Park Services Manager

Location: Swanage Bay View holiday Park, Dorset, Swanage BH19 2QS

Hours of work: Full Time - Permanent

Salary: Up to £28,000 per annum- DOE

What we need in a nutshell

We need someone who will keep our fantastic holiday park and accommodation in tip-top condition and looking spectacular. You will also be responsible for organising the siting and connections of our holiday homes for new and existing Holiday Home Owners and ensuring our accommodation is maintained. You will be leading a team who head up each department under your responsibility.

We will ensure you have the tools for the job and as a senior manager on the park be included in its operation and development. We will also support you in your career aspirations too.

A Maintenance/Grounds manager will lead and manage the team that keeps our park looking fabulous and running smoothly, covering everything from Landscaping, Slab laying, bins are emptied and litter picked. We need someone who cares about the environment and who is a great leader with attention detail.

Who are we?

Experience the beauty of the Jurassic Coast at Swanage Bay View Holiday Park. Find the shimmering sea right on your doorstep, where you can paddle along the shoreline or watch the day disappear from your deckchair.

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’ll 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
• Ensuring that the Moving and siting Caravans, including external Plumbing are planned and completed
• Allocating maintenance jobs for our accommodation; 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
• Managing water and sewerage infrastructure
• Genuine drive to see the jobs through to completion
• Leading, managing and motivating a team of park assistants to present the park at its best
• Maintaining high standards of all garden areas and flower beds to create a great first impression
• Conducting daily checks to ensure all areas of the park are pristine and litter free
• Managing your budget by getting value for money from outside contractors, managing staff levels effectively and ensuring tools and equipment are looked after and securely stored
• Training your team on equipment usage and park procedures.
• Ensuring Health and Safety policies are in place and adhered to by the team

Guests and team 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.

You will have a team under your responsibility to help ensure all the above are achieved.

One more thing…holidays happen at holiday times, so you’ll need to work your magic on bank holidays, and some weekends too. We do however pay overtime on the occasion were this is required.

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 workers
• Experience in maintenance, light construction and facilities management
• 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 des

What we can offer you

This is an exciting and varied role and a great opportunity to develop your career in sales. And we look after you with a great range of benefits, including:

• Competitive Pension
• Bonus Scheme
• Perkbox membership
• Life Insurance
• Discounts on Away Resorts Holidays for you and your friends & family
• On Park Discounts
• Awards and Recognition

Our promise to you

Holiday Heroes come with all sorts of different super-powers, and we welcome them all! After all, wouldn’t it be boring if we were all the same? We embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. 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. 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!

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