Overnight Engineer

Proper Hospitality Solutions LLC•New York, NY

9d•$0 - $28•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for ensuring professional and informative interactions with guests and staff, completing allocated work orders, and performing maintenance, installation, or repair tasks as needed. The role requires a strong understanding of various hotel systems and the ability to work independently and collaboratively to resolve guest-related issues and maintain hotel equipment. The engineer will also be responsible for adhering to safety guidelines, maintaining logs, and ensuring preventative maintenance is completed.

Requirements

Previous hotel engineering experience preferred
At least 1 year of Hotel Engineering experience preferred
Strong working knowledge mechanical systems, painting/spackling light plumbing and light electrical
Great communication skills, professional demeanor and appearance
Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and concentrate on detail in a fast-paced work environment
Must be able to follow basic safety procedures and precautions due to physical risks
Demonstrates interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
Able to work in a team environment and welcome feedback and direction
Capable of standing for prolonged periods of time
Ability to frequently reach, bend, stoop, climb up and down stairs, walk, and carry multiple objects
Flexible schedule to include day shift, night shift, weekends and holidays
High school or equivalent (Required)
U.S. Citizenship/Work Authorization required

Nice To Haves

Local candidates only
2-3 years of experience as an engineer working in the service industry
FSD Certification a plus
Verbal and Written communication skills
Be able to speak, write and understand the primary language of the workplace
Ability to lift, push or pull 50 pounds
Proficiency in MS Office and possess basic computer skills
Be able to work Flexible shift if needed
2 Year/ 4 Year Degree from an accredited College/University (Preferred)
Relevant Advanced trainings and certifications preferred
FSD certification

Responsibilities

Build and ensure professional and informative interactions with all guests and staff members.
Precisely and effectively complete all allocated work orders every day or report inadequate orders to the Director for rescheduling.
Comply with Hotel processes to effectively perform all maintenance, installation, or repair as needed.
Experienced with Painting, Spackle, Light plumbing and electrical.
Ability to use ladders of different styles and complete work at elevated areas.
Complete tasks on/around rooftop areas, chillers, water towers, etc.
Ensure all hotel equipment is maintained and repaired as needed for full functionality.
Follow the most recent state and government legislative codes, laws, and prerequisites.
Identifying issues, creating or providing solutions, take actions to ensure that guest- related issues are resolved promptly once received, and provide the best possible outcome for guest satisfaction.
Ensure daily before shift ends to fill out engineering reports to record all that was completed on your shift or pass-on information for the next shift.
Ensuring all job requests from all areas of the hotel are responded to in a timely and effective manner.
Collaborate with different departments like carpenter, electricians, overnight engineers, painter’s, outsourced contractors in finalizing, changing, altering, remodeling, fixing any area of the Hotel.
Follow all safety guidelines of a fire safety director in the case of an emergencies.
Ensure FSD logbooks are always up to date with current activities of the hotel.
In case of emergencies, communicate with the fire department and monitor fire command station.
Make announcements to the building in case of false alarms, tests or real emergencies as a FSD.
Ensure boiler cleaning logs are always up to date and cleaned as necessary according to boiler guidelines.
Precisely record equipment readings, meter readings and keep up exact logs in a clear and legible way.
Ensure that guest room preventative maintenance is done according to procedures set forth by the Chief engineer whether weekly, monthly, or quarterly.
Ensure guest room and public area filters are changed frequently as instructed by the Director.