Hotel Chief Engineer

The Hotel Chief Engineer leads day-to-day facilities maintenance and engineering operations at The Elizabeth Hotel in Fort Collins, CO. The role oversees mechanical, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC systems while managing staff and supporting a safe, compliant environment for guests and employees.

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise Engineering employees, including interviewing, scheduling, training, coaching, and providing performance review input; address problems and recommend discipline as appropriate.
• Implement and schedule preventive maintenance for property and equipment in line with corporate or franchise standards and applicable local, state, and national codes and regulations.
• Manage service requests by prioritizing, scheduling, and monitoring completed work to support customer satisfaction, safety, and convenience.
• Test and examine life safety systems to ensure they are fully operational at all times to protect the asset, guests, and employees.
• Monitor utility consumption to evaluate effectiveness of current systems.
• Review purchase requests and monitor expenses to support budgeted goals.
• Support department administration by preparing and maintaining schedules, logs, records, and other documentation to maintain smooth operations and minimize liabilities.

Required Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of the Building Management or Engineering profession, including experiential knowledge for managing people and complex problems.
• Ability to investigate and analyze current activities or information in a specialized field using readily available data to form logical conclusions and recommendations.
• Supervisory skills.
• Ability to provide information and associated services to hotel management and guests.
• Comprehension and literacy for procedures, reports, instructions, and receipts.
• Ability to communicate with management and staff.
• Ability to visually inspect hotel premises.
• Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry weights up to 25 lbs. and greater for hotel equipment and machinery.
• Frequent bending and/or kneeling throughout the day for repairs and maintenance.
• Mobility throughout the hotel across all floors, varying heights, and distances; use of ladders and lifts as needed.
• Continuous standing in varying degrees throughout the day.
• Climbing approximately 210 steps (about 10% of each day).
• Climbing ladders approximately 20 feet (about 5% of each day).
• Limited driving on an occasional basis for supplies and equipment, generally within 20 miles.

Experience and Education

• Experience: 2 to 3 full years of full employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).
• Management experience: 2 years (required).
• Hotel experience: 1 year (preferred).
• Education/Training: One to two years of post high school education.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Work inside 95% of the week and outside 5% of the week.
• Exposure to abnormal temperatures, including walk-in freezers below 32 degrees for approximately 1% of the time.
• Use of power hand tools (for example, circular saw and drill).
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Location and Employment Type

• Work location: In person (onsite)
• Location: Fort Collins, CO

Compensation

Estimated salary: USD 75,000 - 85,000 per year.

Benefits

• Unlimited paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program with employer matching
• Health savings account and flexible spending accounts
• Basic Life and AD&D insurance
• Company-paid short-term disability
• Paid FMLA leave for up to 12 weeks
• Employee Assistance Program
• Great discounts on hotels, restaurants, and much more
• Employee Referral Bonus Program: up to $1,000 per referral
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Tuition reimbursement