ENGINEER - FSD

Hotel Engineering with FSD

The main role of the Engineer is to ensure that all guests both internal and external expectations are met for all functionalities of the hotel. This role reports directly to the Chief Engineer. The

Engineer will be responsible for carrying out all the tasks assigned by the Chief Engineer or as by the hotel needs and will be responsible to make decisions in situations where the Chief is not present. The Engineer will be responsible for all duties surrounding a fire safety director while on shift.

Job Description

• Precisely and effectively complete all allocated work orders every day or report inadequate orders to the Chief for rescheduling
• Comply with Hotel processes to effectively perform all maintenance, installation, or repair as needed
• 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 department 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
• Assist the Chief Engineer in training new hires, ordering, inventories, and preventative maintenance projects on equipment on property
• 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 Chief

Engineer while maintaining a detailed logbook for records

• Repair all equipment used on the property by other staff such as air movers, vacuums, laundry equipment, and so on timely as to not affect the operation
• Record daily, weekly, and monthly temperature and pressure readings according to guidelines set forth by Chief Engineer
• Change light bulbs and ballasts as soon as reported, while doing property walks or when noticed, ensuring to use the correct temperature for light bulbs
• Conduct preventative maintenance on HVAC units to ensure full functionality and to eliminate future issues or even guest complaints
• Ensure that your team members have your support and provide assistance as needed for the department to be successful daily

Requirements

• 2-3 years of experience as an engineer working in the service industry
• FSD Certification
• 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
• HVAC certification a plus

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and vision insurance
• Commuter benefits