Maintenance Technician

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Position: Full time (guaranteed minimum 30 hours per week)

Hourly rate of Pay: £14.56

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Paid leave day for your birthday
• Free access to on-site gym facilities at Burleigh Springs
• Free meal
• Free car parking
• Enrolment into company pension scheme

We currently have a unique opportunity for a multi skilled Maintenance Technician, who enjoys working in a varied and fast-paced environment, to join our Maintenance team to be responsible for all general maintenance within our hotels and conference venues.

This is a diverse and key role supporting the operations team in the maintenance of plant and equipment, health and safety, energy and environmental management at each venue.

We are looking for an individual with previous maintenance experience ideally with some plumbing, electrical and/or joinery experience, who has a positive and flexible approach. You must be able to communicate effectively and listen to guests and team members and have proactive problem-solving skills.

Based at Loughborough University Campus, our brand portfolio includes:

• Burleigh Court Hotel and Conference Centre
• Holywell Park Day Conference Centre
• The Link Hotel
• The Elite Athlete Centre and Hotel
• Loughborough University Nursery

Every year we host over 92,000 delegates from around the world; we service over 90,000 bedrooms; we serve over 200,000 meals; we take over £30 million in enquiries.

With excellent customer service at the core of our offer, we are recognised as a leading academic venue, winning multiple awards and accreditations in customer service, business tourism and people management. We achieve this by putting our guests at the heart of everything we do.

We take workplace engagement seriously and are proud to have been awarded the Best Companies accreditation as very good to work for 2025.

Simply put, we’re trying to make Imago Venues a place where people love to be. We care about our people and we’re kind to each other. We’re ambitious, ethical, sustainable and, most importantly, we’re accountable.

Closing date: 12th June 2026

Imago Venues are an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident Committed Employer