Assistant Chief Maintenance Engineer

The Doubletree by Hilton Burlington is Vermont’s largest hotel and conference center. Known as a premier location for meetings, events and travelers, the Doubletree offers guests a quality experience when visiting Vermont. The hotel has started a $16 million dollar renovation to include all of the 30,000 square feet of event space, guest rooms, public areas and more! This is a unique opportunity to join a growing and seasoned hospitality team.

Responsibilities

• Always approaches all interactions with guests and employees in a friendly and service-oriented manner by maintaining a positive demeanor.
• Promotes a positive and caring work environment by addressing and resolving any conflict in a calm and poised manner.
• Supervises the Engineering team and all projects from start to completion.
• Leads, trains, and develops skills of the Engineering team to get optimum performance and productivity.
• Evaluates all costs associated with each project including materials, costs of labor, and time expended.
• Responsible for delegating tasks to Engineering team.
• Supervises staff training as well as equipment installation.
• Patrols the interior and perimeter of the hotel to observe and identifies potential security and safety risks or undesirable conditions.
• Maintains order in the hotel, dealing with the welfare of guests, coordinates expedient response to emergency conditions such as fire, safety hazards, and threats to life and/or property in a calm, rational and persuasive manner.
• Responsible for ensuring time-based maintenance is completed according to timely repair schedules.
• Inspects equipment and conducts routine maintenance, replacing old or faulty equipment.
• Provides technical support and training on all new equipment.
• Be familiar with all applicable laws and codes to ensure proper compliance.
• Memorizes and monitors life safety system including accurate layout of entire building, locations of standpipes, fire extinguishers, completes alarm reports, and checks and reports any pertinent information from each shift.
• Responds to guest complaints, conducts research to develop the most effective solutions.
• Manages the planning, scheduling, and coordinating all the preventive maintenance.
• Plans, coordinates, and executes renovation projects.
• Projects a professional manner with an emphasis on hospitality and guest service.
• Performs any other duties as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Must have a high school diploma or equivalent.
• Minimum 1 year of engineering and customer service experience required, hospitality industry preferred.
• Should be able to work independently and with minimum supervision.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Ability to read, write, and speak effectively in English in order to communicate with guests and team members.
• Have a strong attention to details.
• Must be able to multi-task.
• Must be a team player

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: From $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Referral program
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Experience:

• Supervising: 1 year (Preferred)
• engineering: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person