Engineer Apprentice

IHG•Chicago, IL

6d•$18 - $19•Onsite

About The Position

This role involves assisting trade mechanics with repairs and maintenance throughout the hotel, ensuring a safe, clean, and well-maintained environment. Responsibilities include working on guestrooms, caulking bathrooms, cleaning cooling towers, replacing lights, performing minor shop and electrical repairs, and handling exhibit setups. The position also requires completing daily calls logged from HOTSOS, maintaining the lamp storage room, and performing preventive maintenance on air handling equipment and mechanical areas. The Engineer Apprentice will also assist with boiler operations, adhere to hotel and departmental policies, and comply with safety regulations such as OSHA and Lockout-Tagout procedures. This role requires maintaining an inventory of supplies, attending team briefings and training sessions, and performing other assigned duties.

Requirements

High school graduate.
Ability to clearly communicate with proper grammar in English with guest/visitor and hotel personnel to their understanding.
Ability to provide legible communication.
Ability to perform simple mathematical functions.

Nice To Haves

Some formal technical school training.
Some college education/technical training.
Previous hotel experience.
Boiler operation training.

Responsibilities

Assist trade mechanics with repairs and maintenance on guestrooms, caulk bathrooms, clean cooling towers, replace burned out lights.
Perform minor shop repairs and small electric repairs (switches and outlet replacements).
Provide and plug in extension cords.
Clamp on lights for exhibit set ups, occasional painting and wall covering repair.
Complete daily calls logged from HOTSOS.
Work assignment from Chief Engineer.
Maintain lamp storage room.
Maintain, repair and clean mechanical areas/equipment.
Perform preventive maintenance.
Change filters on air handling equipment.
Clean and paint various areas throughout the hotel, as assigned.
Clean Culinary diffuser, return air registers and toilet exhaust where not accessible from a 6 foot ladder.
Set up/breakdown of equipment needed to perform job function.
Assist with boiler operator as needed and stand boiler watch upon receiving proper training.
Maintain complete knowledge and comply with hotel policies and departmental policies and procedures for the safe and efficient operation of the hotel facilities.
Compliance with OSHA, Lock out-lag out, city codes and hotel standards.
Check with Supervisors or Chief Eng. for the Daily Assignments.
Follow Protocol for Entering a Guest Room.
Follow established trade practices in handling assignments.
Always follow safe work practices.
Advice Supervisor of progress or problems related to the assignment, especially if work not going according to schedule.
Maintain par inventory of materials & supplies needed for tasks and/or project.
Advice Supervisor before stock runs out.
Attend Engineering Team Briefing towards end of shift.
Attends meetings and hotel training sessions as required by hotel management.
Comply with all workplace health and safety requirements, including any department specific training regarding equipment and procedures.
Perform other duties, tasks and special projects as assigned.