Maintenance & Grounds Manager

2 weeks ago


Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Metlifecare Full time

Why Join

  • Health Insurance Automatic Cover
    + 3 Extra Paid Wellness Days per year
  • 1 Paid Day of Leave to celebrate your birthday each year
    + Education Development and Training Support
  • Access to discounts and cashbacks from over 100 retailers
    + Refer a friend incentive up to $1500.

About the role


Working across both or our villages in Christchurch, The Village Palms in Shirley and Merivale Retirement Village you will be responsible for the coordination and main point of contact for residents and staff regarding village maintenance requirements; ensure any maintenance related duties are completed in a reasonable time frame to ensure the safety and comfort of residents, visitors and staff; and to make the village appealing and attractive to prospective residents.


Duties include:

  • Manage maintenance and gardening staff and contractors, ensuring adherence to health and safety standards.
  • Coordinates with Village Manager for item purchases and maximize use of preferred suppliers.
  • Screens and prioritizes maintenance requests, tracking progress and outcomes.
  • Reviews completed jobs to ensure they meet company standards.
  • Maintains facilities infrastructure documentation.

Skills and Experience Required:

  • A skilled communicator with a customer focus keeping our residents at the core of what we do.
  • Previous experience in a similar role where you planned, managed, and undertook maintenance/grounds programs.
  • Well developed organizational and time management skills
  • Leadership and culture experience of teams, customers, and partners
  • Operational and quality management of business systems and processes, drives for quality improvements.
  • Ability to think outside of the box and an excellent problem solver who is great and successfully having multiple projects on the go.
  • Full Driver License

Check out some of our Benefits

  • 3 paid wellness days per annum
  • 1 paid day of leave to celebrate your birthday each year
  • Health Insurance automatic cover free to all permanent staff
  • Access to our new Reward and Recognition platform which includes access to discounts and cashbacks from over 100 retailers.
  • 26 weeks of parental leave on full pay and 5 days paid leave for partners.
  • Kiwisaver payments continued for those opted in over the age of 65 years
  • Employee assistance program (EAP)
  • Refer a friend incentive of up to $1500
  • Education, Development and Training Support

About us

Established in 1984, Metlifecare is a leading owner and operator of retirement villages, providing rewarding lifestyles and care to more than 6,500 New Zealanders.

We pride ourselves on providing retirement communities in which people are empowered to be the very best version of themselves.

Metlifecare currently operates over 36 villages located around New Zealand and employs over 2000 staff.

How to apply

Job Details:

  • Reference # Location(s)
  • The Village Palms
  • Retirement Villages Christchurch
  • Expertise
  • Maintenance
  • Job level(s)
  • Experienced, Management
  • Work type(s)
  • Permanent fulltime
  • More details (document)
  • Maintenance
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