Chief Engineer

Overview

Job Details

Job Location:

Ruston, LA 71270 Position Type:
Seasonal Salary Range: $22.50 - $24.00 Hourly

Job Shift: Swing

Job Purpose:

To supervise maintenance operations - i.e., refrigeration, heating, plumbing, etc., maintain the highest standards of the physical structure of the hotel to ensure guest satisfaction in all areas of the property.

• Supervise, develop and maintain ongoing maintenance operation for hotel, including refrigeration, heating, plumbing, water treatment, preventive maintenance, hotel rooms, A/H units, ice machines, pools, lighting, kitchen equipment, emergency generators, water softeners, switch rooms, roof exhausts, electrical substations, etc.
• Ensure projects are completed according to specifications and on time by studying work schedules and estimating worker-hour requirements for completion.
• Establish or adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Work closely with Housekeeper and Front Desk Manager to ensure coordination of activities.
• May confer with other supervisors to coordinate activities of individual departments.
• Aid and instruct craftsmen in scheduling work, ordering material and completing assignments by a specified date.
• May estimate, requisition, and inspect materials.
• Meet with architects to discuss blueprints, contact contractors to submit bids for new construction, and meet with construction supervisors to discuss different phases of work.
• Perform work within departmental expense plans.
• Analyze and resolve work problems or assist workers in solving problems.
• Initiate or suggest plans to motivate workers.
• Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as training, promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures.
• Reward employees who meet/exceed expectations.
• Confer with workers’ representatives.
• Interpret specifications, job orders, and company policies to workers and enforce safety regulations.
• Establishes or adjusts work procedures to meet production schedules, recommends measures to improve production.
• May set up machines and equipment.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Education:
  
  Vocational Institution Certificate and completion of apprenticeship in plumbing/electrical repair.
• Experience:
  
  2 years supervisory experience in the maintenance field and 3 years experience in the plumbing, electrical, and painting trades; OR, an equivalent combination of educ. & experience.
• Licenses/Certifications:
  
  None required.

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form.
• Read and understand instructions, safety rules, etc.
• Write reports with proper format, punctuation, spelling, and grammar.
• Speak with poise, voice control, and confidence, using correct grammar and well-modulated voice.
• Ability to understand the technologies required in the work you are directing.

• Ability to speak and hear in English.
• Close and distance vision.
• Frequent sitting with some walking and standing.
• Frequently lifts/carries up to 25 lbs.
• Continual use of manual dexterity and gross motor skills with frequent use of bi-manual dexterity and fine motor skills.
• Continually works in normal office conditions and in close proximity to others.

• Continually works in normal office conditions and in close proximity to others.