Operations Associate - Maternity Cover

Job Description

What you'll bring to the team

Operations Associate

Location: LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort, Windsor, SL4 4AY

Hours: Full time fully flexible, working any 5 days out of 7 including weekends and bank holidays

Contract Type: Maternity Cover, hourly paid, until summer 2027

Here at the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort our 2026 season is in full swing, and we are recruiting for an Operations Associate to join our AWESOME Park Operations Team!

As an Operations Associate, you will play a vital role in keeping the resort running safely, smoothly, and efficiently. Working closely with Operations Specialists, you’ll help maintain high operational standards across all areas of the resort, ensuring both guest experience and safety remain front and centre.

You will be hands‑on in supporting operational excellence, from conducting spot checks and reviewing procedures, to helping implement improvements that make a real difference on the ground. The Operations Associate will be a visible presence across the resort, working with frontline teams to ensure standards are understood, embedded, and consistently delivered.

This role also gives you exposure to exciting areas such as new rides and attractions, training delivery, investigations, and waterpark operations. It’s a fantastic opportunity to build broad operational experience while contributing to compliance, safety, and continuous improvement across a complex, fast‑paced environment.

This is a fixed term, maternity cover contract, until Summer 2027.

Qualifications & Experience

• Experience in operations, compliance, or a related operational environment
• Strong organisational skills with excellent attention to detail
• Ability to review, maintain, and update operational documents and procedures
• Confident communicator, able to work collaboratively with frontline teams and stakeholders
• Experience supporting or delivering training and providing constructive feedback
• Good problem‑solving skills, with the ability to identify issues and support practical solutions
• Comfort working with data, reports, and operational documentation
• Flexible and adaptable approach, with openness to changing priorities and ad‑hoc tasks
• Awareness of health, safety, and compliance standards, or a willingness to learn
• A proactive, supportive mindset focused on continuous improvement and teamwork

Benefits

• Pay of £13.80 per hour
• 40% discount off LEGO® sets and products on the online LEGO Store!

• Merlin Magic Pass: 20 free tickets for you, your family and friends to enjoy all of our Merlin Attractions across the world!
• 25% discount in Merlin retail shops and restaurants (a brilliant extra treat when you’re using your Magic Pass to visit!)
• Staff discount codes for Merlin Annual Passes to gift to loved ones!
• Pro rata holiday allowance based on 28 days full time equivalent

• Private pension scheme
• Life assurance scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Access to Perks at Work which 30,000+ national & local employee discounts
• Free staff parking
• Ongoing training & development

About the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort

We are looking for an Operations Associate to join our AWESOME Park Operations team at the UK’s favourite children’s theme park; the LEGOLAND® Windsor Resort. The LEGOLAND Windsor Resort is the ultimate destination for families with children age 2-12. The Resort is home to three awesome LEGO themed Hotels and a host of rides, shows and attractions built around the iconic LEGO® brick. This role is based at the Windsor theme park, located in 150 acres of beautiful parkland.

About Merlin

A job with Merlin isn’t like a job anywhere else. With attractions around the world, from rollercoasters to wax figures, we don’t trade in suits, handshakes or briefcases. We trade in fun. In smiles, shrieks and spine-tingles. In Memories. In magic. But there are no tricks behind our magic. Instead, there are people like you. Passionate, dedicated people who are committed to making sure our worldwide attractions and guests’ experiences are the best they can be.

If you have any questions or if you require any reasonable adjustments, because of a disability or medical condition, please contact us by email at recruitment@merlinentertainments.biz and one of the team will get back to you as soon as possible.

Pay Range

GBP £13.80/Hr.