Director of Engineering

Responsibilities:
• Ensure that all maintenance requests are prioritized and dealt with in an efficient manner.
• Acts as a Project Manager between hotel and outside contractors or technical services on major projects.
• Attends seminars and technical exhibitions and reads relevant publications to keep him up to date in the Engineering field.
• Liaise with People & Culture overall employee matters including recruitment and interviewing.
• Develop a team of technically proficient and generally helpful technicians to carry out all maintenance and repair work to standard with technical specifications.
• Carry out continuous inspections to ensure the highest level of guest comfort is maintained and that all services are in proper working condition.
• Provide in-house mechanical and electrical servicing, repair, and maintenance using well-trained, presentable personnel carrying out maintenance works in an efficient, discreet, and guest-friendly manner.
• To prepare the Engineering budget for the property and provide the Engineering input into hotel strategic and operational planning exercises.
• Control all payroll and business expenditures of the department.
• Continually monitor the responsible use of energy in the hotel and implement measures resulting in energy cost savings.
• To comply with all statutory and legal requirements for fire, health, and safety licensing and provide all necessary safety equipment required for work to be carried out efficiently and safely.
• Plan and manage all preventative maintenance work, new projects, extensions, and renovations.