Alton Towers searching for new operations director

[MattyH]

This has just popped up on facebook from riderater

• Alton Towers is recruiting a new operations director, with the advertised salary for the position being £65,000.

Source: http://riderater.co.uk/in-brief/

 

[Ben]

I wonder if they will get paid more on busy days, do less on quiet days, and get days off mid week in spring and autumn?

 

[TheMan]

I'd love a crack at that!

 

[DiogoJ42]

Off you go then matey. With all the jobs you've had over the years, surely you can do this?

 

[TheMan]

Off you go then matey. With all the jobs you've had over the years, surely you can do this?

Bit of a leap even for me that dude hahaha!!

There's quite a few jobs there I'd be interested in, putting their money where my mouth is haha, but running the place?

Would I take it on if offered? Damn right.

Would I make improvements, yup, no question.

But could I strategically manage the whole park under Merlin's remit & the gargantuan projects? I doubt it.

The serious side is whenever I've made my way up in something, I've tended to begin on something basic, learned it, moved up, that way you understand the operations of everything & can deal with problems better as they arise.

Understanding what the person needs who changes the loo rolls, to the team that would set & manage budgets, only way I believe you can successfully run such a huge operation.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Pfff, excuses excuses.

 

[TheMan]

Pfff, excuses excuses.

HAHAHAHA

 

[Danny]

The application to apply can be found here.

Best of luck to whoever applies

 

[bluesonichd]

the UK's only attraction that specialises in making Britain happy!

hmmmm


and the closing deal..

you can look forward to enjoying a great benefits package including...
40% discount online on Lego, and much more!

 

[TheMan]

hmmmm


and the closing deal..

That's @DiogoJ42 applying then...

 

[DiogoJ42]

Almost tempted to go for it now.

 

[Tom]

Is this Ian Crabbe's job? I know he was 'Divisional Director', but it does basically seem to be the top job at park level.

 

[Jonathan]

Is this Ian Crabbe's job? I know he was 'Divisional Director', but it does basically seem to be the top job at park level.

I believe it's Mark Kerrigan's old job.

 

[MattyH]

I believe it's Mark Kerrigan's old job.

Correct, he left in January after 23 years and 3 Months at the park! Not a bad old run!

 

[TheMan]

I believe it's Mark Kerrigan's old job.

So tempted to throw my hat in to see if I could even get an interview

 

[Jonathan]

So tempted to throw my hat in to see if I could even get an interview

I dare ya, Richie.

 

[Tom]

Could be a way of making him redundant to offload a big salary (Kerrigan was Operations AND Development director) and then get someone in on the cheap. Either that or the stress of last year broke him.

 

[TheMan]

I dare ya, Richie.

I will channel my inner Trump lol!

I WILL MAKE TOWERS WIN AGAIN!!

WE'LL WIN SO HARD AND SO MUCH THAT H&B LEISURE WONT EVEN LET ME NEAR THEIR STANDS!!

Then throw a ferret across the table.

 

[TheMan]

Could be a way of making him redundant to offload a big salary (Kerrigan was Operations AND Development director) and then get someone in on the cheap. Either that or the stress of last year broke him.

The note about H&S, being serious, on the particulars was striking...

But I don't want to get into conjecture about someone else in that position given what happened.

 

[Burbs]

The thought of having a geek as operations director reminds me of Jim Rowland, the passionate man who used to be operations manager at Blackpool Pleasure Beach!

"GE'RIT OWPEN, FER GAWD'S SEK"

(See Pleasure Beach 6-part series to find out what I mean!)