Head of Maintenance, Vehicles and Supplies

with White Mountain Chalets

	Management Job France
	Location: France, Saint Martin de Belleville
	Start date: 8th Nov 2024
	Salary: €2,400 per month (gross)
	Contract duration: Approx 5.5 months (until end April - exact date TBC)
	Hours of work: 39 a week
	Accommodation included
	Training provided

We are an owner operated business, now in our eleventh year and we have developed a reputation for a luxurious yet friendly catered chalet service that is tailored to our guests’ needs. We have grown substantially over the past years so are a very exciting company to work for.

Head of Maintenance, Vehicles and Supplies

The job description

a typical day in resort

KEY DUTIES – PRE SEASON

• Undertake a training course before the resort team arrive and deliver the training programme to the resort team in conjunction with the Operations Manager

KEY DUTIES – IN SEASON

• Weekly delivery of stock into chalets from the central store using an RA as needed

• Ad-hoc management of delivery of supplies into chalets where items are required outside of the usual weekly delivery

• Responsible for receiving all deliveries from suppliers (such as Super U, Metro etc) at the central stores

• Ownership of central store and liaising with UK office on supplies

• Responsible for food, cleaning products, soft drinks, spirits, champagne, cleaning supplies, white roll, toilet roll etc (Office Manager will advise what each chalet requires to be delivered)

• Managing Resort Assistant team to assist with supplying items into chalets

• Driver rota and vehicle allocation

• Responsible for logs, kindling and gas bottles

• Taking all metre readings at start and end of season and liaising with UK office/utility companies as required with information (chalets and staff accommodation)

• Managing vehicles and their maintenance and liaising with Managing Director on this

• Carrying out maintenance

• Managing driver team alongside Operations Manager

• Managing fuel top ups

• Responsible for weekly vehicle checks across fleet and filling a log for this

• Responsible for hot tubs, snow blower, light bulbs and batteries etc as well as any related check sheets

• Weekly check of fire alarms, first aid boxes etc – may delegate to Maintenance technician

• Driver phone shifts to manage all client and staff pick-ups and drop

• Organising out of house trades people as required for chalet jobs

• Driving clients/staff if required

Who are we looking for?

what makes you the ideal candidate

QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS
• Full UK or European/French driving license
• Must be at least 21 (for vehicle insurance purposes)
• Previous experience of driving large vehicles and on snow is highly desirable
• Management experience
MAINTENANCE EXPERIENCE ESSENTIAL
• Fluent English – both written and spoken
• Fluent French – spoken (desirable)
• Excellent time management and organisational skills with a ‘nothing is too much trouble’ attitude
• Good interpersonal skills and able to converse at all levels with colleagues and guests
• Able to work on own initiative as well as being a team player