Engineering Supervisor

Job description

General Responsibility

· Be actively involved in building teamwork and enhancing the team’s commitment to their work and the hotel.
· Understand the hotel’s vision and brand personality and ensure it is integrated in your daily work practices.
· Actively and successfully train people to work according to hotel’s standards
· Recognize outstanding individual performance in your team and deal with substandard performance fairly, immediately and constructively
· Ensure all employees under your supervision are scheduled in accordance with business needs
· Participate in departmental and hotel problem solving teams during weekly and monthly core meetings
· Communicate in a friendly, tactful and professional manner with guest, suppliers as well as colleagues
· Be informed and keep your supervisor informed of all matters that may affect your work, the hotel’s service or reputation
· Always present a clean and tidy appearance in accordance with the hotel’s grooming standards
· Be flexible and open to change in your job responsibilities, work area and/or roster to meet business needs
· Be understanding, supportive, encouraging and helpful to guests as well as suppliers and your colleagues
· Care about your work environment, Green globe program and make sure it is tidy and well maintained
· Be reliable and ensure you are at work on time
· Know your role in case of emergency such as bomb threat, flood, fire etc
· Understand the Employee Handbook and comply with the standards it outlines
· Carry out all professionally reasonable instructions given by your supervisor
· Supervise and participate in the maintenance, repair, installation and operation of steam, water, sewer, air and gas utilities and equipment as well as laundry, kitchen, heating plant, air conditioning and ventilation systems; supervisee and participate in the maintenance and repair of trucks, lawnmowers, automotive and power drive equipment
· Monitor and supervise the work of contractors performing services on utility projects
· Supervise and perform metals parts machining and processing utilizing power driven equipment such as lathes, milling machines, shapers and drill presses
· Supervise and participate in metal fabrication and repair work involving the use of welding equipment; review drawings and/or sketches and determine methods fro performing requested work
· Plan and schedule work for the group ensuring proper distribution of assignments and adequate staffing, space and facilities for subsequent performance of duties
· Assist in development and implementation of preventive maintenance programs for mechanical equipment and facilities
· Prepare reports and analyses setting forth progress, adverse trends and appropriate recommendations and/or conclusions
· Train and instruct new team member in department.
· Recommend various personnel actions including, but not limited to hiring, performance appraisals, promotions, transfers and vacation schedules
· Estimate time, cost and amount and type of lumber and supplies required for projects; requisition lumber and supplies required
· Inspect completed work to ensure compliance with blueprints, specifications, instructions and applicable federal, state and local order; direct any rework or modification
· Conduct periodic inspections of the hotel buildings and facilities to determine repair needs; establish and coordinate programs of preventive maintenance
· Successfully develops and implements short term and small-scale projects. Accurately estimates and request resources required to successfully achieving goals
· Consistently sets high standards of quality. Team members demonstrate commitment to provide quality service, establishes and monitors procedures designed to measure quality, and recommend improvements based on experience and feedback obtained
· Report any unusual finding or safety hazards immediately to the Chief Engineering
· Successfully complete Training Certification Process and review all department safety information (i.e. JHA’s and MSDS’s), practice emergency procedures in compliance with standards. Reacts and assist in hotel emergency situation if necessary
· Understand and practice hotel emergency fire procedures
· Perform all other engineering related duties assigned by the Chief Engineer. Offer lateral service to internal/external customer when available
· Learn, understand and energize Alila Jabal Akhdar Standard

Technical Expertise

· Collect and distributes works order to the appropriate section and ensure that his subordinates on shift duty are proficient to carry out their daily routines of operation
· To complete all work orders, receive during his shift if possible and ensure that unfinished orders are properly handed over to the following shift for completion
· At regular intervals, inspects and logs the working condition of equipment, machinery and engineering systems
· In the event of any sign of abnormality or breakdown of engineering systems, he must cease the operation of that equipment and run the standby system, then inform his superiors of his action
· Monitor and records utility consumption and assist the Assistant Chief Engineer to maintain efficiency
· Trains and direct his subordinate in the correct operation of the equipment and machinery in his control
· Trains and direct his subordinates in the correct operation of all emergency equipment i.e. fire protection panel and emergency generation equipment
· To pass on his experience and skill to his subordinates in order to achieve a highly skilled and motivated team
· To observe and practice safe working methods
· To participate in the Hotel Emergency Team/Fire Brigade
· To attend Life Safety instruction classes and any other Hotel training schemes