Country Maintenance Manager

• Maintenance Oversight, Administration, and Planning

  • • Serve as the primary point of contact for guests, ensuring strong communication between Green Safaris lodges, guests, and agents.
  • • Develop and implement comprehensive maintenance strategies to ensure the optimal functioning of all facilities, infrastructure, systems, and equipment.
  • • Supervise, guide, and coordinate maintenance teams across multiple properties to ensure efficient, timely, and cost-effective operations.
  • • Conduct regular site inspections to identify maintenance needs and ensure prompt resolution of issues.
  • • Establish a strong preventative maintenance culture to minimize downtime, operational disruptions, and long-term asset degradation.
  • • Oversee the upkeep of guest rooms, public areas, service areas, back-of-house spaces, and all critical infrastructure.
  • • Design and redesign the system of work used to implement and record maintenance in the organisation, including the generation and analysis of data used to support decision making.
  • • Design, implement, and continuously refine property-appropriate SOPs, ensuring adherence through training and follow-up audits.
  • • Documentation of both works executed and work planning through the implementation of job cards, project files, Bill of quantities, drafting of plans and project management.
  • • Assist the Group Environmental and Technical Officer in the execution of their duties.




• Collaboration with General Managers and their Teams

  • • Maintain strong communication and alignment with each property's General Manager to support operational goals, guest satisfaction, and brand standards.
  • • Participate in strategic planning activities, contributing technical expertise to budgeting, resource allocation, and long-term asset management.
  • • Provide consistent updates, performance reports, and maintenance/environmental metrics to senior management, including weekly catchups and month-end reporting.
  • • Work closely with General Managers on annual technical budgets, ensuring that maintenance needs, upgrades, compliance requirements, and capital expenditures are properly planned and included.
  • • Provide guidance to members of the technical services team and contribute to their learning and development.




• Solar & Power Infrastructure Management

  • • Monitor and analyse solar infrastructure performance using various apps systems and dashboards.
  • • Produce data-driven reports on solar energy generation, usage trends, deficits, generator run-times, and overall efficiency.
  • • Manage electrical load balancing across camps and operational zones to optimize power distribution and equipment longevity.
  • • Set up, program, and oversee “smart Wi-Fi breakers,” ensuring efficient power consumption and reducing unnecessary loads.
  • • Identify opportunities for energy-saving initiatives and support the company's sustainability objectives.




• Equipment Oversight

  • • Conduct regular spot checks on all types of equipment, including vehicles, boats, bikes, plumbing & electrical reticulationacross all properties to ensure safety, compliance, and operational readiness.
  • • Collaborate with workshop and mechanical teams to ensure all vehicles and vessels receive appropriate servicing, repairs, and preventative maintenance.

Qualifications and Skills

• • Diploma or degree in Engineering, Technical Maintenance, Construction Management, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering, Renewable Energy Systems, or a related technical field.
• • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in maintenance, technical operations, facilities management, or engineering—preferably within remote lodges, camps, resorts, or similar off-grid operations.
• • Strong technical expertise across multiple disciplines, including electrical systems, plumbing, solar PV systems, battery storage, generators, mechanical equipment, vehicles, boats, and structural maintenance.
• • Proven experience developing and running preventative maintenance programs and using data-driven systems to plan, track, and analyse maintenance activities.
• • Exceptional leadership abilities, with experience supervising multi-disciplinary technical teams across multiple locations.
• • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with General Managers, workshop teams, senior leadership, and external contractors.
• • Strong project management skills, including experience with job cards, project files, BOQs, drawing interpretation, procurement processes, and contractor supervision.
• • Competence in interpreting dashboards, monitoring solar performance systems, and making decisions based on energy data, load management, and usage trends.
• • Solid understanding of infrastructure and asset life-cycle management, ensuring long-term protection and optimisation of company assets.
• • Experience developing SOPs, technical standards, safety systems, and maintenance workflows, with the ability to train staff and enforce adherence.
• • Financial and budgeting awareness, including planning for CAPEX, OPEX, asset replacement cycles, and cost-efficient resource use.
• • Strong organisational skills, with the ability to plan, prioritise, and execute maintenance tasks in a structured and timely manner across multiple properties.
• • Ability to work independently in remote and sometimes challenging environments, solving problems hands-on and responding quickly to operational disruptions.
• • Familiarity with sustainability principles, renewable energy operations, and environmentally responsible maintenance practices.
• • Computer literacy, including comfort with maintenance management software, spreadsheets, asset tracking tools, solar monitoring platforms, and reporting systems.