Engineering Supervisor

Supervise and maintain hotel engineering operations across key building systems and coordinate maintenance work with associates and hotel departments.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional, courteous guest service at all times.
• Supervise maintenance operations for the hotel, including refrigeration, heating, plumbing, water treatment, preventative maintenance, and heating and cooling plant operations.
• Oversee energy controls and efficiency related to hotel systems and equipment.
• Manage maintenance across front of house and back of house spaces, including A/C units, ice machines, lighting, kitchen equipment, emergency generators, water softeners, switch rooms, roof exhausts, and electrical substations.
• Supervise fire and life safety systems and other hotel-owned, leased, or managed systems and equipment.
• Monitor electric, gas, oil, and water consumption on a prescribed basis.
• Maintain inventory levels: order supplies as needed and keep a log of supplies used and purchased.
• Ensure purchased services (electrical, plumbing, cleaning, etc.) are performed to exceed exhibitor and client expectations.
• Supervise assigned associates, including directing and coordinating their work to completion.
• Ensure projects are completed according to specifications and on time.
• Coordinate with Housekeeping/Environmental Services to align maintenance activities.
• Coordinate with Security to maintain key inventory for all locks.
• Aid and instruct craftsmen in scheduling work to meet specified dates.
• Maintain an ongoing maintenance program for guestrooms, meeting rooms, public space back of house areas, kitchens, and all hotel equipment.
• Perform inventory and purchasing duties as required.
• Maintain cleanliness of grounds and landscaping appearance.
• Ensure workspaces and storage areas remain clean, orderly, and ready for use.
• Attend weekly staff meetings.
• Complete projects as determined by the Chief Engineer.

Requirements

• Understand the technologies required in the work you are directly responsible for.
• Plan and direct the work of others.
• Work with a variety of situations and adapt to changing priorities.
• Solve problems using facts and personal judgment.
• React quickly in emergency situations and make decisions that may involve the safety of others.
• Work with different kinds of people.
• Be available on nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Minimum experience: Over 2 years up to and including 4 years (specific vocational preparation includes vocational education, apprentice training, in-plant training, on-the-job training, or essential experience in less responsible jobs leading to the higher role).
• Lifting: maximum of 50 lbs, with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects up to 25 lbs.
• Ability to walk or stand to a significant degree, reach, handle, feel, talk, hear, and see.
• Mathematics skills sufficient to compute ratio and proportion and percentages; calculate surface areas, volumes, weight, and measures.
• Language skills to read instructions and safety rules; write reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar; speak with poise and confidence using correct English and a well-modulated voice.

Directly Supervises

• Maintenance Associate

Position Purpose

• Maintain and supervise hotel maintenance operations, including refrigeration, heating, plumbing, heating and cooling plant operations, and energy controls and efficiency, while maintaining required standards.

Physical Demands

• Lifting up to 50 lbs maximum; frequent lifting/carrying of objects up to 25 lbs.
• Walking or standing to a significant degree; reaching, handling, feeling, talking, hearing, and seeing.

Environmental Conditions

• Inside and outside work (approximately 75% or more of the time inside, or roughly equal amounts inside and outside).
• Noise and vibration levels that may cause marked distraction or possible injury to hearing and/or strain or bodily harm.
• Temperature variations that are sufficiently marked and abrupt to cause noticeable bodily reactions.