Engineer | Painter

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Port Everglades (FL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Hotels & Resorts is looking for a maintenance professional for their hotel in Port Everglades, Florida. The role involves maintaining public areas, providing painting services, and ensuring a safe environment for guests.

Ideal candidates will possess commercial painting experience and be flexible with their working hours, including nights and weekends. You will need to interact effectively with guests and uphold the hotel's high standards of service.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a commercial painter required, hotel experience preferred.
• Must be familiar with caulk, stains, and various painting techniques.
• Must be able to work during extreme weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Maintain public areas and guest rooms, including paint and repairs.
• Assist with preventive maintenance and respond to guest requests.
• Ensure compliance with safety and security policies.

Skills

Commercial painting experience

Flexible schedule

Effective communication with guests

Physical stamina and ability

Tools

Painting tools

Ladder

Push-to-talk radio

Job description

Omni Fort Lauderdale Hotel

The Omni Ft. Lauderdale Hotel is a 29-story hotel, located at 1950 Eisenhower Blvd, and connected directly to the Broward County Convention. The property offers 801 guest rooms and suites, multiple restaurants, a vibrant rooftop bar, a sprawling pool, spa, and fitness center. The hotel has over 120,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space, including a grand ballroom, junior ballroom, 25 breakout rooms and pre-function meeting space with waterfront views.

Job Purpose

To ensure a safe, efficient, well-maintained hotel environment while providing maintenance services to guests in a courteous, professional, and engaging manner.

Essential Job Functions

• Maintain all public areas, guest rooms, meeting rooms and corridors on an ongoing basis including paint, wallpaper and plastering.
• Perform preventive maintenance of guest rooms, following preventive maintenance guidelines for Omni CARE program.
• Maintain correct stock/inventory of paint supplies and materials and communicate when replenishment is needed.
• Aid guests in locating other areas of the hotel (walk them to destination if possible).
• Have a thorough understanding of Omni's fire alarm procedures and emergency evacuation.
• Must be familiar with Omni's systems and procedures.
• Respond to all requests from guests and associates.
• Assist engineers and mechanics as needed with repairs.
• Keep all work areas clean.
• Follow all company safety and security policies and procedures; report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions; complete safety training and certifications.
• Ensure clean uniform and professional personal appearance; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a commercial painter required, hotel experience preferred.
• Must be able to brush, roll, spray, and work on different textures.
• Must be able to patch, float and repair damaged surfaces.
• Must be able to work with stains, lacquers, varnishes, epoxy and Bondo.
• Must be able to apply caulk.
• Must be willing to work based on business and occupancy levels.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, holidays, and overtime.
• Must be able to interact and communicate with the hotel guests.
• Move, bend, lift, carry, crawl, squat, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance. Stand, walk or sit for an extended period or for an entire work shift.
• Must work indoors and outdoors including during extreme weather conditions.
• May be asked to be part of "ride-out" crew during severe weather events.
• Must be able to work using ladders, scissors, and aerial lifts.

Environment & Position Analysis

Move, bend, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing up to 50 pounds without assistance. Stand, walk or sit for an extended period or for an entire work shift. Requires repetitive motion, including utilizing telephone/computer for an extended period or for an entire shift.

Tools & Equipment

Painting/finishing tools and equipment, ladder, telephone, pen/pencil, photo-copying machine and push-to-talk radio.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Omni Hotels & Resorts is an equal opportunity/AA/Disability/Veteran employer. The EEO is the Law poster is available using the following link: EEOC is the Law Poster. Omni Hotels & Resorts does not discriminate on the basis of any protected category with respect to the payment of wages. If you are interested in applying for employment with Omni Hotels & Resorts and need special assistance to apply for a posted position, please send an email to: [e-mail].