Chief Engineer InterContinental Hotel and Conference Center

**Role Purpose** As Chief Engineer you’ll manage the engineering/maintenance of your hotel and ensure the safety and comfort of hotel guests and team members. You’ll be a master multitasker and be comfortable with any repair needs. Motivating and training your team with the skills to keep hotels always looking their best. **Key Accountabilities** People - Direct daily engineering needs, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right team in place. - Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognise good performance. - Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed. - Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members in compliance with regulatory policies and procedures. - Maintain relations with outside contacts including guests, regulatory agencies, others as needed. - Follow-up outstanding points from the latest IT audit of his/her hotel under the supervision of IT Manager/Leader. Guest Experience - Help guests needs to ensure their satisfaction. - Use a maintenance programme to ensure the hotel is maintained and in service for our guests. Responsible business - Maintain and order parts and supplies whilst minimising waste and maintaining “green” initiatives. - May be responsible for hotel security to minimise risk of theft, crime and other hazards. - Ad-hoc duties – unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done. Accountabilities This is the top Maintenance/Engineering job which may include one or more food or beverage outlets, and/or meeting space or catering/convention facilities. May supervise a small maintenance staff. **Key Skills & Experiences** - Some college or advanced vocational training - Four years’ management experience in general building maintenance and/or construction or equivalent combination of education and experience - Specialised expertise in plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and carpentry fields - Level 3 EPA Certification, HVAC and refrigeration certificate, licensed plumber and/or journeyman status for electrician and carpenter may be required - Hotel experience preferred - Professional certification and licence if required by law The salary for this role is 85k-90k and will require working mid-shifts and second shifts.