Lead Engineer Hotel

Immediate Supervisor:

General Manager- MUST BE ABLE TO PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK! NO ACCEPTIONS!

Job Summary:

Responsible for directing the activities of the Maintenance Department. Maintains the property in an economical manner to ensure that Hospitality guests receive a clean, attractive and secure place to stay with friendly, attentive service.

Essential Job Functions:

- Ensure an environment in which high standards of comfort, service, and quality exist for our guests.

- Ensures teamwork and enhances cooperation between all departments.

- Recruits, interviews, hires and trains new associates.

- Prepares work schedules and ensures maintenance standards are met.

- Maintains all required associate records such as Performance Appraisals and Timecards.

- Maintains security for guests and property by ensuring that room doors are locked at all times, keys are controlled, lost and found articles are properly logged and securely stored, reports suspicious activity by guest or others and observes all security and safety regulations.

- Handles all in-house repairs.

- Familiar with all major shut off stations, including water and electric and with fire alarm stations.

- Ensure all daily work orders have been completed.

- Ensure the Preventative Maintenance and Suite Care programs are on-going.

- Prepares requisitions for replacement of bench stock items, locates and purchases materials needed for emergency repairs, provides administration of outside maintenance contract activity or major systems (i.e., elevators, fire alarm), and other tasks as necessary for the successful operation of the property.

- Ensure all associates wear uniforms and name tags at all times and present them in a professional manner.

- Prepares yearly maintenance budget.

- Responsible for quarterly training of all management team and front office team on fire alarm/enunciators/sprinkler system, etc.

- Acts as Manager on Duty when designated by the General Manager.

- Performs or coordinates other tasks as assigned by the General Manager.

Necessary Skills and Attributes:

- Excellent verbal, comprehension, listening and problem solving skills

- Interpersonal and time management skills

- Guest relation skills

- Adaptability

Formal Education:

- High School diploma or equivalent

- Technical training school (with emphasis on HVAC, electrical and plumbing)

Experience:

- Maintenance experience

- Two years of previous team management or supervisory experience

Physical Requirements:

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; bend; walk; use hands or finger; or feel objects, tools or controls; lift boxes (up to 15 pounds); talk and hear. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision to a computer screen.