Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez Technical Director

About Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez

Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez is an Oetker Hotels property scheduled to open in June 2027. Being rebuilt between Saint-Tropez and Pampelonne, it will bring together 78 rooms and suites across 11 connected houses. Its pre-opening recruitment offers hospitality professionals the opportunity to help prepare a new hotel, with roles spanning accommodation, dining, guest services and operations.

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead all technical operations and the maintenance of the property’s gardens and outdoor areas, ensuring reliable installations, preservation of the property and high-quality surroundings for guests.
• Manage the building management system (GTB), review operating data and alerts, and adjust settings to optimise system performance and guest comfort.
• Oversee maintenance across all building trades, including high- and low-voltage electrical systems, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, domestic hot water, locksmithing, carpentry, painting, masonry and waterproofing.
• Oversee hotel equipment, including pools and water filtration and treatment systems, kitchen equipment and refrigeration systems, water networks, fire safety systems, access control and electromechanical equipment.
• Define and implement preventive and corrective maintenance programmes, analyse malfunctions, prioritise interventions and organise emergency response to maintain operational continuity.
• Monitor water and energy consumption, identify variances and lead optimisation measures without compromising guest comfort or operational requirements.
• Lead installation, renovation and improvement projects: define requirements, consult contractors, assess quotations, coordinate trades and monitor quality, costs and deadlines.
• Support the pre-opening by overseeing system commissioning and testing, participating in technical handovers, tracking completion of outstanding work and preparing maintenance contracts and equipment familiarisation for teams.
• Coordinate interventions with hotel departments to protect guest tranquillity, room and villa availability, operations and events.
• Supervise garden teams and schedule the upkeep of landscaped areas, plantings, irrigation networks and pathways, maintaining aesthetic quality and alignment with the property’s identity.
• Implement environmental commitments across technical and garden operations, including consumption control, leak prevention, waste management, sustainable equipment maintenance, and responsible use of water and products.
• Organise statutory inspections and track requirements, maintain safety documentation within the role’s remit, and ensure corrective actions are implemented with the relevant specialists.
• Lead, motivate and support technical and garden teams: clarify responsibilities, organise schedules and service continuity, assign priorities and monitor the quality of work.
• Determine staffing and skills requirements, contribute to recruitment, and organise onboarding, training and team development, including for seasonal staff, apprentices and interns.
• Manage purchasing of equipment, spare parts and supplies, set stock requirements and ensure essential items are available for operations and garden maintenance.
• Prepare and monitor the technical and garden departments’ operating budgets, propose necessary investments and replacements, and control spending within approved budgets.
• Select and coordinate specialist contractors, negotiate and monitor maintenance contracts within delegated authority, and check the quality and compliance of delivered services.
• Ensure workshops, technical rooms and storage areas are organised, clean and secure, and oversee the upkeep of tools, machinery, vehicles and team equipment.
• Enforce safety rules and ensure appropriate authorisations and training for interventions, use of personal protective equipment, and safe storage and handling of products.
• Maintain structured, up-to-date technical documentation, including plans, as-built records, manuals, warranties, contracts, inspection reports, intervention histories and inventories; track orders and invoices, and present activity indicators, consumption, budget monitoring and investment requirements to management.
• Maintain clear communication with management and department heads, anticipate their needs and coordinate technical and landscaping work with operational requirements.
• Immediately inform management of risks to safety, installations, property or operational continuity, propose appropriate measures and coordinate their implementation within the role’s remit.
• Unite technical and garden teams around shared service, prevention and quality standards, and raise other departments’ awareness of proper facility use and resource-efficient practices.

Qualifications

• Higher education in maintenance, technical engineering, HVAC engineering, electrical engineering or building services, or an equivalent career path supported by substantial technical leadership experience.
• Proven experience leading a technical department, ideally in luxury hospitality or a property with complex installations; pre-opening, construction handover or renovation experience is an advantage.
• Strong multidisciplinary building-services knowledge and command of hotel installations, including electrical systems, plumbing, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, domestic hot water, pools and water treatment, kitchen equipment, refrigeration and fire safety.
• Proficiency in GTB, preventive and corrective maintenance methods, plan reading and project monitoring; knowledge of safety requirements and inspections applicable to the installations within the role’s remit.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams, with the ability to organise and unite technical and garden departments, develop skills and manage priorities responsively and judiciously.
• Ability to oversee gardens and landscaped areas, with a sound understanding of irrigation, seasonality, plant preservation and outdoor-space quality.
• Confident in budget management, contractor and contract management, and investment monitoring; rigorous, forward-planning and service-oriented in line with luxury hospitality standards.
• Driving licence, category B, preferred.
• Electrical certifications appreciated or required depending on assigned duties.
• Strong commitment to sustainable practices, consumption management and risk prevention.

Skills

Experience

Proven experience leading a technical department; substantial technical leadership experience for an equivalent career path. Pre-opening, construction handover or renovation experience is an advantage.

Education

Higher education in maintenance, technical engineering, HVAC engineering, electrical engineering or building services, or an equivalent career path supported by substantial technical leadership experience.

Benefits

Food facilities in a break area with connected refrigerators supplied by Foodles; health insurance and provident insurance; uniform provided; contribution towards travel costs for sustainable mobility, including carpooling, cycling and scooters. The position does not include accommodation.

Culture

As a pre-opening employer, Le Mas Bellevue Saint-Tropez is assembling the teams who will establish its service. Its recruitment places attentive hospitality, collaboration and preparation for the opening at the centre of the work.

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