Southern Sun Ridgeway welcomes applications from passionate and hard-working team players who want to be part of our ever-growing Southern family. We value our employees and provide them with opportunities to grow within the company, opening many doors in the process.

Key Responsibilities

Our successful Maintenance Managers will:

• Oversee all hotel engineering and maintenance operations.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, generators, and water systems.
• Ensure compliance with Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) standards and statutory regulations.
• Conduct risk assessments, fire drills, emergency response planning, and safety training.
• Implement and maintain OMS documents, SOPs, checklists, and engineering logs.
• Lead asset management, equipment lifecycle planning, and annual maintenance schedules.
• Monitor and manage hotel energy consumption (electricity, water, gas, fuel).
• Supervise contractors and coordinate specialized repairs and service agreements.
• Provide leadership to the engineering team, including training, performance management, and staff scheduling.
• Collaborate with other departments to resolve maintenance-related issues affecting guest experience.
• Prepare monthly engineering reports, maintenance trends, budgets, and operational updates.
• Ensure quick response to guest complaints and operational maintenance requests.
• Support sustainability initiatives and cost-reducing maintenance strategies.

Qualifications & Experience

• Full Grade 12 Certificate.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Minimum 5 years’ work experience in a similar establishment.
• Member of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ).
• Very good interpersonal skills.
• Highly innovative and artistic.
• ZAQA validated and certified copies of academic and professional certificates required for successful candidates.

• Oversee all hotel engineering and maintenance operations.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance for HVAC, electrical, plumbing, refrigeration, generators, and water systems.
• Ensure compliance with Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) standards and statutory regulations.
• Conduct risk assessments, fire drills, emergency response planning, and safety training.
• Implement and maintain OMS documents, SOPs, checklists, and engineering logs.
• Lead asset management, equipment lifecycle planning, and annual maintenance schedules.
• Monitor and manage hotel energy consumption (electricity, water, gas, fuel).
• Supervise contractors and coordinate specialized repairs and service agreements.
• Provide leadership to the engineering team, including training, performance management, and staff scheduling.
• Collaborate with other departments to resolve maintenance-related issues affecting guest experience.
• Prepare monthly engineering reports, maintenance trends, budgets, and operational updates.
• Ensure quick response to guest complaints and operational maintenance requests.
• Support sustainability initiatives and cost-reducing maintenance strategies.

• Very good interpersonal skills
• Highly innovative and artistic

• Full Grade 12 Certificate.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Civil Engineering or equivalent.
• Member of the Engineering Institute of Zambia (EIZ).
• ZAQA validated and certified copies of academic and professional certificates required for successful candidates.