Chief Engineer | InterContinental Porto - Palácio das Cardosas

Job Description

As Chief Engineer you’ll manage the engineering/maintenance of your hotel and ensure the safety and comfort of hotel guests and team members. You’ll be a master multitasker and be comfortable with any repair needs. Motivating and training your team with the skills to keep hotels always looking their best. 

People
- Direct daily engineering needs, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right team in place   
- Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognise good performance 
- Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed  
- Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members in compliance with regulatory policies and procedures  
- Maintain relations with outside contacts including guests, regulatory agencies, others as needed 
- Follow-up outstanding points from the latest IT audit of his/her hotel under the supervision of IT Manager/Leader 

Guest Experience
- Help guests needs to ensure their satisfaction  
- Use a maintenance programme to ensure the hotel is maintained and in service for our guests  

Responsible business
- Maintain and order parts and supplies whilst minimising waste and maintaining "green" initiatives 
- May be responsible for hotel security to minimise risk of theft, crime and other hazards 
- Ad-hoc duties – unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done 

Accountabilities
- This is the top Maintenance/Engineering job which may include one or more food or beverage outlets, and/or meeting space or catering/convention facilities. May supervise a small maintenance staff. 

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