When you’re an Atrium Associate, you’re a part of a crucial workforce providing the ultimate ‘Home Away From Home’ for our guests. We know that it takes a lot of time and effort to provide these exceptional experiences, so we reward your efforts with a competitive compensation plan and other benefits and perks that allow you to offer your best to our guests. These benefits include:

• Daily Pay
• Significant Travel Discounts on Marriott and/or Hilton properties
• 401k Plans
• Medical Insurance
• Other property specific benefits

Plus, we make sure you can grow your career the way you want to through Internship programs, training and development and over 80 hotels that offer incredible opportunities for career driven associates.

Primary Purpose: 

The primary purpose of the Chief Engineer is to ensure guests have an excellent experience through managing the engineering department and supervising maintenance operations while exhibiting leadership, integrity, initiative, composure, decision making skills, flexibility and adaptability in relation to business needs and crisis.

What you will do: 

The Chief Engineer will be tasked with the following duties, responsibilities, and assignments: 

• Lead, develop, and train a diverse and effective team in accordance with Atrium Core Values; 

• Manage engineering associates by ensuring they understand employment practices, recommending employment decisions and corrective action, supporting performance management, and implementing discipline; 

• Maintain an adequate inventory of parts and supplies;  

• Troubleshoot and repair malfunctions in mechanical and electrical systems and other equipment throughout the hotel;  

• Participate in the development of the engineering and Capital budget, which at times involves strategic agility and sound planning capability; 

• Create work schedules while managing and measuring departmental needs and productivity;  

• Oversee preventative maintenance assignments and the execution of Capital projects in partnership with the Atrium capital team;   

• Maintain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), Lock Out/Tag Out procedures and all relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards; 

• Track guest room requests for servicing and ensuring completion;  

• Serve as the head of the property’s loss prevention and risk management programs, managing the hotel loss prevention committees and ensuring all life safety systems are code compliant with the brand and the authority having jurisdiction (i.e. Fire Marshall, Building Inspector, etc.);  

• Follow all company safety and security policies and procedures, including reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe work conditions to management; and 

• Any and all other work as required to complete the primary purpose of the position 

Qualifications:

Required Prior Experience:

5+ years of engineering experience to include mechanical, electrical and plumbing

Prior supervisory/leadership experience

Prior responsibility for a department budget with a fundamental understanding of a P&L statement, labor costs and other R&M expenses 

Experience in managing utilities and energy systems

Understanding of capital planning and replacement cycles

Experience with NFPA fire code and life safety systems, controls

Required Technology:

Knowledge of computer equipment, basic telephony and IT background.

Ability to use web-based applications for ordering, scheduling, CMMS systems experience.

Physical:

Lifting up to 50lbs occasionally

Lifting up to 15lbs regularly, standing, bending, pushing and/or pulling. 

Ability to navigate the property for up to four (4) hours within a shift

Other:

Ability to work a flexible schedule to include evenings, nights, weekends and holidays. good communication and writing skills  

Interpersonal Skills