Cluster Technical Manager (m/f/d)

About the job

Company Description

The Zurich City West hotel complex combines three hotel brands from AccorHotels – Novotel, ibis, ibis budget – and offers 459 rooms accommodating around 1,000 guests.

The 4-star business hotel Novotel Zurich City West has 144 rooms, including 5 suites. In our restaurant "The Flave" we serve à la carte dishes and menus that combine local influences with Mediterranean elegance. Our offer is complemented by a bar, 5 seminar and banquet rooms, two escape rooms, as well as an indoor pool with a fitness room.

We are looking for a Cluster Technical Manager (m/f/d) full-time to lead the technical team of our hotel complex by agreement. This demanding role requires a combination of leadership skills, technical expertise, and administrative abilities.

Are you keen to become part of our hotel complex and experience the diversity of three different hotel brands? Then we look forward to meeting you!

Job Description

• Overall responsibility for the technical maintenance of our three hotels (459 rooms)
• Professional and personnel management of the four-member technical team including deployment, shift, and holiday planning
• Ensuring smooth technical operations as well as coordinating and prioritising necessary repair and maintenance work
• Responsibility for administrative tasks such as documentation, cost control, offer management, and the administration of digital tools and online platforms
• Ensuring compliance with safety and fire protection regulations as well as internal quality and operational standards
• Central contact person for technical concerns and liaison between hotel management, internal departments, the technical team, and external service providers
• Identifying optimisation potential to increase energy efficiency, operational safety, and cost-effectiveness of technical systems

Qualifications

• Completed technical vocational training, for example as a specialist in operational maintenance, electrician, etc.
• Several years of professional experience in technical building maintenance, ideally in the hotel industry
• Leadership experience and enjoyment in leading and developing a team
• Independent, structured, and solution-oriented working style with a high sense of responsibility
• Confident handling of administrative tasks, MS Office applications, and digital tools
• Strong communication skills
• Very good German and English skills, both spoken and written
• Flexibility and resilience

Additional Information

What we offer:

• Challenging and varied work in a young, dynamic team
• Entry into one of the largest hotel chains in the world
• Attractive bonus system
• Personal and professional development opportunities
• Training and further education through internal courses
• Workwear including cleaning
• Travel discounts within the group
• Free employee parking spaces
• Health promotion: in-house fitness offer