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Job Description
Reporting to Maintenance Manager, Ops Manager, and CGM of the hotel. Working closely with the maintenance manager, the ideal candidate will be looking to develop and learn new skills. Your duties will be spread across multiple areas within the hotel: effectively doing room maintenance, daily safety checks, PPM, hotel maintenance.
Wage
- £13,312 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
- National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
Training Course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
Hours
- Starting time is flexible between 8.00am and 4.00pm.
- 32 hours a week
Start Date
- Monday 19 October 2026
Duration
- 2 years
Positions Available
- 1
What You'll Do at Work
At the Ibis Budget Derby, no one day is the same. Your duties will be spread across multiple areas within the hotel: effectively doing room maintenance, daily safety checks, PPM, hotel maintenance. We believe that great hospitality can only be delivered by a happy, motivated, and engaged team. We are proud to provide equal opportunities for our team members, encouraging an inclusive and creative culture, providing long-term careers, supporting the community, and assisting in environmental matters.
Job Description
- Completing small repairs around the hotel
- Checking and maintaining safety equipment
- Carrying out preventive maintenance to rooms
- Inspecting and troubleshooting problems and issues reported by customers or colleagues
- Completing daily, weekly, and monthly checks to plants and equipment at the hotel
- Updating and maintaining compliance center for all certifications, licenses, and routine checks
- Skills and qualifications
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Good problem-solving and troubleshooting skills
- A good level of fitness
- Knowledge of hand tools - you’ll also have a working knowledge of basic plumbing, electrics, and preventative maintenance procedures, with recognized qualifications where appropriate
- Be familiar with Microsoft Office and other operating systems typically used within this role
- Ability to work independently with a cooperative spirit when working with peers
Where You'll Work
- B5008 Etwall Rd, Willington, DE65 6DX
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- BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
Training Course
- Property maintenance operative (level 2)
What You'll Learn
Course Contents
- Plan the sequence of work required to carry out routine property maintenance operations.
- Identify and select the appropriate materials and components for property maintenance tasks, ensuring these are compliant with relevant regulatory requirements and manufacturer's specifications.
- Comply with statutory health and safety regulations and requirements.
- Comply with risk assessments, and organize the workplace, to safeguard themselves and the property.
- Comply with key regulatory and legislative requirements, including building regulations.
- Use safe working practices when carrying out property maintenance tasks including the use of PPE, signage, barriers, access equipment, and ensuring the work area is prepared and reinstated.
- Select, and use work tools and equipment for property maintenance tasks, applying all safeguards, and ensuring the correct functioning of equipment.
- Safely isolate and secure electrical or electronic supplies prior to performing property maintenance operations.
- Apply and implement routine emergency system checks, testing, and routine maintenance, identifying and reporting faults as required.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to plumbing systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components, and clearing blockages.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to external drainage systems, including clearing blockages and replacing components.
- Perform maintenance and repairs to environmental and energy management systems, including fault identification, safe isolation of supply, replacing components.
- Use carpentry and joinery skills to perform repairs to windows, doors, and glazing units, and their associated fittings.
- Perform repairs to plastered surfaces, including surface preparation, fixing, and mixing materials and compounds.
- Use painting and decorating skills to prepare surfaces for decoration, apply paint using brushes and rollers, and complete sealing activities using gun appliances.
- Perform tiling repairs, including setting out, surface preparation, and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform flooring repairs, including setting out, surface preparation, and cutting around obstacles.
- Perform planned, responsive, or temporary repairs to buildings or their immediate surroundings, attending to minor defects within either masonry, roofing, fencing or railing, groundwork, or landscaping.
- Select and use technical literature and other sources of information and data to address property maintenance problems.
- Record and report information, using digital and written techniques.
- Inspect own work, ensuring it is delivered to the given specifications.
- Comply with environmental regulations and procedures. Segregate resources for reuse, recycling, and disposal.
- Use and adapt communication methods for different situations and when working with colleagues and stakeholders, using industry terminology as appropriate.
- Provide customer feedback whilst maintaining customer service.
- Escalates issues beyond their level of competence and authority.
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Training Schedule
- Level 2 Property Maintenance Operative apprenticeship standard
- Level 1/2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release. The program will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested.
Desirable Qualifications
- GCSE in: Maths and English (grade 4/C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Customer care skills
- Initiative
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Time-Management
Other Requirements
- You must have a driving license, and own transport is desirable, due to going between Derby and Leicester sites.
About This Employer
Hotels
Company Benefits
- Discounted food
- Employee discount
- On-site parking
After This Apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
Emma Smith
07590 930042
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055032.
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