Chief Hotel Engineer & Operations Leader

Recess Hotels; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and paid holidays

401k matching

Health benefits

Discounts on resort offerings

Job summary

LEFT LANE Hospitality Group, LLC seeks a Chief Engineer to lead and maintain daily engineering operations for Hotel Bardo Savannah and the forthcoming Recess Hotel & Club Savannah. This onsite role requires a seasoned hotel engineering leader capable of managing complex systems, preventive maintenance, and life-safety programs.

The ideal candidate will oversee a team, coordinate cross-property needs, and drive reliability across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and building automation while ensuring

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years progressive engineering/maintenance experience in a full-service hotel or resort.
• At least 2 years hotel engineering leadership experience (Chief Engineer / Assistant Chief Engineer or similar).
• Strong knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building automation, life-safety, and preventive maintenance systems.
• Experience leading hourly teams, managing vendors, prioritizing work orders, and responding to hotel emergencies.
• Strong administrative skills including budgeting, purchasing, reporting, compliance tracking, documentation, and project coordination.
• Experience with a CMMS or work-order management system preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily engineering, maintenance, facilities, and life-safety operations for an assigned hotel property.
• Supervise, schedule, train, and develop engineering team members.
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs for guest rooms, public spaces, kitchens, laundry areas, pools, equipment, and back-of-house facilities.
• Maintain HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building automation, life-safety, and other critical hotel systems.
• Manage work orders, inspections, permits, equipment records, maintenance logs, compliance documentation, and departmental reporting.
• Respond with urgency to guest-impacting issues, operational disruptions, safety concerns, and facilities-related emergencies.
• Partner with Rooms, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Security, and hotel leadership to support daily operations and the guest experience.
• Manage vendors, contractors, purchasing, inventory, and departmental expenses.
• Support capital projects, renovations, equipment replacements, and property improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with the Area Director of Engineering and engineering leadership across both Savannah properties, including providing shared support or coverage when needed.
• Ensure compliance with building codes, safety requirements, company standards, and applicable regulations.

Job description

LEFT LANE Hospitality Group, LLC seeks a Chief Engineer to lead and maintain daily engineering operations for Hotel Bardo Savannah and the forthcoming Recess Hotel & Club Savannah. This onsite role requires a seasoned hotel engineering leader capable of managing complex systems, preventive maintenance, and life-safety programs.

The ideal candidate will oversee a team, coordinate cross-property needs, and drive reliability across HVAC, electrical, plumbing, and building automation while ensuring