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Engineer at Wigrams Turn Waterside & Marina

We’re a business that believes life is better by the water. It’s our mission to deliver a special waterside experience whether you live, visit or work at an Aquavista marina.

Being the biggest network of inland and coastal marinas in the country, we offer residential and leisure moorings in our 29 unique locations on the water - as well as boat sales, floating homes and all the bits in between.

There are 200 friendly faces that make up the Aquavista team throughout our different locations. Together, we make a real difference to the business with our expertise and enthusiasm, and we pride ourselves on providing excellent service to make our brand shine and our customers happy.

We’re in a growth phase with exciting times ahead (maybe with you!), so if you think you’d fit in, we want to hear from you.

Job Description:

Overview: Reporting to the Marina Manager your duties are to help maintain the smooth operation of the marina by providing engineering services for the hire fleet; ownership boats and private moorers as required.

Hours of work: The hours of work for this role are: 37.5 hours per week. Including weekends and Bank holidays and out of hours cover

Place of work: The role is based at Wigrams Turn Marina, Shuckburgh Road, Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire – however you may from time to time be required to work at other inland marinas within the Aquavista group.

As part of the ‘call out’ responsibilities you will need to be prepared to work on the canal network.

 

Duties:

  • Provide engineering services for boats based at Wigrams Turn e.g. engine/mechanical servicing, maintenance and repair.
  • Ensure that accurate and appropriate information regarding the engineering tasks are made available for invoicing purposes.
  • Liaise with customers to provide updates and approval as necessary.
  • Order, collect and deliver parts as required for use on engineering jobs.
  • Share responsibility for marina response duties outside normal working hours, for engineering emergencies for Black Prince boats.
  • Where required assist with the movement and mooring of boats for customers within the marina.
  • Assist with hire boat handovers and movement of vessels leaving and entering the marina.
  • Where required assist with the provision of utility services e.g. diesel, gas and solid fuels.
  • Assist the team to proactively sell moorings encouraging new customers to take up moorings within the Aquavista Marinas group and maintain existing customers.
  • Take individual responsibility for health and safety requirements on the marina.

 

The above list is not exhaustive and, to meet the needs of the business, you should be prepared to complete additional duties which may arise from time to time, and at the request of the Marina Manager. You may be asked to perform other or additional duties within your skills and competence and the Company may amend your duties from time to time to meet the needs of the business.

Apply to this role:

To apply to this role please send your CV and covering letter to [email protected] by 19/01/2025.