Maintenance Manager

Why join Meldrum House Hotel?

We welcome the opportunity to showcase the very best of Scottish food, drink, scenery, and warm hospitality to our guests.

Our unique features include our award-winning, locally sourced cuisine, our 800-year-old Cave Bar with an impressive collection of over 120 whiskies, contemporary luxury dining domes and an exceptional golf course, ranked among Scotland’s top 100.51 luxurious bedrooms and several diverse event spaces, including a ballroom with breathtaking views and the outdoor Titan Sky Bar dome, allows us to cater for various celebratory occasions by delivering excellence and a memorable experience.

You’ll meet great people, have fun at work, develop new friendships, learn new skills, and of course you will also receive a competitive rate of pay and a generous range of employee benefits which includes:

• 29 days holiday
• Training and development from day one
• Employee events and celebrations
• Healthy meals to enjoy while you're working.
• Access to an external Employee Assistance Programme
• Financial Wellbeing App, allowing you the flexibility to get paid earlier than your normal monthly pay date.
• Referral bonus when your friends or family join the team.
• Contributions to a pension plan.

Following your first successful 3 months, you’ll also receive ……

• Access to our discounts and wellbeing platform “Treat Yourself Here”, unlocking savings and experiences for you and your family.
• Involvement in our employee recognition schemes
• Long service recognition
• Probation pass and annual anniversary complimentary guest experience overnight stay and dinner for two
• 50% discount in our restaurants
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Discounted room rates for employees, friends, and family
• Spa treatments and product discounts
• Life Assurance cover

The role

As Lead Maintenance Engineer, you will show initiative, be able to prioritise your workload and have an organised and methodical approach to your work. You will have excellent understanding of Health and Safety in the workplace plus a good understanding of legal compliance and record keeping.

• Maintain and develop the maintenance reporting procedure to ensure that Hotel defects are reported, recorded and repaired as quickly as possible.
• Responsible for all Hotel on-site contractor activity ensuring they all comply with H&S.
• Develop, implement and manage all health and safety initiatives, including raising awareness within the Hotels and issuing all permits to work.
• Ensure statutory compliance checks are carried out in accordance with current legislation and company policy, in a timely manner and that findings are recorded in the appropriate place and any necessary action taken.
• Ensure all pool plant equipment is maintained in good working order and all necessary water quality checks and back washes are regularly completed.
• Carry out training as necessary to ensure all staff work safely, and to the required company standard.
• To identify and report hazards and maintenance requirements.
• Carry out regular checks on work to help illustrate an improvement in the quality and finish of the Hotels.
• Ensure that any Sub Contractor on site works to the required standard, completes all the necessary paperwork and completes the job to the specification set out.
• Maintain continued improvement in Environmental performance of Hotel and monitor.
• Ensure materials are kept safe, accounted for, and also ensure a base stock of certain items is at hand to make speedy repairs.
• To comply with statutory and legal requirements for Fire, Hygiene, Health and Safety, Licensing and Employment Law to ensure that members of the Team are also aware of these requirements.
• Develop and maintain relationships with our preferred suppliers to drive quality.

About you

We love to welcome people with different experiences and from different places into our Meldrum House family. We want to ensure you get the best experience from the role you begin your journey with us in. To excel within this role, you will have:

• Experience of working as a Maintenance Manager / Facilities Manager
• Solid understanding of all Statutory certification for commercial properties.
• Qualification in a relevant facilities or engineering field with demonstratable experience within high end commercial, engineering or construction industries.
• Can demonstrate an understanding of budgeting control management and planning
• Has a good understanding of legal compliance and record keeping.
• Proven fault finding and problem-solving skills within buildings.
• Able to produce full UK DVLA Driver's Licence on application with no more than 3 points and with no DD (reckless/dangerous driving), DR (drink or drugs), or CD (careless driving) endorsements.
• This role has supervisory duties of other team members.

We’ll provide great training and development opportunities, allowing you to flourish in a fun and fulfilling career. So, whatever your vibe, our family can never be too big, there’s a place here for you. We have one ask - that you bring your personality, ideas, and spark. Meldrum House is part of the Apex Hotels Group, an innovative, thriving business and we want you to be part of our exciting journey.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa route. However, candidates who were granted Skilled Worker status prior to 22 July 2025 who have had continuous permission may still qualify for sponsorship.

If you are interested, click apply. We look forward to hearing from you!