions and shopping.

You will thrive in this role if you:

• Have a hands-on, solutions-driven leadership style with a strong technical understanding of property maintenance and hotel operations.
• Possess high levels of organisation, autonomy, and initiative; thrive in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities.
• Are naturally collaborative, able to build strong working relationships with the hotel leadership team, contractors, and external partners.
• Are a confident communicator, capable of leading conversations with directors and senior stakeholders during site inspections and asset reviews.
• Have a clear and practical understanding of statutory compliance, fire life safety regulations, and industry standards.
• Are committed to continuous improvement and development – both personally and for the team.
• Demonstrate leaf HOSPITALITY's core values: Entrepreneurial, Excellent, Human, Integrity.
• Are passionate about delivering excellence in the guest experience through well-maintained, safe, and compliant properties.

As the leader of the hotel’s maintenance function, you will have full oversight of all general maintenance related tasks. You will ensure all maintenance activity is carried out to a high standard. You will lead a small team, overseeing their output and supporting their continued development. You will remain accountable for the function's compliance and task completion. The successful candidate will report directly to the hotel’s General Manager/Hotel Manager and work collaboratively with the management team. However, this position does work independently and requires a self-motivated individual. You will use software (Compliance Centre) on a daily basis to support the logging and prioritising of the department's workload. This is a highly technical position, requiring a hands-on approach to the completion of tasks. You will have a generalist knowledge base on a range of maintenance procedures.

Example key responsibilities:

• Carrying out HR duties, such as interviewing, 1:1's, appraisals and personal development of team members.
• Delivering training and coaching to team members.
• Spotting re-training needs when they arise.
• Ensuring the team’s continual development, taking advantage of any training, workshop, and further education opportunities.
• Appropriate absence management.
• Rota duties, in line with the needs of the business.
• Use of the HR and payroll system; Harri.
• Hands-on approach to carrying out general tasks within the department.
• Excellent organisation skills, able to prioritise the workload efficiently.
• Undertake pro-active and reactive maintenance to the property in line with the strategic activity calendar.
• Painting and decorating.
• Maintenance and upkeep of mechanical equipment associated with the plant room.
• Review the water hygiene management and associated monitoring and recording of such activity.
• Review and maintenance for kitchen asset equipment and hotel structure services FF E.
• General knowledge of all aspects included in the general upkeep and maintenance of an operational hotel.
• Ambassador of fire life safety ensuring the correct controls and procedures are in line.
• Hands-on support and record keeping for testing alarms.
• The Maintenance Manager is a Fire Marshall.
• Knowledge base to resolve emergency issues (e.g. mechanical breakdown power outages).
• Full understanding of the maintenance/asset relevant points within the hotel’s crisis manual.
• Daily use and upkeep of the hotel’s online Compliance tool (Compliance Centre).
• Overview and responsibility for the hotel’s maintenance reporting system (Quore).
• Ensuring the hotel, yourself and the team are always in compliance with the Health and Safety at Work Act.
• Key contact and lead for all internal and external audits.
• Ensure proactive and reactive maintenance is carried out to keep the hotel compliant.
• Key onsite contact for all contractors, ensuring the start to finish project is aligned with H S standards during each contractor visit.
• Review the daily recorded checks of the asset, including bedroom checks.
• Leading monthly director asset reviews, ensuring all previous month’s actions have been completed and recorded.
• Carry out hotel inspections in conjunction with Compliance Centre.
• Record keeping of inspections, solutions and resolution.
• Delivering of training to the hotel team as required on related topics.

What you’ll get in return:

• Exclusive Team Member discounted stays and 50% off F B across the leaf HOSPITALITY portfolio.
• Continuous learning development opportunities.
• Free access to 24/7 employee assistance program.
• Team member of the month - £100 and Team member of the year - £500.
• Uniform Provided.
• Competitive pay and package including TRONC.
• Additional annual leave and family leave.
• Additional pension contribution.

This hotel is managed by leaf HOSPITALITY who is a hotel management company that has one simple value that underpins everything we do: be excellent. We work with branded and independent hotels. Our vision is to be a leader in the market where every member of our team plays a part in delivering excellent service to our guests, owners, and team members.