Jobs at Virgin Active South Africa

Job Description

Your Purpose...

• To inspire people to live active lives shall be responsible for completing maintenance plans and tasks.
• Assisting with maintenance administration.
• The Maintenance Operator is hands on in their position completing maintenance plans and tasks, to the Regional standards and at all times delivering service excellence.

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

COMPLETING MAINTENANCE PLANS AND TASKS AS INSTRUCTED

• Check job book, fitness checklist and open/close MOD checklist for faults.
• Complete tasks from RAP sheet of brand standards and within time constraints.
• Attend to breakdowns/incidents as required and within turn around time.
• Receive instructions from daily meeting with Maintenance Technician/Manager.
• Carry out preventative maintenance and service plans.
• Be hands on in repair of all equipment, and premises (including outside of premises).

Complete daily tasks according to timelines and standards.

Work within all health & safety requirements.

• Good general housekeeping.
• Ensure cleanliness, hygienic, safe, tidy work areas.
• Correct storage of tools, consumables and equipment.
• To familiarise self with OSH Act.
• To seek advice if unclear on the correct usage/storage of any equipment/consumable in terms of health & safety.

Assisting with Maintenance Administration

Complete stock control

• Monitor regularly used consumables
• Report need for replacement to management.

Assist with reports 

• Complete pool logs.
• Complete downtime reports.
• Mark off completed tasks in job books.
• Complete standard checklists for preventative maintenance.

Our Minimum Requirements...

We can't live without...

• Matric
• 1-2 years experience in a similar role

We'd like you to have...

• Adaptability (must be able to adapt to a fast paced, changing environment)
• Be curious (must be willing to succeed, seek opportunities to learn and grow)
• Have a winning mentality (must be willing to go over and above to achieve success)
• Must be motivated to achieve success.
• A commitment to making a difference in people’s lives.
• A Growth mindset
• The ability to work independently.
• Trustworthiness (must always act in doing the right thing)
• A drive to create moments of magic for our members.
• The ability to make decisions and take ownership and responsibility for the decision.
• Action orientation

We'd love you to have...

• Wellness knowledge, beyond the health club
• The ability to make quick and bold decisions.
• The ability to be agile.
• The ability to be collaborative.
• High Interpersonal skills (EQ)

Closing Date 10 August 2025

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Job Description

Your Purpose...

• Managing the preventative maintenance and state of repair to equipment and facilities
• Managing action plans/projects to the required standard.
• Managing maintenance plans & suppliers to within budget.
• Managing the maintenance team to achieve desired results

Your Duties and Responsibilities...

MANAGING THE PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE AND STATE OF REPAIR TO EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES

Maintain and repair plant

• Follow preventative schedule for HVAC
• Communicate faults and action plans to CGM/Ops and Regional MM
• Use maintenance log in system on intranet for faults
• Adhere to downtime as stipulated on intranet
• Be hands on and repair faults where possible

Maintain and repair premises

• Liaise with landlord/contractors on issues/repairs
• Be hands on and repair and maintain where possible according to brand standards.

Maintain and repair gym equipment

• Complete and fax/email downtime reports to relevant contractors.
• Ensure completion of preventative maintenance as per contractor stipulations
• Maintain a history of equipment maintenance and preventative schedules
• Be hands on, repair and maintain equipment according to brand standards

Inspect club to establish daily maintenance tasks

• Do visual inspection via walkabout.
• Check job book, MOD checklists and fitness checklists.
• Check pool and enter results on pool log.
• Action tasks as per brand standards RAP sheet.
• Follow up all maintenance related issues on the Hey Manager cards.
• Schedule tasks from preventative maintenance schedule.
• Liaise with CGM/Ops Manager on affects to operations in club.

Ensure pool maintenance completed.

• Ensure pool checked and pool key readings recorded according to operating standards.
• Ensure inspection of weirs conducted.
• Ensure pool dosed according to readings.
• Ensure backwashing falls within pressure parameters.
• Ensure pool internal and external maintained and repaired to brand standards.
• Ensure temperatures displayed.
• Liaise with Ops/CGM and RMM as required.
• Ensure dosing systems do not run dry

 Manage health & safety requirements in the club

• Manage your department to work within the health & safety requirements.
• Familiarise yourself with the OSH Act.

MANAGING ACTION PLANS/PROJECTS TO THE REQUIRED STANDARD

Assist in ensuring that brand standards are maintained

• Conduct regular brand standard checks.
• Assist in developing RAP.
• Assist GM/Ops to manage the RAP to conclusion.

Manage projects to conclusion

• Ensure compliance to job specs.
• Ensure work areas left in condition found.
• Manage contractor to adhere to health and safety standards.
• Liaise with relevant parties.
• Sign off contractors job card on completion if satisfactory and quality checked.
• Follow up on snag lists.
• Refer snags/issues to Regional Maintenance Manager.

MANAGING MAINTENANCE PLANS & SUPPLIERS TO WITHIN BUDGET

 nsure maintenance of Club is within budget.

• Liaise with CGM on budget constraints/availability.
• Ensure all repairs/costs/quotes to within budget.

Control and maintain stock levels

• Ensure there is sufficient stock available at all times.
• Follow e-procurement system with the assistance from CGM/Ops using preferred suppliers and authorisation systems.
• Check quality and delivery of orders.
• Ensure stock control systems in place.

MANAGING THE MAINTENANCE TEAM TO ACHIEVE DESIRED RESULTS

Manage team to achieve scheduled tasks

• Priorities and set timelines for team with tasks.
• Adhere to quality control standards.
• Follow up and check completed tasks.
• Establish understanding of task and correct tool application.
• Distribute tasks equitably in team including tasks to yourself.

Manage staffing compliment

• Ensure staff adequately trained to deliver on functional/operational needs.
• Ensure communication on all company initiatives/launches.
• Manage shift rosters/leave cycles.
• Induct staff on operational needs
• Have a succession plan.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Be available for call outs/ telephonic assistance.
• Assist and comply with any lawful and reasonable requests from manager.

Closing Date 17 August 2025