Assistant Director of Engineering

JOB DESCRIPTION

Summary/Objective

Be a dynamic leader who is highly organized and capable of providing leadership, guidance and direction in achieving the hotel’s vision and mission. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Assistant Director of Engineering will be responsible for implementing Accor engineering and work standards and overseeing the engineering department operations.
Responsibilities:

• Administering the Maintenance Department towards the attainment of hotel and department goals.
• Team leadership and effective delegation skills will be key to success in this role.
• Oversee the engineering department with attention to details and follow-up to ensure satisfactory completion of tasks and projects.
• Coordinating the Preventative Maintenance Program for guest rooms, public areas, mechanical, and safety systems; working closely with the Rooms Division, Food & Beverage Departments and other departments.
• Assisting the Director of Engineering with preparing and controlling the annual maintenance budget and Capital Plan.
• Maintain all equipment and systems in correct operational status including but not limited to Accor MEP standards, Fire & Life Safety standards, Risk Management, environmental standards, expenditure and project management.
• Maintain all mechanical rooms inclusive of Boiler Plant, chilled water circulation, air handling units, fan coils, VAVs, motors, pumps …etc.
• Experience in yearly engineering-budget preparations and monthly forecasting of the department’s expenses
• Able to forecast and manage the hotel energy and water usage and all the associated costs
• Able to identify issues and provide solutions, inclusive of outsourcing and managing 3rd party companies
• Able to identify, budget for and manage projects related to renovations and or replacements within the hotel
• Pool operations knowledge inclusive of water treatment
• Understand water treatment for closed systems and maintains all the related logs for testing of chemicals balance and legionella control.
• Work closely with the purchasing department to source the best products for the least cost
• Monitoring the Hotel’s Energy consumption on daily and monthly basis.
• Ensuring prompt and/or immediate response to maintenance requests from our guests, employees, and management of the Hotel.
• Recruiting, scheduling, payroll, performance appraisals and reviews, training and development of all engineering colleagues
• Coordinate and complete all audits related to engineering and risk management
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