Director of Engineering

Managing Property Operations and Engineering Budgets

1. Supervises the complete Engineering team.
2. Manages the physical plant including equipment refrigeration, HVAC, plumbing, water treatment, electrical, and life safety systems.
3. Maintains and operates equipment at optimum effectiveness, efficiency, and safety.
4. Establishes and manages an effective rooms maintenance program.
5. Ensures compliance with all Engineering departmental policies, standards, and procedures.
6. Manages departments controllable expenses to achieve or exceed budgeted goals.
7. Selects and orders or purchases new equipment, supplies, and furnishings.
8. Inspects and evaluates the physical condition of facilities in order to determine the type of work required.
9. Recommends or arranges for additional services such as painting, repair work, renovations, and the replacement of furnishings and equipment.
10. Supervises the day-to-day operations of Engineering.

Maintaining Property Standards

1. Maintains accurate logs and records as required.
2. Assists in effectively planning, scheduling, and evaluating preventative maintenance programs.

Providing Exceptional Customer Service

1. Handles guest problems and complaints effectively.
2. Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
3. Displays leadership in guest hospitality by exemplifying excellent customer service and creating a positive atmosphere for guest relations.

Managing Profitability

1. Helps establish priorities for total property maintenance needs.
2. Ensures ongoing communication occurs in all areas of responsibility to create awareness of business objectives, expectations, and recognition of exemplary performance.

Managing and Conducting Human Resources Activities

1. Celebrates successes and publicly recognizes the contributions of team members.
2. Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees.
3. Ensures employees are treated fairly and equitably.
4. Strives to improve service performance.
5. Provides feedback to employees based on observation of service behaviors.
6. Supervises employees' ability to execute departmental and property emergency procedures.
7. Reviews employee satisfaction results to identify and address employee problems or concerns.
8. Solicits employee feedback.
9. Helps ensure regulatory compliance to facility regulations and safety standards.
10. Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and support the appraisal process.
11. Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.

General/Miscellaneous

1. Ensures all staff are thoroughly familiar with the hotel's emergency procedures and in a state of preparedness for any emergency which may occur.
2. Responsible for setting up and maintaining ongoing training programs in the Engineering division in conjunction with the Director of HR & the Training Manager.
3. Initiates Fire Fighting Training in coordination with the Security Manager and local authorities (Fire Brigade) on a regular basis for all Hotel departments.
4. Maintains a monthly overview of vacation and public holiday balance of all staff and delivers a monthly consolidated summary to the Director of HR.
5. Is familiar with all related company documentation and especially with the relevant Operational Standards Manual for his/her field of responsibility.
6. Other duties as assigned.
7. Assists in Task Force Teams for new openings.
8. Carries out any other reasonable task (which may not be stated here) as requested.

Qualifications:

Education: Degree in Engineering or equivalent.

Experience: Minimum 3 years in a similar role.

Other: Computer skills and good communication skills.

Additional Information:

What is in it for you:

• Employee benefit card offering discounted rates at Accor worldwide.
• Learning programs through our Academies.
• Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!
• Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities like Planet 21.

Remote Work:

No.

Employment Type:

Full-time.