Assistant Maintenance Manager (Cluster)

Job Ref: HEA3288

Branch: Doubletree by Hilton London Kensington

Location: Doubletree by Hilton London Kensington, London (South West)

Salary/Benefits: Competitive Salary

Contract type: Permanent

Hours: Full Time

Shift pattern: 7:30am - 4pm, 9 am - 17:30pm, 11am - 7:30pm

Hours per week: 40

Posted date: 16/10/2026

Closing date: 09/11/2026

Keeping our hotel running smoothly is vital to our guest's experience – as the ClusterMaintenance Manager you will keep everything looking sharp and running like clockwork. From simple repairs to forward-thinking for the next day. With naturally high standards to support our own, you will approach every task with devotion and pride. You will ensure the highest quality of product both external and internal with key emphasis on standards, Health Safety, sustainability and cost control and will also direct and develop your team to support you in these areas.

Your day-to-day

• Repair or replace items around the hotel and refurbish items in guest rooms. By keeping on top of these tasks, you will keep our hotels looking great and working well.
• Organise supplies and make sure equipment is ready for the next day
• Live up to high safety standards – follow guidelines and tell your GM about any incidents, dangerous conditions or unsafe equipment.
• Always keep an eye out for improvements – follow the preventative maintenance calendar and keep everything working and efficient at all times
• Completing statutory health and Safety maintenance checks ensuring compliance paperwork is up to date and in good order
• Liaising with contractors to ensure competitive quotes and available to liaise with them whilst they are on site • Planning daily and weekly tasks for Maintenance Assistants in both hotels.
• Give support and provide technical guidance to Maintenance Assistants and other hotel staff.
• Supervising and checking work of on-site Maintenance Assistant
• Ensuring that facilities, such as water and heating and lifts, are well-maintained
• Keep your GM or Duty Manager in the loop and tell them about any low running supplies
• To be available for any emergencies and preserve the building and its systems during the emergency. Ensure all guests and colleagues are safe during emergencies
• To plan and implement maintenance projects in both properties
• To support and share best practice with other Maintenance personnel within the group

What we need from you

• What we need from you
• Experience – you’ll have at least five years of maintenance or repair work within a hospitality environment
• Vocational training, preferably plumbing and electrics
• You need to be proficient in Microsoft Office and maintenance reporting systems
• On top of building equipment and hand tools, you’ll have a working knowledge of basic plumbing, electrics and preventative maintenance procedures Fitness – you’ll be on your feet most of the day, and will need to bend and kneel a lot
• Organisation, time management, delegation, prioritising and the ability to handle a complex, varied workload.
• Must speak and write in fluent English.
• It would be expected that you have regular overnight stays in the hotels as we are a 24 hours per day business.

Why you should apply

• Annual bonus for all Team Members
• Fantastic career potential with one of the UK's fastest growing hotel operators
• Employees staff rates across our properties

In line with the requirements of the Asylum Immigration Act 1996, all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Documented evidence of eligibility will be required from candidates as part of the recruitment process

A stylish central London hotel with a Georgian façade, meeting facilities, free Wi-Fi and a chic restaurant. Doubletree by Hilton Kensington is just steps from Gloucester Road Tube station, from where it is six minutes to national rail and coach connections at Victoria station and eight minutes to Paddington station. Enjoy a night at the Proms in the Royal Albert Hall, 13 minutes walk from the hotel. Exibitions at the Natural History Museam, Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum are withn easy walking distance and is a five minute taxi ride to Harrods and the shops of Knightsbridge.