Engineering Supervisor

HEI Hotels & Resorts•Linthicum Heights, MD

About The Position

The Engineering Supervisor maintains building-related systems and the building envelope to support the safety of hotel guests, associates, and vendors. The role ensures compliance with company engineering standards, preventive maintenance programs and procedures, standard operating procedures, company mission, vision and values, and applicable building, fire, and health codes. The supervisor also works to maintain the hotel complex as energy-efficiently as possible and seeks opportunities to save energy. The supervisor assumes control of the Engineering Department when the Chief Engineer is unavailable, oversees and develops engineering staff, and supports the department’s budgets, records, maintenance programs, projects, and life-safety inspections. The role also requires knowledge of hotel operations and the ability to perform work across multiple building trades.

Requirements

Vocational schooling, military training, certification, and/or experience in building-related trades in at least one of these areas: HVAC, electrical, plumbing, or carpentry.
At least 3 years of hands-on experience at a comparable location.
Knowledge of hotel operations, including marketing plans, security and safety programs, personnel and labor relations, business plans, repairs and maintenance, budget forecasting, quality assurance programs, hospitality law, and long-range planning.
Skills in several areas such as HVAC, electrical, carpentry, drywalling, painting, plumbing, roofing, and landscaping, with or without reasonable accommodation.
Leadership skills to motivate and develop staff and achieve goals; ability to set priorities, plan, organize, and delegate.
Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication to different audiences.
Basic understanding of elementary accounting procedures.
Basic understanding of PC operation and working knowledge of Microsoft Office programs and internet use.
Ability to remain calm in stressful situations and demonstrate strong leadership throughout the hotel.
Ability to meet the physical demands of frequent walking, climbing, bending, lifting, pushing, pulling, talking, smiling, and writing, and to work at times in cramped, noisy locations subject to extreme hot and cold temperatures, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Nice To Haves

Hotel experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Assume control of the Engineering Department when the Chief Engineer is unavailable.
Understand building systems and equipment, including electrical, HVAC, plumbing, life safety, IT, HVAC and refrigeration, kitchen, laundry, and pool systems.
Follow company preventive maintenance procedures and guidelines for guest rooms, equipment, public spaces, grounds, landscaping, and the building envelope.
Maintain engineering-related checkbook accounting procedures and help ensure the department operates within budget while maintaining required supplies and materials.
Interview, hire, train, recommend performance evaluations, resolve problems, maintain open communication, and recommend discipline or termination when appropriate.
Supervise, train, assign tasks to, and follow up with engineering staff to support productivity.
Use engineering records and filing systems to support repair and maintenance budgets, preventive maintenance programs, capital budgets and projects, and life-safety systems and inspections.
Monitor and maintain engineering spaces in a safe, clean, organized, and energy-efficient manner.
Tour the hotel complex daily and identify items requiring action by engineering, housekeeping, or other departments.
Serve as the property expert on life-safety matters and train managers in these areas.
Understand brand-related issues and procedures and work to address brand-related guest-satisfaction and problem-tracking items.
Comply with attendance rules and maintain regular availability for work.
Work a flexible schedule that may include evenings, weekends, and holidays.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.