Maintenance Assistant

**voco Grand Central Hotel are looking for our next Maintenance Assistant (Full-Time) to join us in creating a warm voco welcome for our guests**
- Our locally curated voco Grand Central stands strong in Glasgow’s city centre, bringing together un-stuffy service and a warm Glasgow welcome to our business and leisure guests alike. Holding the biggest ballroom in Scotland with natural light and our iconic award-winning Champagne Central Bar, our Hotel is full of over 140 years of culture, history and story-telling with our relaxing spaces for guests to enjoy. _

At voco, **everyone’s a host** and ready to provide our guests with the **relaxed but attentive** stay that they desire. We are reliably different, a **trusted name** offering an informal, **non-pretentious** stay that leaves our guests with a **lasting impression**. With a focus on our **environment**, you will be greeted by **environmentally conscious innovations** from start to finish.

As a Maintenance Assistant, your main duties and responsibilities will be supporting our Maintenance team to work behind the scenes and ensure that our Hotel is a safe environment for guests and team members, working on ad hoc-jobs and communicating with the wider Hotel teams to fix problems when they arise (and predicting them before they do).

**We are looking for someone who has **
- Availability to work 4 shifts per week (4-on, 4-on shift pattern) plus on-call charge, including weekends and bank holidays
- Experience working as a Maintenance assistant, Plumber, Electrician or Painter/Decorator within a Hotel environment
- Knowledge of Health and Safety and passionate about ensuring a safe working environment
- An un-stuffy, thoughtful approach to service. You will be someone who enjoys to showcase your personality and your ability to be a host to our guests, providing them with a laid-back stay
- An interest in our environment and sustainability - we are characterised by innovation and finding ways to become more sustainable
- Overall, ready to work in our voco team and provide our guests with a warm Glasgow welcome

**Being a host at voco, we offer you the following benefits**
- **Financial security** - £13.23 per hour (£27,518.40 per annum), guaranteed hours, paid overtime, a free meal on shift, paid holidays, subsidised unsocial hour travel support and enhanced sick pay
- **Growth and development** - extensive training, opportunities for career progression across the world, plus 2 paid days volunteering per year with a cause of your choice.
- **Colleague perks**:

- worldwide discounted room rates and discounted F&B whilst on employee rate (IHG has over 6,000 hotels and growing), plus generous friends and family rate. Discounts through our portal on your supermarket shop, experiences and loads of retailers on our perks portal.
- **Wellbeing **- generous maternity/paternity pay and subsidised childcare support, employee assistance programme available 24/7 and access to mental health first-aiders
- **Hotel specific benefits **- generous discounts in our Champagne Bar (*must be booked inline with process) plus a variety of different gifts on milestone occasions to celebrate with you

**You must meet the legal requirements to work in the UK.**
- At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, colour, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law._

At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected - wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

Join voco hotels where every hotel has its unique charm, and our thoughtful hosts create a home away from home. Step by step, we're on a journey towards a sustainable future, treating the planet the same way we do our guests. Seeking individuals with as much character as our vibrant hotels. If you thrive on genuine hospitality, your place is with us at voco hotels
Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.