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Grounds Maintenance Person

Ground Maintenance Person

Lion Quays Resort - Oswestry

40 hours per week - £24501.60 per year

Lion Quays Resort is an 82 bedroom, 4-star Hotel and Spa. Perfectly located on the waterside near Oswestry, Shropshire it's a perfect setting for a relaxing stay, dining, spa getaways and business travel.

Primary Job Purpose:An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Person – Grounds Maintenance to join our Maintenance Team. The successful applicant will assist in maintaining the resort to its highest standard through both planned and reactive maintenance, whilst adhering to Health and Safety and other legal requirements. Supporting the needs of the guests and clients in order to provide safety and the best guest experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Work by mowing, edging, and fertilizing lawns

  • Conduct weeding and mulching landscape beds

  • Make sure hedges, shrubs, and small trees are trimmed.

  • Ensure strong and healthy trees are kept by removing dead, damaged, or unwanted trees

  • Plant trees, flowers, and shrubs

  • Ensure lawns, landscapes, and gardens are watered

  • Monitor and maintain plant health.

  • Ensure all pathways and walking areas are maintained and kept free from slip and trip hazards.

  • To adhere to company policies and procedures

  • To communicate maintenance information and problems to the Maintenance Supervisor on a daily basis

  • To ensure as part of the Maintenance team you attend internal and external training on an ongoing basis complying with Health and Safety requirements in all areas

  • To ensure effective communication and good relations between the Maintenance team and other departments in the Hotel

  • To maintain a clean and tidy work area

  • To inform the Maintenance supervisor of any major defects in the building, plant or equipment which could affect the successful running of the hotel

  • To perform all duties and responsibilities in a timely and efficient manor and to a high standard

All staff Key Performance Measures

Our values underpin everything we do here at LQ Resorts and staff should ensure that these are at the fore front of what they do, day to day.

  • To focus on the guest experience at all times and continually strive to delight time after time

  • To see each guest as part of a long-term relationship not a onetime event

  • To create a team that is enthusiastic, consistent and committed in the workplace that encourages an open honest and supportive culture, by working together to create excellence.

  • To create an organisation with high integrity, that recognises potential and success, that both guests and employees want to be part of and associated with

  • To encourage our team to contribute to excellent working conditions for all

  • To gain a reputation for delivering financial performance and being consumed and enthralled about business.

BenefitsLQ Resorts will offer you a fantastic working environment with plenty of opportunity to make a difference each day. In addition, you will receive:

  • Discounts across the resort, including family and friends

  • Free onsite parking

  • Progression and career development opportunities.

  • Pension Scheme

  • Discounted food

  • Free gym membership

  • Access to wellness programmes

  • Share of Resort’s service charges on monthly basis

  • Extra days holiday after 2 years

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £24,501.60 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension

  • Discounted or free food

  • Employee discount

  • Free Staff Meals on Shift

  • Gym membership

  • Health & wellbeing programme

  • On-site parking

Schedule:

  • Holidays

  • Monday to Friday

  • Weekend availability

Experience:

  • Gardening: 1 year (preferred)

  • Maintenance: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Important Information
Location: Lion Quays Resort, Weston Rhyn, Oswestry, England, Shropshire, SY11 3EN
Date Posted: 16th July 2024
Closing Date: 31st August 2024
Industry: Hospitality
Job Type: Full time
Salary: £24,501.60 Yearly

About the role

Ground Maintenance Person

Lion Quays Resort - Oswestry

40 hours per week - £24501.60 per year

Lion Quays Resort is an 82 bedroom, 4-star Hotel and Spa. Perfectly located on the waterside near Oswestry, Shropshire it's a perfect setting for a relaxing stay, dining, spa getaways and business travel.

Primary Job Purpose:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Maintenance Person – Grounds Maintenance to join our Maintenance Team. The successful applicant will assist in maintaining the resort to its highest standard through both planned and reactive maintenance, whilst adhering to Health and Safety and other legal requirements. Supporting the needs of the guests and clients in order to provide safety and the best guest experience.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Work by mowing, edging, and fertilizing lawns

  • Conduct weeding and mulching landscape beds

  • Make sure hedges, shrubs, and small trees are trimmed.

  • Ensure strong and healthy trees are kept by removing dead, damaged, or unwanted trees

  • Plant trees, flowers, and shrubs

  • Ensure lawns, landscapes, and gardens are watered

  • Monitor and maintain plant health.

  • Ensure all pathways and walking areas are maintained and kept free from slip and trip hazards.

