Maintenance Manager

Location: Newperran Holiday Park, Goodhavern, Newquay

Salary: Up to £28,000 Per Annum- DOE

Hours of work: 40 Hours, Permanent Contract

What we need in a nutshell 

We need someone who will keep our accommodation, and the holiday park, in tip-top condition and looking spectacular, repairing, maintaining, renewing, and improving everything from the entrance signage to the back fence. You will overseeing the maintenance team to ensure that the department runs seamlessly. 

Who are we?

A breath-taking Cornwall escape, Newperran Holiday Park is where the grass is the greenest of greens and the sky is the bluest of blues.

We are a dynamic and growing company, shaking up the Great British holiday. At our amazing UK resorts we pull out all the stops and add the bells and whistles to give our guests the holiday of a lifetime.

Find out more about our holiday experience on our website: http://www.awayresorts.co.uk. 

What you will be doing

As part of our team of holiday heroes, you will manage the Maintenance team to ensure everything is in good working order. Your work will include:

• Monitoring that the Landscaping is to our high standards
• Allocating maintenance jobs; everything from replacing light bulbs to troubleshooting faulty locks and cutting keys
• Carrying out maintenance checks and repairs on changeover days, working with other tradespeople when necessary
• On-call duties providing security to the park when required
• Genuine drive to see the jobs through to completion
• Pretty much anything else that other people can’t do!

Guests and staff will look to you to fix what’s broken and restore order, so you will need to be confident, friendly and obliging in addition to your practical skills.

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you’ll need to work your magic on bank holidays, evenings and weekends too.

Skills, experience, and qualities you’ll need

We will train you, but you’ll need to have the following skills and experience to apply for this role:

• Experience of managing a team of trades and general assistants
• Experience in property maintenance, construction and facilities management Understanding of Budgets, P&L, Purchase and ordering systems
• An understanding of Health & Safety at work
• A good standard of education, ideally to GCSE standard or equivalent
• Driving licence is essential

Add in the ability to think for yourself and be proactive, great people skills, unfailing enthusiasm and extremely high standards of craftsmanship - if you’ve got all that, you’re in the running.

It’s about your values too. We have a can-do, fun loving, people centred ethos here at Away Resorts, which is captured by our holiday heroes’ mantra of Attentive Amazing Lovers – if that’s fired up your curiosity, have a read about it here and decide if it describes you.

Nice to have but not essential

It would be great if you tick some of these boxes too (but we won’t hold it against you if you don’t).

• Experience working on a holiday park
• Trade qualifications

What we can offer you

• Competitive Pension
• Bonus Scheme
• Life Insurance
• Up to 50% Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays for you, and additional discounts for friends and family
• On Park Discounts
• Team Events
• Learning and development

Our promise to you

Holiday Heroes come with all sorts of different super-powers, and we welcome them all!

We embrace diversity, inclusion, and equal opportunities. From our investors, to our teams we love that everyone comes from different backgrounds, allowing us to grow and inspire each other. We’ll never accept any form of discrimination and we’ll forever strive not just for our product to be unique but our people too. Afterall, wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? In short, we want to bring your whole self to work!

Want to join our team? Here’s how to apply

Just click on the Apply Now button and follow the instructions. To find out more about what it’s like to work for Away Resorts, check us out at www.awayresorts.co.uk/careers.

Good Luck!