Job Ref: INT25470
Branch: Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel
Location: Mercure Bedford Centre Hotel, Bedford
Salary/Benefits: Competitive
Contract type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
Hours per week: 40 hours per week
Posted date: 24/06/2026
Closing date: 24/07/2026
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced maintenance leader to take ownership of a complex, high-visibility role — balancing day-to-day operational excellence with longer-term planning, stakeholder engagement and regulatory assurance.
Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA is part of the world’s largest independent hotel management company. We work with internationally recognised brands including Hilton, IHG, Accor and Marriott, delivering exceptional guest experiences across diverse destinations. Our culture is built on a genuine “people first” approach, where development, inclusion and opportunity sit at the heart of everything we do.
This role sits at a pivotal point in the hotel’s lifecycle. As Maintenance Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring the property operates seamlessly today, while laying the technical and compliance foundations for a successful refurbishment journey.
You’ll lead all maintenance activity across the hotel, maintaining brand standards for safety, presentation and reliability, while acting as a trusted advisor to ownership and senior stakeholders in preparation for future works. Compliance will be a central focus — from statutory requirements and health safety legislation to brand audits and inspections — with robust systems and records underpinning everything you do.
Working closely with contractors, suppliers and internal teams, you’ll ensure planned and reactive maintenance is carefully prioritised, budgets are effectively controlled and disruption to the guest experience is kept to an absolute minimum. You’ll also play a key role in sustainable operations as the hotel’s Energy Champion, supporting environmental initiatives and long-term efficiency improvements.
This is a leadership role rather than a hands-on repair position, requiring strong organisation, influence and commercial judgement alongside technical understanding.
We’re looking for a proven maintenance leader with experience in hospitality or a similarly complex operational environment. You’ll bring a strong understanding of compliance, building systems and contractor management, alongside the confidence to work with ownership and senior stakeholders in a refurbishment-ready environment.
You’ll be proactive by nature, comfortable planning ahead and communicating clearly, with the ability to set standards, allocate resources and guide your team without needing to be on the tools every day. Strong IT capability and confidence working with property and maintenance systems is essential.
As part of Aimbridge Hospitality EMEA, you’ll benefit from industry-leading training and leadership development, discounted hotel stays across our portfolio, competitive pay, uncapped incentives and a wide range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. From Wagestream and employee assistance to career breaks, meals on duty and free parking, we’re committed to supporting you both professionally and personally.
At Aimbridge, our people are the heart of our success. We’re proud to offer A Place to Grow, where expertise is recognised and careers are shaped with intention.
If you’re ready to take ownership of a role with real influence — and play a defining part in preparing a hotel for its next chapter — we’d love to hear from you.
The Mercure Bedford Centre is ideally situated in the heart of the busy market town of Bedford and is ideal for business and leisure guests. Thanks to our prime location, we have great transport links which make getting around by rail or car a breeze. On-site parking is available, and you're within walking distance of Bedford Railway Station. On the bank of the River Great Ouse, our restaurant and bar offers beautiful panoramic views over the river and surrounding area.
We're close to the M1 and just a mile off the A6, so you'll have easy access to local attractions like the Higgins Museum, Silverstone Circuit race track, John Bunyan Museum, Bedford Park and Woburn Safari Park. We have seven air-conditioned meeting rooms fully equipped with modern technology. They're perfect for business conferences or celebratory occasions, accommodating up to 450 guests.
Our hotel is conveniently located to London Luton Airport, London Stansted Airport and London Heathrow Airport for international and domestic guests travelling by plane. Milton Keynes, Cambridge and Central London are all within reach too.
