GENERAL ENGINEERING III

JOB DESCRIPTION 

Nature of the Job

Main Duties

Customer Services

• Delivers the brand promise and provides exceptional guest service at all times.
• Provides excellent service to internal customers.

• Maintains positive guest and colleague interactions with good working relationships.

Operational

• Under direction of the Director of Engineering or Assistant Director of Engineer, perform general repair and maintenance of any and all equipment found in and around the hotel. Specific work areas will be assigned as needed to each employee, based on skill level and experience.
• Paint surfaces, using brushes, spray gun, or paint rollers, and apply paint with cloth, brush, sponge, or fingers to create special effects.
• Stain, seal, and varnish wood surfaces.
• Select premixed paints or mix required portions of pigment, oil, and thinning and drying substances to prepare paint to match specified colors.
• 80% of workload will include carpentry and paint work.
• Accurate record keeping on assigned tasks is required.   
• Ensure that all safety systems are operable.
• Respond to guest room calls as required.
• Responsible for maintenance operations of the hotel, hotel property, guest rooms, public space and back of the hotel areas. 
• Responds to engineering and maintenance concerns.
• Performs and/or monitors maintenance and preventive maintenance projects
• Maintains departmental compliance with hotel maintenance procedures.
• Supports hotel departmental maintenance programs and executes daily, weekly and monthly checklist of all equipment.
• Responsible for completing assigned Hotsos work orders.
• Assist management in specifying proper supplies and equipment for operations.
• Specific work areas will be assigned as needed to each employee, based on skill level and experience.

People Development

• Supports Swire Hotels’ cultural and people development implementations and characteristics.

Other Duties

• Promote an open line of communication with employees, managers and other departments
• Any other duties assigned to by the Director of Engineering.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience Requirements

•  Must be able to speak, read, write and understand the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Must be able to read and write to facilitate the communication process.   
• Requires good communication skills, both verbal and written. 
• Must possess a high level of accuracy and neatness.
• Most work tasks are performed indoors.  Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10°F) and kitchens ( 110°F), possibly for one hour or more.
• Must be able to stand and exert well-paced mobility for up to 4 hours in length.  
• Must be able to exert well-paced ability in limited space and to reach other locations of the hotel on a timely basis. 
• Must be able to bend, stoop, squat and stretch to fulfill cleaning and repair/maintenance tasks.
• Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs. on a regular and continuing basis.  
• Must have the ability to bend, squat and frequently lift 50 lbs. and occasionally lift up to 100 lbs.  
• Machine operators: (without inspection), mechanics, skilled trades people.  Works with lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach.  Also, mechanics and skilled tradespeople and those who do work of a non-repetitive nature such as carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc.
• Mobile equipment operators:  those who operate cars, trucks, cranes, forklifts and high lift equipment.
• The worker is subject to hazards: includes a variety of physical conditions, such as proximity to moving mechanical parts, electrical current, working on scaffolding and high places, exposure to high heat or exposure to chemicals.
• The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions, one or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin: fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.
• The worker is subject to oils; there is air and/or skin exposure to oils and other cutting fluids. 
• Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.
• Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and other employees.
• Vision occurs continuously with the most common visual functions being those of near and color vision and depth perception.
• Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment, including office equipment such as computers, printers, photocopiers, and other office equipment as needed.
• High school or equivalent education required.
• Must have minimum of three years hands-on experience working on minor electrical, painting, plumbing and a/c repairs.
• Ability to obtain and/or maintain any government required licenses, certificates or permits.
• Hotel experience preferred