Lead Engineer, Building Maintenance

Join The Vineyard as we begin an exciting new chapter, reopening in February 2027. Starting in January 2027, you ll become part of a passionate team, helping to shape the guest experience and set the standard for our next era of luxury hospitality.

Renowned for exceptional food, outstanding wine, and memorable guest experiences, The Vineyard is entering a new era. From day one, you ll help shape the guest experience, establish new standards, and contribute to the successful launch of this five-star destination.

Join a passionate team where excellence, innovation, and collaboration are at the heart of everything we do, and play a meaningful role in shaping the future success of The Vineyard.

As Lead Engineer, you will take overall responsibility for the maintenance, compliance, safety and operation of the hotel s facilities, plant, equipment and infrastructure. Reporting to the General Manager and Hotel Property Manager, you will lead the Maintenance Department, ensuring the property is maintained to the exceptional standards expected within a luxury hotel environment.

This hands‑on leadership role requires a proactive and technically skilled professional with experience in electrical, mechanical or related building services disciplines. You will oversee planned and reactive maintenance, statutory compliance, contractor management, energy efficiency initiatives and property improvement projects, whilst supporting the delivery of exceptional guest experiences.

Working closely with all hotel departments, you will play a fundamental role in protecting and enhancing the hotel s assets, ensuring a safe, efficient and well‑maintained environment for guests and colleagues alike.

Lead, motivate and develop the Maintenance Team, creating a culture of accountability, engagement and continuous improvement.

Coach and support team members through regular training, performance reviews and development planning.

Manage team rotas and workload distribution to ensure effective operational coverage.

Promote a positive safety culture and ensure team wellbeing is prioritised.

Manage the hotel s Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) programme, ensuring all tasks are completed effectively and on schedule.

Oversee reactive maintenance across the hotel, ensuring issues are resolved promptly with minimal disruption to operations.

Ensure all guestrooms, public areas, restaurants, bars, leisure facilities and back‑of‑house areas remain in excellent condition.

Conduct regular inspections to identify maintenance requirements and opportunities for improvement.

Support asset lifecycle management and long‑term maintenance planning.

Act as the lead for maintenance‑related Health & Safety activities across the property.

Ensure compliance with all relevant health, safety, fire, environmental and statutory regulations.

Manage fire safety systems, emergency lighting, water hygiene programmes and associated compliance requirements.

Conduct risk assessments and ensure Safe Systems of Work are in place and adhered to.

Manage Permit to Work procedures and contractor controls.

Ensure compliance with asbestos management procedures and site‑specific control measures.

Lead incident investigations and corrective action planning where required.

Implement emergency response procedures and support business continuity planning.

Conduct regular safety inspections and ensure lock off/tag off (LOTO) procedures are followed.

Oversee the operation, testing and maintenance of swimming pool plant systems.

Act as the appointed person for water hygiene management, implementing Legionella risk…