Job Title: Facility Manager
Company:Virgin Active
Job description: Your Purpose….
- To evolve our purpose of inspiring people to live active lives by working towards creating a global Social Wellness Club.
- To enable exceptional member experiences within our clubs through the proactive maintenance of our facilities.
- As a member of the Maintenance team, you will be responsible for the preventative and reactive maintenance within your club.
Your Duties and Responsibilities…
- Complete preventative maintenance activities on the following equipment (but not limited to):
- Out of Warranty Fitness Equipment
- Swimming Pool/Spa Systems
- Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning Systems (HVAC)
- Hot and Cold-Water Systems
- All building preventative maintenance tasks
- Sauna
- Steam Rooms
- Complete any re-active maintenance that is logged in the maintenance & Health and Safety Job book.
- Respond to all emergency repairs.
- Ensure the Maintenance Operator or Maintenance Technician (where applicable) onsite is continually upskilled to complete his/her responsibilities.
- Discuss all contractor requests if required with the Club General Manager and Regional Facility Manager before requesting a purchase order.
- Escalate any issues that cant be resolved to the Club General Manager and Regional Facility Manager.
- Ensure the preventative maintenance within the clubs is completed in line with VASA policies & procedures.
- Fulfil duties which covers Health and Safety processes and checks required to maintain H&S compliance within the club.
- Communicate guidelines regarding the understanding of and adherence to the health & safety policy.
- Ensure that all documents regarding the health and safety policy are filed regularly and the cabinet and its contents are kept up to date.
- Communicate all operating standards to the relevant staff through their heads of departments and that they remain updated.
- Ensure that work standards, security and safety is monitored and improved in all areas of the facility.
- Conduct Health and Safety Audits as directed by the business.
- Ensuring all work carried out is done so in a safe manner, & in line with the VASA H&S policy.
- Manage all utility consumption within the club.
- Investigate and resolve high water and electricity consumption.
- Address all state of repair Brand Standards concerns in a timely manner
- Assist the Club General Manager with managing the following budgets to ensure they are not exceeded.
- Maintenance Premises
- Maintenance Physical Plant
- Maintenance Pools
- Maintenance Water Hygiene
- Maintenance Grounds
- Maintenance Consumables
- Maintenance Health and Safety
- Society Expenses
- As your HOD role, assist the club teams as and where required, and facilitate a healthy team environment.
- Fulfil the duties of an HOD within club, which includes being an MOD within the club
- Seek collaboration opportunities with fellow technical skilled colleagues within the region
Our Minimum Requirements…We can’t live without…
- Matric (NSC) qualification
- Advanced relevant Technical qualification
- Passion for maintenance and brand standards within clubs
- A minimum of 2-3 years proven maintenance experience
- Hands on experience of plumbing, electrical, HVAC, plant equipment
- Understands the importance of H&S
- Proven Experience in working independently.
- Working with Microsoft office suites, e.g. emails, word and excel
- Have a good understanding of utilities consumption
- Proven experience in managing maintenance costs
- Proven people management skills
- Proven experience in managing Health and Safety checks and processes
We’d like you to have…
- Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
- Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
- Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
- Must be motivated to achieve success.
- A commitment to making a difference in peoples lives.
- A Growth mindset
- The ability to work independently.
- Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
- A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
- The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
- Action orientation
- Knowledge of the following equipment in installation, maintenance and operation of:
- Chillers
- Evaporative and cooling towers
- Electronic controls
- General air-conditioning systems
- Building management systems
- General electrical (Medium voltage)
- Water treatment
- Hot water vessels
- Steam generators
- Saunas
- Pumps
- Valves
- Heat exchanges
- Sand filtration systems
- Plumbing
- Carpentry and Glazing
- Health and Safety knowledge
We’d love you to have…
- Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
- The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
- The ability to be agile.
- The ability to be collaborative.
- High Interpersonal skills (EQ)
- Exhibit strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Proven Interpersonal and management skills.
- Good financial/admin knowledge.
- Ability to plan effectively.
- Problem solving ability
- Multi-site experience
Expected salary: R121560 – 126000 per year
Location: Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal
Job date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 23:37:05 GMT
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