Maintenance Manager

Job Details

Job Location:

Church Street Inn - Charleston, SC 29401

Position Type:
Full Time

Job Shift: Any

Job Category:
Facilities

What's in it for you? Competitive pay based on experience!

We offer membership to our travel club as a benefit to every employee after their first few months. This includes:

• Access to deeply discounted stays at our resorts
• Access to discounted stays at partner resorts and hotels
• Discounts on other travel‑related expenses like airfare, car rental and more

Full time employees can also look forward to a more comprehensive benefit plan including medical, dental, vision, company paid life insurance, 401(k) with company match, ancillary benefits, and much more! Church Street Inn is managed by LaTour Hotels and Resorts, Inc., and as an ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) company our employees are invested in the company, meaning that when you succeed, you're working towards both the company's future and your own.

Competitive starting rate $62,500 per year!

The Maintenance Manager manages a property’s facility and grounds maintenance program through planning, supervision of staff, adherence to established standards, and preparation of related reports. This position helps ensure maximum production, safety, quality, and consistency while protecting the company's assets and ensuring a safe and pleasant environment for guests and employees.

The Maintenance Manager

• Initiates, implements, and manages the maintenance program based on best practices in the resort industry, with an emphasis on planning/scheduling and preventive maintenance.
• Maintains and repairs maintenance shop equipment.
• Ensures that maintenance staff are adequately trained, equipped, and motivated to perform assigned work in a safe, timely, and cost‑effective manner.
• Communicates regularly and effectively with all staff to ensure clarity regarding expectations and a positive work environment.
• Assists with hiring of maintenance staff, rewards and disciplines as appropriate, and conducts performance reviews.
• Maintains and updates operating and training manuals.

The Maintenance Manager may also:

• Carry out other responsibilities as assigned by Resort Management.

• High school diploma or GED.
• EPA Certification.
• 5 years of building maintenance experience, preferably within the hospitality industry.
• 2-3 years of supervisory or management experience.

• Accountability:
  Ability to accept responsibility and account for his/her actions.
• Adaptability:
  Ability to adapt to change in the workplace.
• Customer oriented:
  Ability to take care of the customers’ needs while following company procedures.
• Enthusiastic:
  Ability to bring energy to the performance of a task.
• Ethical:
  Ability to demonstrate conduct conforming to a set of values and accepted standards.
• Honesty/Integrity:
  Ability to be truthful and be seen as credible in the workplace.
• Interpersonal:
  Ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals.
• Responsible:
  Ability to be held accountable or answerable for one’s conduct.
• Safety awareness:
  Ability to identify and correct conditions that affect employee safety.
• Tolerance:
  Ability to work successfully with a variety of people without making judgments.

• Initiative:
  Ability to make decisions or take actions to solve a problem or reach a goal.
• Goal Oriented:
  Ability to focus on a goal and obtain a pre‑determined result.
• Management
  
  Skills:
  
  Ability to organize and direct oneself and effectively supervise others.
• Motivation:
  Ability to inspire oneself and others to reach a goal and/or perform to the best of their ability.
• Project Management:
  Ability to organize and direct a project to completion.

Must possess a valid driver’s license.

• Standing and walking: constantly.
• Sitting and handling/fingering: occasionally.
• Reaching, climbing, crawling, squatting, and bending: frequently.
• Lifting and carrying: 10–50 lbs – frequently; 51–100 lbs – occasionally.
• Push/pull: up to 100 lbs – occasionally.

The Maintenance Manager works both outside in different weather conditions and will also require work inside in an office environment. Work will require flexibility and the ability to constantly move focus from one task to the next. Hours may include some evenings, weekends, and holidays.