Maintenance Manager

Located in the heart of Brisbane city, Sofitel Brisbane Central is known for its sophisticated luxury accommodation, world-class dining, and impeccable hospitality. The hotel’s 416 elegantly appointed guest rooms and suites offer refined French luxury, and with personalised service that comes from the heart, this is Brisbane’s best accommodation experience. The hotel also features elegant and indulgent food and beverage outlets, an executive lounge, two fitness centres, a day spa and fully flexible event spaces for up to 1100 delegates.

Sofitel Brisbane Central is looking for a professional and motivated Maintenance Manager who will be responsible for managing a diverse team of engineering tradespersons, handypersons and external contractors. This hands on role is responsible for the day-to-day supervision of the team and reports to the Chief Engineer, providing support with the general operations of the department.

What you will be doing:

• Assist in leading a highly motivated engineering team including assigning daily tasks to ambassadors and managing numerous external contractors
• Set up and implement work request systems in all hotel areas
• Record daily plant and utility consumption readings, analyse consumption and report on findings
• Inspect and perform preventative maintenance on facilities, equipment and fire systems
• Play a key role in Work Health and Safety and sustainability including inspecting all areas of the property for safety issues and taking corrective actions.

You’ll excel in this role if you have:

• Previous experience in a similar leadership role 
• Trade qualification in mechanical or building services preferred (or desire to attain)
• Experience in computerised maintenance systems, Building Management Systems and fire preventative requirements
• Previous hotel experience advantageous
• Strong communication and people skills
• Organisational skills and an ability to effectively plan and prioritise
• Flexibility to be on call for out of hours engineering issues
• Highly responsible and reliable.

We live by our Heartist principles, that is, we embrace the essence of the heart and art of human connection. Understanding people is our business and putting people at the heart of our organisation is how we make decisions. We want every ambassador to feel valued, inspired and to strive for greatness every day.

Sofitel Brisbane Central offers ambassadors career development opportunities within the hotel and the broader Accor Group. We boast strong connections within a network of luxury hotels across the Accor Group that is collectively known as "La Maison" (French for "The House"). This allows ambassadors direct access to world-class expertise from top minds in luxury hospitality.

As a Sofitel Heartist, you will also be rewarded with:

• Career development opportunities within the largest hotel group in the Pacific
• Discounts for ambassadors, as well as their families and friends, at Accor Hotels, worldwide
• Complimentary hotel stay package to celebrate your work anniversary
• Secure parking in the centre of Brisbane for only $10 per day
• Direct access to Central train station
• Complimentary food in the ambassador dining room
• Laundered uniforms.