Chief Engineer

at  Ibis

MISCELLANEOUS

• Attends meetings and training required by the General Manager
• Assists colleagues to perform similar or related jobs when necessary
• Ensures guest satisfaction by attending to their requests and inquires courteously and efficiently
• Accepts flexible work schedule necessary for uninterrupted service to hotel guests and the hotel’s stakeholders
• Maintains own working area, materials and company property clean, tidy and in good shape
• Continuously seeks to endeavor and improve the department’s efficient operation, and knowledge of own job function
• Is well updated on, and possesses solid knowledge of the following:
• Hotel fire, bomb and emergency procedures
• Hotel health and safety policies and procedures
• Hotel facilities and nearby sights of interest and importance (i.e. hospitals, stations, tourist sights)
• Hotel standards of operation and departmental procedures
• Current licensing relating to own responsibility, and to the hotel
• Accepted methods of payment by the hotel
• Short and long term hotel as well as corporate marketing and promotional programmers
• Corporate clients and clients generating high business volume
• Union agreements
  Job Description

RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A SECURE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

• Maintains facilities and equipment by conducting inspections on a regular basis to determine need and extent of service, equipment required, type of operation, and maintenance needed
• Develops and implements strategies to achieve goals for “customer complaints per thousand rooms”, and “willingness to return”
• Ensures adherence to applicable laws by meeting with government and insurance inspectors, and performing follow-up as required
• Communicates with department heads regarding engineering programmes as they pertain to the physical plant
• Keeps all mechanical, electrical, and structural blueprints and diagrams up to date; maintains library of part lists, maintenance manuals, reference books, catalogues, etc.
• Takes prompt corrective action as necessary
• Ensures that the physical plant is operating in a safe, efficient, and orderly fashion by directing all phases of maintenance, repair and renovation
• Determines if work should be done internally or through external contractors
• Schedules employees in accordance with plan
• Assigns work orders by priority, and delegates duties and supervises work
• Schedules the appropriate preventive maintenance programme
• Responds to guest complaints and department service requests
• Maintains a supply of inventory necessary for optimal operating efficiency by initiating purchasing orders for maintenance supplies, machinery, equipment, parts and services as required
• Achieves the best price and suitability of product by appropriately selecting from available contractors and vendors
• Directs and aids in the replacement of systems that become inadequate or obsolete
• Recommends, establishes, and maintains inventory level thresholds based on budget and availability of supplies
  • Reviews and approves invoices • Develops and promotes energy conservation programmes by continually monitoring utility costs and consumption

• Maintains logs and journals for all utilities, reviews meter readings and regulates controls • Designs and supervises recycling programmes for aluminium, paper, plastic, glass, etc.

• Prepares the operating budget for engineering, recommends items to be included in the hotel’s capital budget, and insures adherence with approved budget

RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A SECURE AND COMFORTABLE ENVIRONMENT

• Maintains facilities and equipment by conducting inspections on a regular basis to determine need and extent of service, equipment required, type of operation, and maintenance needed
• Develops and implements strategies to achieve goals for “customer complaints per thousand rooms”, and “willingness to return”
• Ensures adherence to applicable laws by meeting with government and insurance inspectors, and performing follow-up as required
• Communicates with department heads regarding engineering programmes as they pertain to the physical plant
• Keeps all mechanical, electrical, and structural blueprints and diagrams up to date; maintains library of part lists, maintenance manuals, reference books, catalogues, etc.
• Takes prompt corrective action as necessary
• Ensures that the physical plant is operating in a safe, efficient, and orderly fashion by directing all phases of maintenance, repair and renovation
• Determines if work should be done internally or through external contractors
• Schedules employees in accordance with plan
• Assigns work orders by priority, and delegates duties and supervises work
• Schedules the appropriate preventive maintenance programme
• Responds to guest complaints and department service requests
• Maintains a supply of inventory necessary for optimal operating efficiency by initiating purchasing orders for maintenance supplies, machinery, equipment, parts and services as required
• Achieves the best price and suitability of product by appropriately selecting from available contractors and vendors
• Directs and aids in the replacement of systems that become inadequate or obsolete
• Recommends, establishes, and maintains inventory level thresholds based on budget and availability of supplies
  • Reviews and approves invoices • Develops and promotes energy conservation programmes by continually monitoring utility costs and consumption

• Maintains logs and journals for all utilities, reviews meter readings and regulates controls • Designs and supervises recycling programmes for aluminium, paper, plastic, glass, etc.

• Prepares the operating budget for engineering, recommends items to be included in the hotel’s capital budget, and insures adherence with approved budget

• Ensures that own staff works in a safe manner that does not harm or injure self or others • Stimulates and encourages a general awareness of health and safety in tasks and activities

• Ensures the safety of the people and property within the premises by applying hotel regulations, adhering to existing laws and regulations
• Anticipates possible and probable hazards and conditions and corrects them or take action to prevent them from happening
• Ensures that the highest standards of personal hygiene, dress, uniform, appearance, body language and conduct of hotel employees is maintained by self and own staf

• Ensures that own staff works in a safe manner that does not harm or injure self or others • Stimulates and encourages a general awareness of health and safety in tasks and activities

• Ensures the safety of the people and property within the premises by applying hotel regulations, adhering to existing laws and regulations
• Anticipates possible and probable hazards and conditions and corrects them or take action to prevent them from happening
• Ensures that the highest standards of personal hygiene, dress, uniform, appearance, body language and conduct of hotel employees is maintained by self and own staf