Assistant Director of Engineering - Franchise

Waldorf Astoria Kuwait•Indianapolis, IN

About The Position

The Assistant Director of Engineering assists the Director in administering day-to-day engineering operations, departmental priorities, standards, and controls. The role leads assigned managers, supervisors, technical leaders, and programs, and coordinates staffing, workload, follow-up, and service recovery as delegated. The position supports maintenance governance, including preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance; CMMS quality; PM completion; backlog and failure-trend review; and follow-up inspections. It also assists with fire and life-safety, emergency, permit, inspection, and regulatory-compliance programs, and maintains records and escalates deficiencies. The role contributes to asset-condition reviews, lifecycle risk evaluations, maintenance and replacement recommendations, and development and management of the property capital plan. The Assistant Director coordinates delegated projects, shutdowns, and commissioning; supports engineering budgets, forecasting, purchasing controls, and variance analysis; and helps with procurement, bid evaluation, technical scopes, and delegated contracts. The role analyzes utilities, asset data, BAS information, work-order performance, KPIs, and financial information to identify variances and recommend corrective or efficiency actions. The position supports the selection, coaching, training, deployment, and performance management of engineering associates, and assists with succession and capability development. It prepares reports and recommendations for the Director, supports property leadership and ownership communications, coordinates engineering work with operating departments, and acts for the Director when assigned or during the Director’s absence. Significant property emergency support may be required. Work may periodically take place in mechanical rooms, on roofs, in back-of-house areas, construction zones, and other operational environments. Property-specific access, PPE, environmental, and scheduling requirements apply. This position is with an independent hotel franchisee. The franchisee controls employment practices, including recruiting, hiring, salary, benefits, compensation, and processing of applicant data. The employee would work for the franchisee, not Hilton, and would be eligible only for compensation or benefits provided by the franchisee.

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 analyze facility, CMMS, KPI, utility, BAS, and financial information and develop clear recommendations.
Ability to manage cross-functional coordination, service recovery, and operational communication.
Readiness to act for the Director under delegated authority.
Availability to support significant property emergencies and 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 day-to-day engineering operations, 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 with asset-condition reviews, lifecycle risk evaluation, and development of maintenance and replacement recommendations.
Assist 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.
Coordinate contractors, analyze bids, administer contracts, and resolve delegated vendor issues.
Maintain broad engineering-system knowledge sufficient to oversee work, recognize risk, and engage Technical Chiefs or specialists where needed.