Maintenance Manager - 3 Months Contract

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Travelodge Hotel Bankstown

At Travelodge, our focus is ‘Refreshingly Simple’. It’s more of what people want, and less of what they don’t need. We create a modern hotel experience that’s generous, comfortable and genuine. And that’s where you come in. Our guests aren’t pretentious and neither are you. We put a high priority on first impressions, and as a Travelodge Team Member, you totally get that. You’re helpful without being overbearing, cheerful without the put on smile. Travelodge is an iconic name in hotels. There are 17 Travelodge hotels in 9 locations around Australia. If you’re smart, have a good sense of humour and love a busy, constantly changing work atmosphere where there’s never a dull moment, we’d love to hear from you.

The Job

Travelodge Hotel Bankstown have an opportunity for an enthusiastic and career driven team player to join their team as Maintenance Manager for a Fixed-Term period of 3 Months.  

In this role, you will manage all processes within the maintenance department and will be directly responsible for the implementation of all preventative maintenance scheduling and planning of expenditure.  You will drive focus on all maintenance related operations, processes, budgets, manning, learning and development, standards and customer and team satisfaction and will challenge the process by consistently exploring new suppliers and contractors to enhance plant and machinery within the hotel.

Key duties will include:

• Ensure efficient utilisation of the maintenance team.
• Responsible for the overall maintenance strategies and planning, including critical ongoing maintenance issues.
• Ongoing improvement of the preventative maintenance system and implementation of the broad guidelines contained in the Asset Services Audit with a focus on preventative maintenance scheduling and planning for major capital works.
• Acts as Project Manager and coordinates all major capital works with all departments of hotel, council, regulatory bodies to ensure a smooth implementation and minimal disruption to the business.
• Development of cost containment/reduction and work improvement strategies where appropriate and applicable.
• Prepares cost estimates for work orders of significant expenditure whether performed by the engineering/maintenance team or sub-contractors.
• Is responsible for the establishment, monitoring and management of contracts with sub-contractors.
• Responsible for overall good housekeeping of plant and machinery
• Work Health and Safety management, particularly in relation to contractors. 

For this role, we are looking for someone able to demonstrate previous experience in building maintenance (ideally in a Hotel) and managing a team. You will be proactive, highly organised and have a high attention to detail.

Big Picture. Big Opportunities

As a Travelodge Host, you’ll be part of a hugely successful Australian-based company. TFE Hotels is a leading international hotel operator and the fourth largest in Australia. TFE Hotels' brands include Travelodge Hotels, Vibe Hotels, Adina Apartment Hotels, Medina Serviced Apartments, Rendezvous Hotels and The TFE Hotels Collection including Hotel Kurrajong in Canberra.

It means opportunities to be creative, innovative and grow with the company across a wide network of hotel brands and locations, with generous team member benefits as well.

We aim to meet our customer’s needs with honesty, integrity and care. That requires a commitment to continuous team member training and development, succession planning and career guidance because we know it makes our hotels better places to stay. It’s working. With more than 50 years in hotel ownership, management and development, TFE has more than 2200 team members in 70 key properties around the world.