The Opportunity The Brownsword Group have created arguably the most iconic collection of historic countryside and city centre hotels, all wonderful properties set within beautiful grounds and cities, all with their own stories to share. Generosity, quality and welcoming hospitality is what they do very well. Being exceptional hoteliers has been the core of the operation, creating a successful hospitality business. Role: We are recruiting for an experienced Group Head of Maintenance to join our growing hotel group. Reporting to the CEO, the role will have wide ranging responsibilities that require an experienced manager with a proven track record in successful multi-site leadership in all areas of building maintenance and facilities management. Location: This role is based from our central office in the beautiful heritage city of Bath, although regular travel to our hotels and other locations will be a key part of this position (you will need your own transport for travel, as some of our locations are in stunning, but in remote locations). We will of course cover your travel expenses and you can stay at the properties you visit if needed. Send us a Whatsapp message with FAMILYFIRST to 44 7782 822774 to find out more, chat to us and apply (or apply the normal way, whichever works best for you) Hours: Full time, Monday to Friday. This role will provide both strategic and hands on leadership of facilities management for our group of 14 hotels ensuring the highest standards of safety, compliance and quality. This includes supporting the General Managers and their Maintenance Managers to have effective and planned maintenance programs for all areas of our properties. This role is also responsible for managing the operational and capital improvement projects in line with the business development plan and annual budgets. The role with have responsibility for building compliance, value for money and effective maintenance contracts. What youll need: ● To have propertyfacilities management experience, ideally in a multi-site position or within a large hospitality setting at a senior (e.g. Chief Engineer) level. ● Formal qualifications arent essential- but you will need to demonstrate an excellent working knowledge of building and property maintenance. ● Sound knowledge and experience ‘on the tools’ for the core trades. ● Experience of managing a diverse estate - listed buildings through to modern new builds. ● Leadership - especially persuasive skills, capable of communication at many different levels, internally and externally. ● Experience of financial management of significant operational and capital budgets with proven project management experience coupled with the ability to deliver multiple tasks to tight deadlines. ● A great network of contractors, with the ability to manage them including the process of organising building works, arranging tenders and ensuring parity, documenting works and controlling works on site. ● To hold good knowledge and understanding of hard Facilities Management. To say thank you, we have many perks: ● Great salary and benefits- well chat about these more during the recruitment process ● Private Pension and Healthcare ● Working from a newly developed office in Central Bath ● Just so you know, in our hotels we are proud that everyone who joins our family gets rewarded a rate of pay above the National Living Wage, irrespective of age, plus you get tips on top. ● Treat yourself once in a while with lots of retail and hospitality perks through our Perkbox platform. ● Excellent discounts across our family of hotels – you will be entitled to 25% off food & beverage in our hotels plus we offer an amazing staff rate of £25 B&B per person across the group & your friends and family get special rates too. ● We understand it’s OK not to be OK, so we offer an externally run confidential helpline for any support you require about anything you might need as part of our Employee Assistance Programme. ● Everyone can learn and develop - our ‘Family First’ development pathways are unique to us and are the best in the business. ● We provide lots of opportunities for you to develop yourself and your own specific skillset, in your own time. ● We like to say a special thank you for every year you are with us - our milestone awards include Champagne, afternoon tea, or dinner for you and someone special. When you reach the big milestones, you receive extra special gifts on top like longer hotel stays, extra days off and a unique gift especially chosen for you About our family of hotels We bring a family of hotels together under one roof, ready to welcome guests with open arms, warm hearts and experiences that are simply memorable. Each of our hotels are unique, individual, and quirky in personality. Quality is fundamental to everything we do, and it is the simple things that matter. We believe everyone should feel included, special and welcome, and that applies to our team and our guests. We have very unique hotels in very special locations, from the award winning Gidleigh Park in Devon, the 900-year-old Amberley Castle to our cool city centre Abode Manchester set in a 19th century textile factory, two minutes from Piccadilly train station – to see the whole group, take a look here www.brownswordhotels.co.uk One click apply to become part of our family that works hard & plays hard too, inspires and supports each other and has a load of fun along the way. £65000.00 per annum, full time