Hotel Chief Engineer - Lead Maintenance & Safety

Summit Hospitality Incorporated; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hotel Discounts

Quarterly Bonus opportunities

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Life Insurance

Job summary

Summit Hospitality Group is seeking a Chief Engineer for the Hotel Division to oversee maintenance of guest rooms, meeting spaces, public areas, and back-of-house facilities. The role reports to the General Manager and directs engineers and technicians in daily repairs across mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, kitchen, and laundry systems.

You will lead the engineering team, ensure safety and quality, coordinate with vendors, support training, and participate in compliance with brand

Qualifications

• 2-3 years maintenance/facility management experience.
• Computer literate.
• Team and goal oriented.
• Experience performing repairs on mechanical, electrical, kitchen, and laundry equipment.
• Comfortable providing training and direction to associates and helpers on daily repairs and trade work.
• Comfortable managing and directing outside vendors & contractors.
• Skilled at recognizing potential safety hazards and security problems and act upon them immediately.
• Excellent people engagement skills and problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task.
• High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
• Command of the English language including speaking, writing, reading.
• Availability for AM/PM and weekends and holidays.
• Customer service oriented.

Responsibilities

• Ensures complete guest satisfaction in a friendly and helpful manner.
• Maintains HVAC, boilers, electrical, carpentry, dry walling, painting, plumbing, and landscaping.
• Preventative maintenance for hotel product quality standards.
• Assists in checking making repairs on general plumbing systems, toilets, fixtures, sinks, kitchen and laundry equipment.
• Proactively troubleshoots and helps engineers on IT and building systems.
• Supports established policies and procedures for Corporate and Brand standards.
• Supports hotel’s training needs and efforts.
• Assists in keeping properties in a condition that meets or exceeds Quality Assurance audits.
• Leads departments in hotel safety procedures and Safety Committee.
• Duties are subject to change and additional responsibilities/tasks may be assigned as needed.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Computer literacy

Team leadership

Safety awareness

Multi-tasking

Customer service

Problem solving

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

Summit Hospitality Group is seeking a Chief Engineer for the Hotel Division to oversee maintenance of guest rooms, meeting spaces, public areas, and back-of-house facilities. The role reports to the General Manager and directs engineers and technicians in daily repairs across mechanical, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, kitchen, and laundry systems.

You will lead the engineering team, ensure safety and quality, coordinate with vendors, support training, and participate in compliance with brand