Chief Engineering

Job description / Role

Company Description

Join us at Accor, where life pulses with passion!

As a pioneer in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, where you will be able to truly find yourself, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status quo.

By joining us, you will become a Heartist, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart.

You will join a caring environment and a team where you can be all you are. You will be in a supportive place to grow, to fulfill yourself, to discover other professions and to pursue career opportunities, in your hotel or in other hospitality environments, in your country or anywhere in the world!

You will enjoy exclusive benefits, specific to the sector and beyond, as well as strong recognition for your daily commitment.

Everything you will do with us, regardless of your profession, will offer a deep sense of meaning, to create lasting, memorable and impactful experiences for your customers, for your colleagues and for the planet.

Hospitality is a work of heart. Join us and become a Heartist.

Job Description

Duties & Responsibilities:

1. Preparing repair & maintenance, heat, light & power budgets.
   • Studying carefully the previous year actual expenses.
   • Analyzing any abnormal deviation of previous year expenses.
   • Studying market prices and inflation of rates.
   • Requesting current prices for materials and parts.
   • Analyzing previous year energy consumption & cost.
   • Studying reasons for abnormal consumption.
   • Considering the expenses to match standard % to revenue.
   • Considering all mentioned items when budgeting.
2. Preparing & following up on preventive maintenance programs.
   • Considering the instructions of manufacturer manuals.
   • Adjusting the intervals according to recommendations.
   • Explaining those instructions to the technicians (training).
   • Preparing the working sheets (kept in Chief Engineer office).
   • Distributing copies according to intervals.
   • Observing performing the programs.
   • Ensuring reporting un-maintained items in time.
   • Filing the actual performed sheets.
3. Dealing with outside contractors.
   • Surveying for dealing with the best contractors.
   • Getting more offers for best quality and cost selections.
   • Selecting good reputation companies.
   • Observing the assigned contractors performances.
   • Ensuring the contractors sticking to hotel policies.
   • Informing the concerned of contractors works for security.
   • Observing the maintenance contractors performance.
   • Reporting the contracts situations to GM monthly.
4. Observing the engineering stores.
   • Ensuring the proper storing of items.
   • Observing the stocks balances.
   • Special care for minimum stock levels.
   • Regular checking of stocks cards.
   • Regular checking of rates consumption.
   • Analysis of abnormal consumption for correction.
   • Observing slow moving items for correction.
   • Ensuring issuing purchase requests properly and on time.
5. Supervising the training of the staff.
   • Observing the previous year staff week points.
   • Preparing the annual training plan accordingly.
   • Checking sessions performed by Asst. Chief Engineer.
   • Performing additional training if any negatives observed.
   • Matching the training with the preventive maintenance observation.
   • Additional cross training - other departments if needed (mis-use).
   • Reporting the training activities to the General Manager.
6. Reporting and advising the General Manager on any serious matters.
   • Reporting any matter affecting the building safety.
   • Reporting any matter affecting guest & staff safety.
   • Recommending introduction to new safety techniques.
   • Reporting any serious equipment mis-handled by other departments.
   • Advising of matters saving any operation expenses.
   • Reporting any energy shortage problems.
   • Reporting any maintenance contractor in-fulfillment.
7. Preparing the F.F.&E Budget.
   • Reviewing equipment conditions (lifetime & performance).
   • Feedback from other departments (complaints & requirements).
   • Determining priorities for reasonable budget.
   • Surveying prices for budget estimation.
   • Reporting the items and budgets to the General Manager for approval.
   • Getting offers for selection upon approval.
   • Re-adjusting actual prices exceeding the estimated.
   • Proceeding in purchasing.
8. Handling staff matters.
   • Hiring new suitable staff.
   • Evaluating staff performance.
   • Planning annual vacations.
   • Performing and observing staff training.
   • Satisfying staff needs (team & individuals).
   • Considering personal life affecting the performance.
   • Analyzing negative attitudes for corrections.
   • Motivating, rewarding and promoting recommendations.
9. Co-ordination with Financial Controller in finance matters.
   • Co-operation in preparing R&M and L&P expenses budget.
   • Analyzing any deviation in actual R&N and L&P expenses.
   • Discussing end of month stores inventory comments.
   • Mutual checking of department cash flow implementation.
   • Handling payment procedures for contracting works.
   • Discussing energy costs.
   • Mutual checking of abnormal PR (quantities and prices).
   • Co-operation in implementing FF&E, budget wise.
10. Observing the hotel industrial safety equipment functions.
    • Close communication with industrial safety department.
    • Securing all hotel areas, fire fighting wise.
    • Periodic checking and operating of fire pump.
    • Observing fire sensors periodic checking.
    • Implementing industrial safety committee recommendations.
    • Recommending any advanced safety techniques.
    • Reporting to the General Manager of any safety equipment malfunctioning.
11. Perform other duties as may be assigned.

Qualifications

Your experience and skills include:

• Relevant building maintenance experience is an asset.
• Strong interpersonal and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly responsible & reliable.

Additional Information

Your team and working environment:

In 1-2 sentences, introduce the team, property or office environment in a way that reflects the culture.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

About the Company

A caring employer providing respect, training and career development for our employees. An attractive employer offering more than 100 professions across the 5 continents.

We are much more than a world leader. We are 250,000 hoteliers with the same shared passion for welcoming. We take care of millions of guests in our 4,300 addresses and on our digital platforms. As an operator and franchisor (HotelServices), owner and investor (HotelInvest), we invest all our energy into making "Feel Welcome" resonate as the finest hotel promise.

From luxury to economy and in every corner of the globe, AccorHotels'​ more than 20 brands meet all the needs of business and leisure travelers seeking comfort, attention and high-quality services.