Assistant Chief Engineer

Hyatt Corporation; Nashville (TN); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyatt Regency properties under Hyatt Hotels Corporation seek an Engineering Manager to oversee facilities operations, safety systems, and maintenance for guest comfort and asset protection. The role emphasizes leadership, problem resolution, and cost control across hotel engineering teams.

The candidate will ensure 100% operational safety systems, coordinate preventive maintenance, and drive departmental improvements in service quality at Hyatt Regency hotels nationwide.

Qualifications

• Requires advanced knowledge of the BMS/Engineering profession.
• Requires supervisory skills and people management experience.
• Ability to investigate and analyze current activities in a specialized field.
• Strong communication with hotel management and staff.
• Good reading, writing and literacy for procedures and reports.

Responsibilities

• Manage Engineering employees: interview, schedule, train, develop, coach and counsel.
• Provide open communication across the department and with hotel leadership.
• Assist with problem resolution and implement disciplinary actions when needed.
• Prioritize service requests and monitor maintenance work for safety and guest convenience.
• Test safety systems to ensure 100% operation and protect assets and guests.
• Monitor utility consumption and control expenses to meet budget goals.
• Maintain schedules, logs and records to ensure smooth operation and minimize liabilities.
• Perform special projects and other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

BMS/Engineering knowledge

Supervisory skills

Leadership and people management

Problem analysis

Communication with management and team

Job description

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"I believe successful people are the ones who take the initiative to learn, unlearn and relearn. It’s important to constantly challenge your knowledge and step out of your comfort zone."

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Manage the implementation of all property, equipment, preventive maintenance and repairs. Monitor safety systems and utilities. Responsible for the administration of the department in compliance with all corporate standards and local, state and national codes and regulations to protect assets, guests and employees. Manager the day-to-day operations. Recommend and implement procedural changes. Monitor and control expenses.

• Manage the Engineering employees; interview, schedule, train, develop, coach and counsel,
• provide open communication
• Assist with resolving problems and recommend discipline
• Prioritize service requests; schedule and monitor the service performed to ensure customer satisfaction, safety and convenience.
• Test and examine the safety systems to ensure they are 100% operational at all times to protect the asset, guests and employees.
• Monitor utility consumption to determine the effectiveness of current systems.
• Review purchase requests and monitor expenses to ensure budgeted goals are met/exceeded.
• Assist in the administration of the department by preparing and maintaining schedules, logs, records or other
• documentation to ensure a smooth operation and minimize liabilities
• Perform special projects and other responsibilities as assigned

Qualifications

• Requires advanced knowledge of the BMS/Engineering profession
• knowledge required for management of people and complex problems
• Requires investigating and analyzing current activities and/or information in a specialized field involving readily
• Requires supervisory skills
• Ability to provide information and associated services to hotel management and guests
• Excellent hearing required to communicate with management and staff.
• Excellent vision required to visually check hotel premises.
• Excellent speech communication skills required to communicate with management and staff.
• Excellent comprehension and literacy required for procedures, reports, instructions, receipts.
• Frequent lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying weights up to 25 lbs. and greater, for all hotel equipment and machinery.
• Frequent bending and/or kneeling throughout the day for repairs and maintenance of hotel property, equipment and machinery.
• Mobility throughout the hotel, all floors, varying heights and distances. Use of ladders, lifts and climbing required at times.
• Continuous standing required in varying degrees throughout the day.
• Driving - limited driving on an occasional basis for supplies, equipment, etc. Generally within 20 miles.
• Experience required by position is from two to three full years of full employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).

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