Chief Engineer

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF POSITION

The Chief Engineer is responsible for providing the customer with a secure, comfortable environment by maintaining the hotel’s assets through ongoing preventive maintenance programmes, and ensuring that all mechanical systems are operating in accordance with corporate policies and procedures, and according to local requirements and regulations. The job incumbent operates in line with hotel and corporate policies and guidelines, and the hotel’s business plan.

TASKS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A SECURE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

• Maintains facilities and equipment by conducting inspections on a regular basis to determine need and extent of service, equipment required, type of operation, and maintenance needed

• Develops and implements strategies to achieve goals for “customer complaints per thousand rooms”, and “willingness to return”

• Ensures adherence to applicable laws by meeting with government and insurance inspectors, and performing follow-up as required

• Communicates with department heads regarding engineering programmes as they pertain to the physical plant

• Keeps all mechanical, electrical, and structural blueprints and diagrams up to date; maintains library of part lists, maintenance manuals, reference books, catalogues, etc.

• Takes prompt corrective action as necessary

• Ensures that the physical plant is operating in a safe, efficient, and orderly fashion by directing all phases of maintenance, repair and renovation

• Determines if work should be done internally or through external contractors

• Schedules employees in accordance with plan

• Assigns work orders by priority, and delegates duties and supervises work

• Schedules the appropriate preventive maintenance programme

• Responds to guest complaints and department service requests

• Maintains a supply of inventory necessary for optimal operating efficiency by initiating purchasing orders for maintenance supplies, machinery, equipment, parts and services as required

• Achieves the best price and suitability of product by appropriately selecting from available contractors and vendors

• Directs and aids in the replacement of systems that become inadequate or obsolete

• Recommends, establishes, and maintains inventory level thresholds based on budget and availability of supplies

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