Assistant Director of Engineering
About The Position
The Assistant Director of Engineering is the senior deputy who assists the Director of Engineering in managing a larger or more complex property engineering function. The role translates the Director’s direction into executable programs, leads delegated workstreams and people, develops analysis and recommendations, and acts for the Director when assigned or during absence. The Director retains ultimate property-level accountability unless authority is formally delegated. The position supports daily engineering operations and departmental priorities, maintenance governance, life-safety and regulatory programs, asset-condition reviews, capital planning, projects, budgets, procurement, utilities and performance analysis, and associate development. It coordinates engineering work with operating departments to protect guests, revenue, associates and property operations. Availability to support significant property emergencies and periodic work in operational areas are required. Property-specific access, PPE, environmental and scheduling requirements apply.
Requirements
- Demonstrated capability to manage substantial portions of a hotel, resort or comparable facility engineering function.
- Verified experience leading people, maintenance programs, contractors, compliance activity, budgets or projects.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare scopes, analyses, recommendations and management reporting.
- Required licenses or certifications applicable to delegated property responsibilities.
- Ability to lead assigned managers, supervisors and multiple layers of engineering staff.
- Ability to translate approved direction into programs, schedules, controls and measurable follow-up.
- Ability to assist with lifecycle management, capital planning, budgeting, compliance and major-project governance.
- Ability to coordinate contractors, analyze bids, administer contracts and resolve delegated vendor issues.
- Ability to analyze facility, CMMS, KPI, utility, BAS and financial information and develop clear recommendations.
- Ability to manage cross-functional coordination, service recovery and operational communication.
- Broad engineering-system knowledge sufficient to oversee work, recognize risk and engage Technical Chiefs or specialists where needed.
- Readiness to act for the Director under delegated authority.
- Availability to support significant property emergencies and to act for the Director when assigned.
Nice To Haves
- Degree or technical education in engineering, facilities, construction, building systems or a related field.
- Relevant trade, facilities, energy, safety or project-management credentials.
- Experience in hospitality or another continuously operated, guest-facing or mission-critical facility.
- Experience supporting capital planning, asset lifecycle management, occupied projects or complex MEP operations.
Responsibilities
- Assist the Director in administering the day-to-day engineering operation, departmental priorities, standards and systems of control.
- Lead assigned managers, supervisors, technical leaders and programs; coordinate staffing, workload, follow-up and service recovery as delegated.
- Assist with preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance governance, including CMMS quality, PM completion, backlog, failure trends and follow-up inspections.
- Assist in administering fire/life-safety, emergency, permit, inspection and regulatory-compliance programs; maintain records and escalate deficiencies.
- Assist the Director with asset-condition reviews, lifecycle risk evaluation and development of maintenance and replacement recommendations.
- Assist the Director in developing, prioritizing and maintaining the property capital plan; prepare scopes, estimates, phasing, business cases and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate and manage delegated projects, shutdowns and commissioning activities, including schedule, budget, contractor performance, change control and closeout.
- Assist with engineering budget preparation, forecasting, purchasing controls and variance analysis; manage delegated cost centers or programs.
- Support procurement by developing technical scopes, collecting and evaluating bids, preparing recommendations and administering delegated contracts.
- Analyze utilities, asset data, BAS information, work-order performance and KPIs; identify variances and recommend corrective or efficiency actions.
- Support selection, coaching, training, deployment and performance management of engineering associates; assist with succession and capability development.
- Prepare reports, analyses and recommendations for the Director; support property leadership and ownership communications and manage delegated follow-up commitments.
- Coordinate engineering work with operating departments to protect guests, revenue, associates and property operations.
- Act for the Director when assigned or during absence.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