  • To adhere to company policies and procedures

  • To communicate maintenance information and problems to the Maintenance Supervisor on a daily basis

  • To ensure as part of the Maintenance team you attend internal and external training on an ongoing basis complying with Health and Safety requirements in all areas

  • To ensure effective communication and good relations between the Maintenance team and other departments in the Hotel

  • To maintain a clean and tidy work area

  • To inform the Maintenance supervisor of any major defects in the building, plant or equipment which could affect the successful running of the hotel

  • To perform all duties and responsibilities in a timely and efficient manor and to a high standard

All staff Key Performance Measures

Our values underpin everything we do here at LQ Resorts and staff should ensure that these are at the fore front of what they do, day to day.

  • To focus on the guest experience at all times and continually strive to delight time after time

  • To see each guest as part of a long-term relationship not a onetime event

  • To create a team that is enthusiastic, consistent and committed in the workplace that encourages an open honest and supportive culture, by working together to create excellence.

  • To create an organisation with high integrity, that recognises potential and success, that both guests and employees want to be part of and associated with

  • To encourage our team to contribute to excellent working conditions for all

  • To gain a reputation for delivering financial performance and being consumed and enthralled about business.

BenefitsLQ Resorts will offer you a fantastic working environment with plenty of opportunity to make a difference each day. In addition, you will receive:

  • Discounts across the resort, including family and friends

  • Free onsite parking

  • Progression and career development opportunities.

  • Pension Scheme

  • Discounted food

  • Free gym membership

  • Access to wellness programmes

  • Share of Resort’s service charges on monthly basis

  • Extra days holiday after 2 years

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £24,501.60 per year

Benefits:

  • Company pension

  • Discounted or free food

  • Employee discount

  • Free Staff Meals on Shift

  • Gym membership

  • Health & wellbeing programme

  • On-site parking

Schedule:

  • Holidays

  • Monday to Friday

  • Weekend availability

Experience:

  • Gardening: 1 year (preferred)

  • Maintenance: 1 year (preferred)

Work authorisation:

  • United Kingdom (preferred)

Work Location: In person


LQ Resorts

LQ is a family run, collection of quality destination led Hotel Resorts.

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About Us

Langstone Quays Resort sits on the beautiful and historic Chichester harbour, on the northern tip of Hayling Island in the heart of the Hampshire coastline.

Langstone Quays has been lovingly and thoughtfully refurbished, creating a unique blend of amazing experiences throughout across unrivalled hotel, restaurant, leisure, meeting and event spaces

Lion Quays Resort sits on the beautiful and historic Oswestry waterways, on the banks of the Llangollen Canal in the heart of the Shropshire countryside.

Lion Quays has been lovingly and painstakingly built from the ground up, creating a unique blend of amazing experiences throughout the Resort, across unrivalled hotel, restaurant, spa, leisure, meeting and event spaces.

Ufford Park Resort is nestled in the beautiful and historic parkland, on the heritage Suffolk Coast

Ufford Park boasts elegant and modern accommodation, an award winning golf course, Suffolk’s only two-tiered driving range and new spa and club A unique blend of amazing experiences throughout the Resort, across unrivalled hotel, restaurant, spa, leisure, meeting and event spaces.

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Why LQ Resorts ?

Our Company

LQ is a family run, collection of quality destination led Hotel Resorts.

Its family ethos, values and vision are well known to those who choose to spend their quality time with us.

LQ Resorts work incredibly hard to put the guest experience at the heart of all it does and to develop long term relationships with our guests and never seeing them as a one- time event.

A passion for hospitality is supported by the obsession with developing the very best services and facilities for our guests, delivered by an enthusiastic, enthralled team within an open, honest and supportive culture, working together to create excellence.

Our Values

  • To see each guest as part of a long-term relationship, not just a onetime event To focus on the guest experience at all times and continually strive to delight time after time

  • To create a team that is enthusiastic, consistent and committed in a workplace that encourages an open, honest supportive culture, by working together to create excellence.

  • To create an organise with high integrity, that recognises potential and success, that both guests and employees want to be part of and associated with.

  • To encourage our team to contribute to excellent working conditions

Our Employees

Are a vital part of LQ Resorts .

  • Supporting our team’s physical and mental health Providing free gym membership

  • Delivering employee recognition programmes to reward hard work and effort.

  • Creating an environment that supports the development of skills, knowledge, qualifications and career progression

  • Discounts across all Resorts, to encourage leisure time

Our benefits

At LQ Resorts, we don’t just create vacations—we craft experiences that guests remember for a lifetime. And we want you on our team to help us make every moment count. Are you ready to turn every workday into a journey of discovery and delight? Join us at LQ Resorts, where your career is a getaway.

Vacation, Paid time off

Retirement plan and/or pension

Flexible schedule

Employee development programs

Employee discounts

Gym membership or wellness programs

Free parking

Competitive salary

Preferential room rates

Discount on meals purchased

Long service recognition

Free meals during shifts

Free parking or Discounted parking

Grounds Maintenance Person

LQ is a family run, collection of quality destination led Hotel Resorts.