Task Force Director of Engineering

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🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

🍂 Massachusetts – Remote

💵 $110k - $125k / year

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Sonesta Hotels

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10,000+ employees

✈️ Travel

💼 Consulting

📣 Marketing

Travel • Consulting • Marketing

Sonesta Hotels is a hospitality company that focuses on providing exceptional accommodation services across various locations. The company offers career opportunities in corporate and hotel roles, emphasizing on personal growth and team collaboration. Sonesta Hotels is committed to maintaining quality standards in housekeeping and maintenance to ensure guest satisfaction. It promotes a community-oriented approach, welcoming individuals to join their talent community and explore career paths within the industry.

📋 Description

• Reporting to the Vice President of Engineering, Directs and supervises the Maintenance staff as requested by General Manager. • Directs a team responsible for the maintenance of buildings and grounds, including renovations, expansions, and improvements. • Management-level associates are expected to work as much of each workday as is necessary to complete their job responsibilities; for OEM associates, overtime does apply and is calculated accordingly. • Maintain, coordinate and monitor preventive maintenance programs of all building equipment and guest rooms • Assist General Managers with all aspects of Capital Improvement Projects including budgeting, forecasting, bidding and selection of potential contractors. • Approver of Project Approval Requests for assigned properties • Audits and inspects assigned facilities as needed, in coordination with Operations management • Manage third party vendors and national account partners, as required, setting clear expectations and accountability • Develop, recommend and direct the operation, policies, procedures, plans and programs of the Engineering Department • Proactively track Capital & Operations projects, asset inventory, and contracts • Participate in Standard Operating Procedures development and rollout • Review potential new systems, equipment, and programs and recommend for use to senior management and business unit partners • Actively participate and represent the Engineering team in renovation projects and conversions of new properties up to and including punch walks before inventory is turned over to the operations team • Analyze accounting records and data for operating costs and variance reports.

🎯 Requirements

• Track record of delivering exceptional support to colleagues, clients, customers and/or guests • Ability to prioritize and organize work assignments, and enforce hotel’s standard policies, procedures, and programs • An ability to respond quickly and develop solutions for common inquiries, complaints, and urgent issues, and deal with a wide variety of variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. • Ability to clearly present action plans and updates to senior management and ownership representatives on key projects and urgent matters • Experience in working with and managing third party vendors, establishing partnerships as needed, and setting clear expectations and accountability • Working knowledge of life/safety systems, plumbing codes, electrical codes, national/local fire codes, local mechanical codes, water treatment program, blueprints/schematics. • Demonstrable expertise in analysis and action taking • Excellent oral and written communication • Excellent organizational skills • Appropriate professional appearance and demeanor • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. • Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. • Familiarity and experience with large building facilities system (i.e. central plants, chillers, boilers, cooling towers, water systems, generators, etc.) • Familiarity and experience using hotel & building systems (i.e. Transcendent, ALICE, INNCOM, Verdant, Saflok, HVAC BMS, etc.) • Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint • Bachelors or associate’s degree in Technical Field or Engineering preferred. • High school diploma or equivalent vocational training acceptable based on work experience, minimum of 7 years direct experience in the maintenance of mechanical, life/safety, electrical and plumbing operations of hotels or commercial buildings, and 5 years supervisory experience.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance • Health Savings Account with Company Match • 401(k) Retirement Plan with Company Match • Paid Vacation and Sick Days • Sonesta Hotel Discounts • Educational Assistance • Paid Parental Leave • Company Paid Life Insurance • Company Paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance • Various Employee Perks and Discounts • Hospital Indemnity • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance