Lakeside Site Manager - Lakeside Role Title: Site Manager/Operations Manager Reports to: Sites Director Date: Summer Season 2026, From Apr/May 2026 to end September. Hours: Full-Time Salary: Highly Competitive Pro rata £38,000pa - £43,000 pa Are you a confident energetic leader who loves working outdoors and thrives in fast paced environments? We are looking for a hands-on Operations Manager to run the day to day operation of Aqua Park Lakeside for summer 2026. This is an exciting opportunity to take ownership of a vibrant visitor attraction - keeping customers safe, managing a high-performing team, and ensuring every session runs smoothly and efficiently. What you will be doing: Leading daily operations, planning and staffing across the Aqua Park. Being the onsite Health & Safety lead and ensuring processes are followed. Optimising sessions by reviewing bookings, weather and staffing. Coaching and motivating a seasonal team to deliver brilliant customer service. Working closely with Directors on performance and site improvements. Ensuring maintenance checks, records and compliance logs are completed. Keeping our site safe, clean, organised and running like clockwork. Training & Development: Complete company specific online modules and structured practical training with the Aqua Park management team. Meet training milestones set by the Sites Director. Deliver bite-size training sessions to Aqua Park employees once signed off. We would like to hear from you if: You have strong judgement, confidence and the willingness to take responsibility. Previous management experience. Great communication skills with the ability to stay calm under pressure. A practical solutions focused mindset and a genuine care for customer experience. Good IT skills and comfortable learning new systems. Confident in and around water, able to swim with a sense of urgency. Full driving licence. Desirable: If you hold a First Aid at Work Qualification, or are willing to gain it. Practical skills, such as happy setting up equipment and printers. Great at trouble shooting, hands-on, able to fix things/find and propose solutions. Management experience in one of the following sectors: aqua parks, logistics, hospitality, facilities, retail, emergency services. OR experience in any of the following roles/environments: an outdoors environment, such as leisure, open water swimming, kids clubs, activity camps, youth programmes, marine chandlery services, activity centre, instructor, sailing instructor, venue operations, guest experience resort or holiday park. Perks & Benefits: Employee social events Discounts on watersports apparel Free Aqua Park sessions for family and friends Free car parking Uniform provided Other Information: You will need to undergo a DBS Check before you can start work. You will be fully referenced before starting work, so you will need to provide details of two referees. Full availability across the summer season, peak season is July to September. Be open to occasional travel to our other Aqua Parks, at the beginning and end of the summer.