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 maintain inventory level thresholds based on budget and availability of supplies
• Reviews and approves invoices
• Develops and promotes energy conservation programmes by continually monitoring utility costs and consumption
• Maintains logs and journals for all utilities, reviews meter readings and regulates controls
• Designs and supervises recycling programmes for aluminium, paper, plastic, glass, etc.
• Prepares the operating budget for engineering, recommends items to be included in the hotel’s capital budget, and insures adherence with approved budget

MANAGING THE ENGINEERING FUNCTION

LAWS, REGULATIONS AND POLICIES

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS

HEALTH AND SAFETY

MISCELLANEOUS

Qualifications

Experience in brand hotels.

Excellent command in English / additional language is an advantage.

Strong reporting and analytical skills.

Good analytical and numeric skills.

High level of organization and time management skill.

Additional Information

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