About Green Safaris

The GETO helps to ensure that the company makes sound decisions on all technical aspects of it’s operations with a big picture focus on the company’s values and ethos. The GETO acts as a major resource to all GM’s within the group, providing sound technical advice and guidance on all environmental and technical matters to ensure the respective business units are run in a safe, cost-efficient manner whilst ensuring we provide a world-class service to our guests enabled by sound operational assets, principled environmental practices and forward-thinking technology to help stay ahead of the competition.

key responsibilities

Asset Register Management

• Maintain and update accurate asset registers for each property, tracking equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure.
• Conduct regular audits to verify the condition and functionality of assets.
• Collaborate with finance and procurement departments to ensure accurate depreciation records.

Maintenance Oversight

• Develop and implement comprehensive maintenance strategies to ensure the optimal functioning of all facilities and equipment.
• Supervise and coordinate maintenance teams across multiple properties to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.
• Conduct regular inspections to identify maintenance needs and address them promptly.
• Prioritize preventative maintenance to minimize downtime and reduce operational disruptions.
• Oversee the upkeep of guest rooms, public areas, and all infrastructure.
• Design, introduce and follow up on effective property appropriate SOP’s.

Workshop Management

• Manage the workshop department, ensuring all equipment and vehicles are well-maintained and serviced.
• Collaborate with workshop staff (with communication with the GM’s) to ensure they have the necessary tools, training, and resources to perform their duties effectively.
• Monitor workshop inventory and procurement of spare parts and materials.
• Implement safety protocols and guidelines in the workshop to minimize accidents and injuries.
• Design, introduce and follow up on effective property appropriate SOP’s.

Environmental Stewardship

• Develop and execute environmental conservation initiatives and sustainability programs in line with company values and local regulations.
• Work closely with the properties’ GM’s to promote responsible tourism practices, including waste management, energy conservation, and wildlife protection.
• Monitor and report on the environmental performance of each property and recommend improvements.
• Stay informed about new environmental regulations and industry best practices.
• Design, introduce and follow up on effective property appropriate SOP’s.

Collaboration with Property General Managers

• Establish strong communication channels with the General Managers of each property to align maintenance and environmental efforts with their respective goals and priorities.
• Collaborate on strategic planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to maintain a world-class establishment.
• Provide regular updates and reports on maintenance and environmental performance to senior management in the form of weekly catch-ups and month end reporting.
• Working with respective GM’s on annual budgets, to ensure all technical aspects for the year have been well planned and budgeted for.

key requirements

Qualifications, Experience

• At least 6 year’s work experience work with diesel & petrol engines, vehicle mechanics, plumbing, electrics and general building
• Knowledge of electric vehicles extremely advantageous.
• Advanced technical acumen across a broad range of technologies, especially as applied in a bush setting.
• A hardworking, co-operative manner with a desire to always improve.
• High standards of service excellence and a passion for the non-consumptive tourism industry.
• An awareness of international trends occurring within hospitality and the “off grid” technologies used by them.
• Attention to detail.
• Exceptional English and a second language would be preferable.
• Good computer literacy.
• Excellent people management ability and communication skills.
• Assertiveness, patience and good organizational skills.
• Good computer literacy, especially Excel.
• A developmental approach to staff and the desire to upskill and empower others.

Here’s what we offer:

Joining Green Safaris means joining a family that values purpose, balance, and belonging. We invest in our people because they are the heart of every guest experience and conservation success story.

• Maintain and update accurate asset registers for each property, tracking equipment, vehicles, and infrastructure.
• Conduct regular audits to verify the condition and functionality of assets.
• Collaborate with finance and procurement departments to ensure accurate depreciation records.
• Develop and implement comprehensive maintenance strategies to ensure the optimal functioning of all facilities and equipment.
• Supervise and coordinate maintenance teams across multiple properties to ensure efficient and cost-effective operations.
• Conduct regular inspections to identify maintenance needs and address them promptly.
• Prioritize preventative maintenance to minimize downtime and reduce operational disruptions.
• Oversee the upkeep of guest rooms, public areas, and all infrastructure.
• Design, introduce and follow up on effective property appropriate SOP’s.
• Manage the workshop department, ensuring all equipment and vehicles are well-maintained and serviced.
• Collaborate with workshop staff (with communication with the GM’s) to ensure they have the necessary tools, training, and resources to perform their duties effectively.
• Monitor workshop inventory and procurement of spare parts and materials.
• Implement safety protocols and guidelines in the workshop to minimize accidents and injuries.
• Design, introduce and follow up on effective property appropriate SOP’s.
• Develop and execute environmental conservation initiatives and sustainability programs in line with company values and local regulations.
• Work closely with the properties’ GM’s to promote responsible tourism practices, including waste management, energy conservation, and wildlife protection.
• Monitor and report on the environmental performance of each property and recommend improvements.
• Stay informed about new environmental regulations and industry best practices.
• Design, introduce and follow up on effective property appropriate SOP’s.
• Establish strong communication channels with the General Managers of each property to align maintenance and environmental efforts with their respective goals and priorities.
• Collaborate on strategic planning, budgeting, and resource allocation to maintain a world-class establishment.
• Provide regular updates and reports on maintenance and environmental performance to senior management in the form of weekly catch-ups and month end reporting.
• Working with respective GM’s on annual budgets, to ensure all technical aspects for the year have been well planned and budgeted for.

• Advanced technical acumen across a broad range of technologies, especially as applied in a bush setting.
• A hardworking, co-operative manner with a desire to always improve.
• High standards of service excellence and a passion for the non-consumptive tourism industry.
• An awareness of international trends occurring within hospitality and the “off grid” technologies used by them.
• Attention to detail.
• Exceptional English and a second language would be preferable.
• Good computer literacy.
• Excellent people management ability and communication skills.
• Assertiveness, patience and good organizational skills.
• Good computer literacy, especially Excel.
• A developmental approach to staff and the desire to upskill and empower others.

• At least 6 year’s work experience work with diesel & petrol engines, vehicle mechanics, plumbing, electrics and general building
• Knowledge of electric vehicles extremely advantageous.