Assistant Chief Engineer – Luxury Hotel Pre-Opening Lead

SDA - Maintenance; Fingal; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free meals on duty

Employee discounts at Arora Hotels

F&B discounts

Gift and recognition schemes

Job summary

Sofitel Dublin Airport Hotel is seeking an Assistant Chief Engineer to lead the engineering function through pre-opening and beyond, ensuring all systems and facilities meet luxury brand standards. You will coordinate commissioning, safety compliance, and team development to deliver a seamless guest experience from day one.

Based at the new flagship hotel connected to Dublin Airport, you will implement preventive maintenance, manage defects, and work closely across departments to ensure

Qualifications

• Proven leadership and ability to motivate teams.
• Experience in managing, coaching and developing engineering staff.
• Excellent attention to detail and high standards.
• Strong communication and organisational skills.
• Experience in a 5-star hotel environment.
• Good working knowledge of Opera PMS and Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Support Chief Engineer during pre-opening to ensure facilities, plant rooms, back-of-house areas, guest rooms and public spaces are operational.
• Assist commissioning, testing, inspection and handover of mechanical, electrical, plumbing, HVAC, kitchen, laundry, lift, fire and life safety systems.
• Coordinate defect identification and snagging with contractors and project teams; document, track and resolve issues before opening.
• Develop preventive maintenance programmes, SOPs, risk assessments, permit-to-work and emergency procedures.
• Support CMMS implementation including asset loading, maintenance scheduling and reporting.
• Recruit, onboard, train and develop engineering staff for service excellence from opening day.
• Ensure all statutory inspections, licenses and compliance requirements are completed and recorded.
• Collaborate with Operations, Housekeeping, Front Office, F&B and Security to ensure luxury standards are met during pre-opening and opening.

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication

Opera PMS

MS Office

Tools

CMMS

HVAC systems

Job description

Sofitel Dublin Airport Hotel is seeking an Assistant Chief Engineer to lead the engineering function through pre-opening and beyond, ensuring all systems and facilities meet luxury brand standards. You will coordinate commissioning, safety compliance, and team development to deliver a seamless guest experience from day one.

Based at the new flagship hotel connected to Dublin Airport, you will implement preventive maintenance, manage defects, and work closely across departments to ensure