Assistant Maintenance Manager at a Highly Rated Ultra-Luxury Hotel - FlexEdge Limited

FlexEdge - Our client, a highly rated ultra-luxury hotel in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, is recruiting suitable, qualified and well experienced candidate to fill this position:

Job Title: Assistant Maintenance Manager

Location: Abuja
Reporting to: Maintenance Manager

Position Objective
The objective for the Assistant Maintenance Manager position is to:

• Ensure the buildings are kept in good repair, with emphasis on first class workmanship and an eye for detail with particular attention to the hotels plumbing, electrical, AC and general maintenance
• To ensure that the highest standards are achieved at all times in the hotel maintenance

Role / Responsibilities

• Supervise external workmen,
• Ensure all requests to the department are carried our quickly, tidily and as efficiently as possible
• Control and order stock items and facilitate all installations of a mechanical and electrical nature, whilst always complying with all health and safety legislations.
• Schedule maintenance team members with tasks on a daily basis to ensure maximum productivity
• General maintenance
• Ensure general maintenance on the outside as well as the inside of the building to ensure that it is kept in good repair
• Schedule painting tasks where and when the need arises
• Communicate with housekeeping regarding any maintenance work required in rooms
• Communicate with reception to follow up on all guest complaints regarding room maintenance
• Ensure maintenance of all refrigeration and air-conditioning
• Block off rooms for in-depth maintenance over low occupancy periods
• Plumbing
• Ensure maintenance of water drains as well as all sewer systems
• Control all installation and piping
• Ensure that all geysers and boilers are well maintained
• Ensure that all interior plumbing including rooms, kitchen and public areas are well maintained
• Electrical
• Ensure correct layout of all new electrical tubing and equipment
• Effectively maintain the stand-by generator and ensure an effective emergency power supply.
• Maintain all electrical operating equipment.
• Maintenance and preventative maintenance on all electrical equipment including light fittings, DB boards, plugs, pipes etc.
• Ensure that all room televisions are in good working order.
• Fire equipment
• Ensure regular servicing of fire fighting equipment
• Ensure regular servicing of fire detection equipment

Professional / Educational Requirements

• Degree in Engineering or other related field.
• At least 3 years of experience in maintenance preferably in the hospitality industry experience.
• Certifications in maintenance or Experience in facility management will be an added advantage.

Qualities and Skills Required:

• High degree of flexibility,
• great time management and organisational skills
• willing to work at short notice or in emergency at all times
• ability to lead a team and deliver results to deadlines
• The ability to control costs purchasing via a tightly controlled budget
• Knowledge of the current health and safety legislation.
• The ability to diagnose and repair day to day repairs.
• Effective at dealing with maintenance issues such as re-decoration, electrics, basic plumbing, piping, AC etc.
• The ability to create bespoke risk assessments for unusual tasks.
• Computer literacy.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Application Closing Date
12th May, 2017.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV's to: careers@flexedge.com.ng with “AMAT-HOSP-FCT” as subject of the mail.

Note:

• Failure to use code as subject of the mail automatically disqualifies candidate
• Only qualified candidates will be contacted.