Engineer | Maintenance Employee

RiseMe; New York (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

RiseMe is seeking a Hotel Engineer in New York City to maintain guest rooms and building systems, perform repairs, and ensure safety procedures are followed. The role requires strong knowledge of mechanical systems, painting, plumbing, and electrical tasks, with excellent communication and teamwork.

Responsibilities include completing work orders, maintaining logs, and coordinating with carpenters, electricians, and contractors to keep the property in optimal condition.

Qualifications

• Strong working knowledge of mechanical systems, painting/spackling, light plumbing and light electrical.
• Great communication skills, professional demeanor and appearance.
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and concentrate on detail in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Able to work in a team environment and welcome feedback and direction.

Responsibilities

• Build professional and informative interactions with guests and staff.
• Complete work orders accurately or report to the Director for rescheduling.
• Comply with hotel processes for maintenance, installation, or repair as needed.
• Perform boiler, safety, and equipment maintenance per procedures.
• Record readings and maintain logs clearly and legibly.
• Collaborate with carpenters, electricians, painters, and contractors.

Skills

Mechanical systems

Painting/Spackling

Light plumbing

Light electrical

Communication skills

Education

High school or equivalent

2/4 year college degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

Hand & Power Tools

Job description

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Ability to build ensure professional and informative interactions with all guests and staff members alike
• Precisely and effectively complete all allocated work orders every day or report inadequate orders to the Director for rescheduling
• Comply with Hotel processes to effectively perform all maintenance, installation, or repair as needed
• Experienced with Painting, Spackle, Light plumbing and electrical
• Ability to use ladders of different styles; complete work atelevated areas
• Complete taskson/around rooftop areas, chillers, water towers, etc.
• Strong working knowledge of hand and power tools
• Working intight spaces
• Ensure all hotel equipment is maintained and repaired as needed for full functionality
• Follow the most recent state and government legislative codes, laws, and prerequisites
• Identifying issues, creating or providing solutions, take actions to ensure that guest- related issues are resolved promptly once received, and provide the best possible outcome for guest satisfaction
• Ensure daily before shift ends to fill out engineering reports to record all that was completed on your shift or pass-on information for the next shift
• Ensuring all job requests from all areas of the hotel are responded to in a timely and effective manner.
• Collaborate with different departments like carpenter, electricians, overnight engineers, painter's, outsourced contractors in finalizing, changing, altering, remodeling, fixing any area of the Hotel
• Follow all safety guidelines of a fire safety director in the case of an emergencies
• Ensure FSD logbooks are always up to date with current activities of the hotel
• In case of emergencies, communicate with the fire department and monitor fire command station
• Make announcements to the building in case of false alarms, tests or real emergencies as a FSD
• Ensure boiler cleaning logs are always up to date and cleaned as necessary according to boiler guidelines
• Precisely record equipment readings, meter readings and keep up exact logs in a clear and legible way
• Ensure that guest room preventative maintenance is done according to procedures set forth by the Chief engineer whether weekly, monthly, or quarterly
• Ensure guest room and public area filters are changed frequently as instructed by the Director

Job Requirements

• Previous hotel engineering experience preferred
• At least 2 years of Hotel Engineering experience, preferably in a New York City Hotel
• Strong working knowledge mechanical systems, painting/spackling light plumbing and light electrical
• Great communication skills, professional demeanor and appearance
• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and concentrate on detail in a fast-paced work environment
• Must be able to follow basic safety procedures and precautions due to physical risks
• Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Able to work in a team environment and welcome feedback and direction
• Capable of standing for prolonged periods of time
• Ability to frequently reach, bend, stoop, climb up and down stairs, walk, and carry multiple objects
• Flexible schedule to include day shift, night shift, weekends and holidays

Preferred Qualifications

• Local candidates only
• U.S. Citizenship/Work Authorization required
• 2-3 years of experience as an engineer working in the service industry
• FSD Certification a plus
• Verbal and Written communication skills
• Be able to speak, write and understand the primary language of the workplace
• Ability to lift, push or pull 50 pounds
• Proficiency in MS Office and possess basic computer skills
• Be able to work Flexible shift if needed

Education

• High school or equivalent (Required)
• 2 Year/ 4 Year Degree from an accredited College/University (Preferred)

License/Certification

• Relevant Advanced trainings and certifications preferred
• FSD certification

Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

We are committed to extending equal opportunity in employment to all qualified candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of our organization. We encourage applications from all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital or parental status, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship status, veteran or military status, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable local, state or federal laws. Hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States.