Maintenance Manager

Fairfield Inn & Suites Deerfield Beach•Deerfield Beach, FL

19d•$49,000 - $56,750

About The Position

The Maintenance Manager helps ensure guests have a comfortable stay by maintaining the hotel’s appearance and keeping guest rooms, public spaces, equipment, and amenities in working order. The role handles guest repair requests, scheduled preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, basic repairs, pool maintenance, and general engineering-related inventory duties. It also requires communicating with guests and other departments, protecting company assets, and following safety and security procedures. The position calls for a professional, welcoming, people-oriented demeanor, a team-first attitude, strong problem-solving instincts, and the ability to build positive working relationships. The role involves extended periods of standing and regular physical activity, including lifting, carrying, climbing stairs or ladders, reaching, bending, and manipulating tools and objects.

Requirements

Above-average engineering operations skills and strong general mechanical ability.
Basic knowledge of, or ability to acquire knowledge in, air conditioning and refrigeration, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, carpentry and finish skills, kitchen equipment, energy conservation, and/or general building systems.
Professional demeanor, welcoming personality, and ability to engage and connect with others.
Caring and compassionate approach, with a demonstrated desire to understand others.
Natural problem-solving ability.
Ability to speak clearly and professionally.
Ability to develop and maintain positive working relationships, support the team in reaching common goals, and listen and respond appropriately to employee concerns.
Clean, professional appearance.
Ability to stand for long periods or an entire shift; grasp, turn, and manipulate objects requiring fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination; move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than 50 pounds without assistance and handle heavier tasks with assistance; use stairs, service ramps, and/or ladders; and reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping.

Responsibilities

Maintain a friendly, cheerful, and courteous demeanor.
Respond to guest repair requests and communicate with guests or customers to resolve maintenance issues.
Perform scheduled preventive maintenance in guest rooms, meeting rooms, and public spaces, including inspecting or flipping mattresses and box springs and assembling bed frames.
Visually inspect tools, equipment, and machines.
Perform maintenance and basic troubleshooting across air conditioning and refrigeration, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, carpentry and finish work, kitchen equipment, energy conservation, and general building systems.
Prepare surfaces; paint; perform minor drywall and wood trim repairs; replace light bulbs and A/C filters; and thoroughly clean repair or painting areas.
Inspect and repair grout and caulking.
Maintain the pool, pool chemicals, and pool equipment.
Test, troubleshoot, and perform basic repairs on equipment and guestroom items, including toilets, drains, toilet seats, lamps, electrical components, extension cords, vacuum cleaners, internet devices, switches, and outlets.
Program televisions and perform general housekeeping and engineering-related inventory duties.
Use the Lockout/Tagout system before performing maintenance work.
Follow company safety and security policies and procedures, and report accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions.
Protect company assets.
Develop relationships with other departments and communicate regularly.
Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by supervisors.