Facilities Residential Assistant Manager

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Description

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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.
KPIs

Accommodation Repairs and maintenance NPS (Net Promoter Score) across resort

General Duties & Key Accountabilities
Leadership & People Management

Ability to motivate and guide multiskilled teams.
Confident in providing feedback, coaching, and supporting development.
Calm, fair, and consistent leadership style.
Clear and professional communication with guests, team members, and senior managers.
Ability to translate technical issues into understandable information.
Good listener, able to understand concerns and respond appropriately.
Takes responsibility for standards across all accommodation areas.
Follows through on issues until fully resolved.

ProblemSolving & DecisionMaking

Can think on their feet during breakdowns, guest complaints, or operational challenges.
Comfortable prioritising issues in a highpressure, fastmoving environment.

Organisational Skills

Manages multiple sites and tasks at once.
Keeps track of maintenance schedules, PPMs, and operational deadlines.
Strong sense of structure and planning.
Ensures accommodation standards, safety checks, and technical works meet required levels.
Identifies early signs of wear, risk, or service failure.

Adaptability & Resilience

Comfortable with seasonal peaks, unpredictable demands, and changing priorities.
Remains professional and calm under pressure.

Team Collaboration

Works closely with housekeeping, guest services, security, and facilities.
Builds strong internal relationships to ensure smooth operations.

Empathy & Emotional Intelligence

Understands team workloads and personal dynamics.
Creates a positive, supportive working environment.

Operational Support

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.

Guest & Team Experience

Always focused on delivering great guest experience.
Anticipates needs, solves issues proactively, and supports brand standards.

Experience & Qualification Requirements

Level 3 qualification in Facilities management, hospitality management or building/property maintenance or equivalent experience.
IOSH managing safely certification
Full UK driving licence
NEBOSH General certificate (desirable)
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

About Butlin'sAt Butlins, were all about fun, excitement, and adventure by the bucketload! For over 80 years weve been delighting hundreds of thousands of guests each year, whether on a non-stop action family break or our epic Adult only Big Weekenders.
Ask any of our team, past and present, and one of the best things theyll say about working at Butlins is our culture! Were all about providing our guests with an Altogether More Entertaining and Fun Break, brought to life through our three mighty values. xbpsjku
So, if you want a role where you Create Smiles, where you arent afraid to Get Stuck In and where the team genuinely Cares For Each Other this could be the perfect fit for you.
There has never been a more exciting time to join Butlins!

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Location:: Minehead
Job Type:: PartTime
Category:: Retail And Wholesale

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