Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park · 3 hours ago
Area Director of Engineering
175 L Street NE Washington District of Columbia 20002 US
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$140K/yr - $145K/yr
5+ years expHHM Hotels is a prominent player in the hospitality industry, and they are seeking an Area Director of Engineering to provide leadership and guidance for the maintenance of equipment and systems across a cluster of hotels. The role involves overseeing engineering staff, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and managing capital projects to enhance hotel operations.
Hospitality
Responsibilities
Interview, select, train, schedule, coach and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values
Assist Regional VP of Operations and Hotel General Managers with the annual property level staffing and budgeting to ensure proper maintenance of hotel assets
Assist with the interviewing and selection of Property Level Chief Engineers, ensuring they meet the requirements with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values
Assist with the training of Property Level Chief Engineers in order to carry out duties effectively
Educate and train property level Engineers on current safety issues to ensure compliance with all federal, state and local laws and safety regulations
Monitor the execution and achievement of the hotel’s preventative maintenance program goals
Provide guidelines and assistance on reduction in energy usage through training and focusing on best practice directives
Assist in setting procedures to ensure the security of inventory and assets such as tools, basic supplies, TV’s, and standard FF&E within hotels
Establish guidelines for the replenishment of necessary basic engineering supplies in an efficient manner
Promote and enforce organized paperwork management by property engineering staff. Ensure all PM logs are kept current
Follow up on life safety tests to track that they are kept current with proper documentation readily available
Provide operations teams with front line support in times of emergency mechanical or natural disaster situations
Ensure properties have written guidelines detailing the procedures that staff will implement during times of emergency situations
Perform two property engineering audits per hotel annually
Lead the management of special capital projects such as major mechanical replacements
Report on all relevant property issues and projects bi-weekly to a number of various corporate level stakeholders
Assist properties in securing and reviewing competitive bids for capital projects through preferred vendors and local vendors
Assist staff to properly catalog all property mechanical equipment with location, origination date, make, model and known repairs
Assist staff to compile property folder of equipment and building system warranties
Inform senior leadership of recommendations for asset preservation of major mechanical repair/replacement during budget process. Assist in the annual review/creation of 5yr CapEx plan
Provide input to General Managers on performance of engineering staff during property visits
Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and follow MSDS and OSHA standards
Perform other duties as requested by management
Qualification
Required
High School diploma and/or trade school course work in related field required
Five years of Chief Engineer or management level engineering and maintenance experience in a related field (i.e. Residential or Health Care)
Exceptional Leadership Skills
Superior written and verbal communication skills
Valid Driver's License
Preferred
College Education preferred
Company
Hilton St. Petersburg Carillon Park
11-50 employees
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