Chief Engineer

Sage Hospitality Group•Fort Collins, CO

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Sage Hospitality Group is hiring a Chief Engineer at The Elizabeth, an Autograph Collection Hotel in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Elizabeth is a 164-room luxury hotel featuring signature suites, The Emporium restaurant, a live music venue, and a rooftop lounge. Sage describes its approach as focused on genuine service, positive community impact, creativity, and employee growth. The Chief Engineer supervises the implementation of preventive maintenance and repairs for hotel property and equipment, monitors life-safety systems and utilities, and assists with department administration. The role ensures compliance with corporate and franchise standards and applicable local, state, and national codes and regulations to protect hotel assets, guests, and employees. It also supervises day-to-day operations, recommends and implements procedural changes, and monitors and controls expenses. The role includes supervising and developing Engineering employees, scheduling and overseeing maintenance programs and service requests, testing life-safety systems, monitoring utility consumption, reviewing purchase requests, and maintaining departmental schedules and records. The position involves regular physical activity throughout the hotel, including lifting, bending, kneeling, climbing stairs and ladders, and occasional driving for supplies or equipment. Work takes place primarily indoors, with occasional outdoor work and limited exposure to walk-in freezer temperatures.

Requirements

One to two years of post-high-school education.
Two to three full years of full employment in a related position with this company or another organization.
Advanced knowledge of the Building Management/Engineering profession, including experiential knowledge needed to manage people and complex problems.
Ability to investigate and analyze activities or information in a specialized field and make logical conclusions and recommendations.
Supervisory skills.
Ability to provide information and related services to hotel management and guests.
Comprehension and literacy sufficient for procedures, reports, instructions, and receipts.
Ability to communicate with management and staff and visually check hotel premises.
Ability to lift, push, pull, and carry weights up to 25 pounds and greater; bend and kneel frequently; move throughout hotel floors and varying heights and distances; and stand continuously to varying degrees during the day.
Ability to climb approximately 210 steps for 10% of the day and ladders approximately 20 feet for 5% of the day, and to use ladders and lifts when needed.
Ability to drive occasionally, generally within 20 miles, for supplies or equipment.

Responsibilities

Supervise Engineering employees, including interviewing, scheduling, training, developing, coaching, counseling, maintaining open communications, contributing to performance reviews, resolving problems, and recommending discipline as appropriate.
Implement and schedule preventive maintenance programs for property and equipment in accordance with corporate and franchise standards and applicable codes and regulations.
Prioritize service requests and schedule and monitor service work to support customer satisfaction, safety, and convenience.
Test and examine life-safety systems to ensure they remain operational.
Monitor utility consumption to assess the effectiveness of current systems.
Review purchase requests and monitor expenses to meet or exceed budget goals.
Assist with department administration by preparing and maintaining schedules, logs, records, and other documentation.
Supervise day-to-day operations, recommend and implement procedural changes, and monitor and control expenses.

Benefits

Unlimited paid time off.
Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
Eligibility to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching.
Health savings and flexible spending accounts.
Basic Life and AD&D insurance.
Company-paid short-term disability.
Paid FMLA leave for up to 12 weeks.
Employee Assistance Program.
Discounts on hotels, restaurants, and more.
Eligibility to participate in the Employee Referral Bonus Program, with up to $1,000 per referral.