Assistant Director of Engineering

BARDO Hotels • Savannah, GA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Hotel Bardo Savannah is seeking an Assistant Director of Engineering to help lead the engineering, maintenance, facilities, and life-safety operations of our luxury hotel. Reporting to the Area Director of Engineering, the Assistant Director of Engineering will support the daily operation of the department while helping ensure the property is maintained to the standards expected of an upscale, full-service hotel. This role is designed for an accomplished hotel engineering leader who is ready for the next step in their career. The ideal candidate has developed strong technical and leadership experience within a sophisticated full-service, luxury, or upscale hotel environment and is ready to expand their responsibility across team leadership, preventive maintenance, building systems, compliance, budgeting, projects, and hotel operations. The Assistant Director will work closely with the Area Director of Engineering and hotel leadership while continuing to develop the operational and administrative capabilities needed to lead an engineering department independently. This position offers meaningful exposure to complex hotel operations, capital projects, luxury service standards, and senior engineering leadership, with the opportunity for continued advancement within the organization. This is an onsite position located at Hotel Bardo Savannah in Savannah, Georgia. Candidates should have engineering or maintenance leadership experience within a full-service hotel or resort environment.

Requirements

• At least five years of progressive engineering or maintenance experience, preferably within a full-service, luxury, or upscale hotel or resort.
• At least two years of experience leading or supervising hotel engineering or maintenance team members.
• Strong working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building automation, life-safety, and preventive maintenance systems.
• Experience prioritizing work orders, coordinating vendors, supporting hotel emergencies, and maintaining guest-facing facilities.
• Demonstrated ability to coach employees, organize departmental workflow, and hold teams accountable for quality and completion.
• Developing administrative capabilities in budgeting, purchasing, reporting, compliance documentation, and project coordination.
• Strong judgment, communication, organization, urgency, curiosity, and follow-through.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience as an Engineering Manager, Engineering Supervisor, Assistant Chief Engineer, Lead Engineer, or similar hotel engineering leadership role strongly preferred.
• Experience with a CMMS or work-order management system preferred.
• Relevant technical certifications or trade licenses preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support the daily leadership of engineering, maintenance, facilities, and life-safety operations for an assigned hotel.
• Supervise, schedule, coach, and develop engineering team members while reinforcing accountability, quality, and responsiveness.
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs for guestrooms, public spaces, kitchens, laundry areas, pools, equipment, and back-of-house facilities.
• Support the operation and maintenance of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building automation, fire/life-safety, and other critical hotel systems.
• Prioritize work orders and respond with urgency to guest-impacting issues, operational disruptions, safety concerns, and facilities-related emergencies.
• Maintain inspections, permits, equipment records, maintenance logs, compliance documentation, and departmental reporting.
• Partner with Rooms, Housekeeping, Food & Beverage, Security, and hotel leadership to support seamless hotel operations and the guest experience.
• Assist with departmental budgeting, purchasing, inventory, vendor management, contracts, and expense control.
• Coordinate contractors and support capital projects, renovations, equipment replacements, and property improvement initiatives.
• Help strengthen engineering SOPs, preventive maintenance standards, safety practices, and operational processes.
• Collaborate closely with the Area Director of Engineering and engineering leaders across both Savannah properties.
• Ensure compliance with building codes, safety requirements, company standards, and applicable regulations.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and wellness benefits for eligible full-time team members
• Company-matched 401(k) with fast vesting
• Up to 20 days of paid time off, paid holidays and a paid birthday
• Complimentary daily team member meal
• Complimentary two-night stay at Hotel Bardo Savannah
• Team member discounts on dining, Saltgrass Spa treatments, retail and The Cooking School at Saint Bibiana
• Complimentary fitness classes
• Opportunities to experience the hotel as our guests do
• Employee rates at select Leading Hotels of the World properties
• Discounts at Highgate hotels worldwide
• Referral incentives and guest recognition programs
• Career development opportunities across a growing hospitality portfolio
• Opportunities to learn, lead and build a career alongside an ambitious hospitality team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed