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The role of a residential assistant manager is to support the overall delivery of high quality, safe, and well maintained accommodation across the Butlins diverse residential estate. This includes hard FM responsibility for multiple accommodation villages, and team (staff) accommodation. Working closely with the Residential Facilities Manager, the role ensures exceptional guest and resident experience through effective day to day coordination, property standards management, and efficient maintenance planning. The postholder leads and motivates a team of multiskilled technicians, providing direction, workload scheduling, performance oversight, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and statutory standards. They play a key role in maintaining accommodation readiness, responding to technical issues, delivering small works, and supporting long term asset care strategies. This role requires strong operational leadership, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple facilities simultaneously while upholding brand standards and ensuring a seamless accommodation experience for guests and team members alike.
Job Responsibility:
Support the overall delivery of high quality, safe, and well maintained accommodation across the Butlins diverse residential estate
Ensure exceptional guest and resident experience through effective day to day coordination, property standards management, and efficient maintenance planning
Lead and motivate a team of multiskilled technicians, providing direction, workload scheduling, performance oversight, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, and statutory standards
Maintain accommodation readiness, responding to technical issues, delivering small works, and supporting long term asset care strategies
Ensure tools, materials and parts are available and stock levels maintained for department
Work collaboratively with the wider facilities and projects team
Ensure minimal disruption to guests and operations when completing works
Undertake any reasonable duties as directed by the Butlins leadership team
Always focused on delivering great guest experience
Anticipates needs, solves issues proactively, and supports brand standards
Requirements:
Level 3 qualification in Facilities management, hospitality management or building/property maintenance or equivalent experience
IOSH managing safely certification
Full UK driving licence
Proven experience in residential accommodation, hotel operations or facilities management ideally within a resort/ holiday park or multi-site hospitality environment
Experience supervising a technical or maintenance team
Experience managing contractors, supplier and service partners
Knowledge or awareness of: Legionella awareness
Fire safety awareness
Asbestos awareness
Hotel style access systems (e.g. Kabba Locks)
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently and prioritise workload
Good communication and teamwork skills
Flexible approach to working hours and operational demands
Understand and interpret technical drawings/instructions/process
Experience of H & S Procedures & Requirements, COSHH, Risk Assessments etc