Maintenance Manager
| Posting date: | 09 October 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 November 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M3 4LQ |
| Company: | IHG Hotels & Resorts |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 1401032804 |
Summary
The Manchester Deansgate Hotel is on the lookout for a dynamic Maintenance Manager to inspire and lead. Join the excitement and become part of the IHG Hotels and Resorts family!
Welcome to the Manchester Deansgate Hotel, where modern luxury travel meets the vibrant spirit of Manchester. Nestled in the iconic Beetham Tower, this hotel features 279 elegantly designed rooms with stunning skyline views. Enjoy upscale amenities, including sky bar Cloud 23, 2 Rosette Podium Restaurant, an indoor pool, and a fitness centre. Perfect for both business and leisure travellers, with 14 meeting rooms and over 1,800 square feet of event space. Experience our commitment to redefining luxury travel, blending sophistication with the rich culture of Manchester. The Manchester Deansgate Hotel will fully transition to the InterContinental brand by 2027, enhancing your stay with our signature luxury and service.
As the Maintenance Manager, your day-to-day will be driven by our Guests needs, however you can expect to cover the following duties and responsibilities (not all encompassing) …
- People management: coaching and mentoring our Maintenance team; implementing and monitoring training to ensure everyone is trained to the highest standards within brand standards and managing performance.
- Budget management: department forecasting, handling expenses and working to the Hotel’s budget.
- Preventative maintenance: investigating current processes to identify areas of improvement and implementing preventative maintenance programmes, continuous monitoring of the building infrastructure.
- Reactive maintenance: working on adhoc incidents to ensure safety of wider Hotel team and our guests whilst investigating cause of incidents.
- Health and safety: ensuring statutory compliance being met, in depth knowledge of Health and Safety legislation to ensure team is meeting legal standards and IHG specific policies.
- Contractor management: managing on-site contractors, communication with contractors and external stakeholders regarding current contracts and negotiating new contracts.
We are searching for a true service superstar, someone who thrives in providing our Guests with an excellent service throughout their stay. In addition to this, we are looking for someone who has….
- Experience as a Maintenance Manager, Head of Facilities or similar (within a Hotel environment is preferred)
- Flexibility to respond to building and maintenance needs outside standard hours, supporting a team that provides 7-day operational coverage.
- Excellent organisation skills, managing administrative responsibilities of the role whilst also being confident in IT systems (essential)
- Experience leading by example, you will be confident in coaching and developing team members to their full potential.
- Trained in and application of Preventative Maintenance. You will have experience communicating with various stakeholders including internally within the organisation and externally with subcontractors.
- Knowledge of appropriate hotel systems to support operational processes such as service optimisation tool (Quore/Hotsos/Knowcross) and the Building Management System is preferred
- Qualification in plumbing or electricity will be an advantage (IOSH qualified is highly desirable)
At IHG Hotels and Resorts, we believe that no two individuals are alike, and we celebrate that by offering our colleagues a wide range of additional benefits to support their unique needs and aspirations. You can expect to receive….
- Financial security – Competitive salary plus management bonus scheme, guaranteed hours, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay!
- Growth and development – extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
- Colleague perks - worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
- Wellbeing – generous maternity/paternity pay, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders
If you are looking to join an iconic and sophisticated Hotel….click apply today to see where this adventure could take you!
You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.
At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.
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