Chief Engineer

Role Purpose

As Chief Engineer you’ll manage
the engineering/maintenance of your hotel and ensure the safety and comfort
of hotel guests and team members. You’ll be a master multitasker and
be comfortable with any repair needs. Motivating and training your team with
the skills to keep hotels always looking their best. 

Key
Accountabilities

People

• Direct daily engineering
  needs, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right team
  in place.
• Develop your team and improve their performance through
  coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals
  for colleagues - recognise good performance. 
• Recommend
  or initiate any HR elated actions where needed.
• Ensure a safe
  and secure environment for guests, team members in compliance with regulatory
  policies and procedures.
• Maintain relations with outside contacts
  including guests, regulatory agencies, others as needed.
• Follow-up
  outstanding points from the latest IT audit of his/her hotel under
  the supervision of IT Manager/Leader. 

Guest Experience

• Help guests needs to ensure their satisfaction.
• Use
  a maintenance programme to ensure the hotel is maintained and in service for our
  guests.

Responsible business

• Maintain and order parts
  and supplies whilst minimising waste and maintaining “green”
  initiatives. 
• May be responsible for hotel security to minimise
  risk of theft, crime and other hazards. 
• Ad-hoc duties –
  unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done. 

Accountabilities

This is the top Maintenance/Engineering job
which may include one or more food or beverage outlets, and/or meeting space
or catering/convention facilities. May supervise a small maintenance staff.

Key Skills & Experiences

• Some college
  or advanced vocational training 
• Four years’ experience
  in general building maintenance and/or construction or equivalent combination
  of education and experience 
• Specialised expertise in plumbing,
  electrical, mechanical, and carpentry fields
• Level 3 EPA Certification,
  HVAC and refrigeration certificate, licensed plumber and/or journeyman status
  for electrician and carpenter may be required 
• Hotel
  experience preferred 
• Professional certification and licence
  if required by law