Hotel Chief Engineer

Job Purpose: Provides comfortable and safe guest environment by maintaining equipment and environment; completing preventive maintenance requirements; responding to emergencies; accommodating guests; preparing reports; managing staff.

Duties:

* Accomplishes maintenance human resource objectives by recruiting, selecting, orienting, training, assigning, scheduling, coaching, counseling, and disciplining employees; communicating job expectations; planning, monitoring, appraising, and reviewing job contributions; planning and reviewing compensation actions; enforcing policies and procedures.

* Achieves maintenance operational objectives by contributing information and analysis to hotel strategic plans and reviews; preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and guest-service standards; completing audits.

* Meets maintenance financial objectives by estimating requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions; develops energy conservation methods.

* Maintains environment and equipment operation by monitoring controls systems; maintaining chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatments, pneumatics, controls, water and waste systems, boilers, refrigerators, compressors, alarms, etc.; diagnosing problems; responding to break-downs; developing specifications for new equipment; evaluating vendor bids; coordinating and supervising installations.

* Resolves emergencies by responding to alarms; assessing situation; collaborating with emergency services.

* Implements preventive maintenance programs by determining work priorities; scheduling inspections, repairs, and replacements.

* Maintains hotel appearance by evaluating conditions; scheduling carpentry, painting, cleaning, decorating, landscaping, and renovations; enforcing appearance standards.

* Ensures maintenance operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing operational policies and procedures.

* Protects guests and employees by maintaining a safe, clean, and healthy environment.

* Prepares maintenance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing repair and service data and trends; maintaining logs and charts.

* Accommodates guests by providing repair information and schedules.

* Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock; anticipating needs; placing and expediting orders; verifying receipt.

* Updates job knowledge by tracking code changes; attending educational workshops; reviewing professional publications; establishing personal networks; benchmarking state-of-the-art practices; participating in professional societies.

* Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.

Skills/Qualifications:

Equipment Maintenance, Facilities Coordination, Facilities Management Systems, HVAC Systems, OSHA Compliance, Safety Management, Customer Focus, Verbal Communication, Management Proficiency, Project Management, Listening