Chief Engineer

Job Objective:

Responsible for overseeing the engineering operations of the hotel, ensuring compliance with engineering and maintenance standards, statutory regulations, safety protocols, and operational efficiency.

Essential Job Tasks:

• Implementation of Engineering SOPs and guidelines across multiple hotels of the region.
• Ensuring that a robust maintenance process is followed across hotels.
• Ensuring that critical machinery and equipment are maintained at optimum level.

Areas of Responsibility:

• General Management:
  • Responsible for organizing the engineering function in the hotel to carry out continuous improvement of existing processes, methods, and tools to enhance design quality and efficiency.
  • Oversee recruitment and training for the engineering department.
  • Mentor and guide the engineering department.
• Technical:
  • Adhere to IHCL SOPs and property-specific brand standards as per guidelines.
  • Ensure that Capex is budgeted, planned, and executed according to the timeline.
  • Implement a preventative maintenance program for all equipment at the hotel.
  • Develop and execute action plans for recurring complaints/incidents.
  • Ensure minimal downtime for equipment/machinery.
• FPL and R&M Cost:
  • Prepare annual budgets for FPL and R&M costs for the property.
  • Drive the latest energy and water-efficient initiatives.
  • Carry out monthly/weekly reviews on variations in FPL and R&M.
  • Share month-end reports on FPL and R&M with AED/VP Engineering, including reasons for variations and an action plan to address concerns.
• Safety:
  • Ensure compliance with IHCL's FLS policy and guidelines for the hotel.
  • Carry out safety audits for the hotels and report red flags to AED.
  • Possess knowledge of OSHA procedures, HACCP, Hygiene, ISO 14001.
  • Ensure proper maintenance and testing of Fire & Life Safety equipment - detectors, sprinklers, PA systems, fire pumps, fire detection systems, etc.
  • Drive adherence to SOPs for critical processes like chemical safety, machine safety, PPM, and others.
  • Investigate incidents/accidents with root cause analysis and implement learnings.
  • Ensure training for all individuals in the department.
• Sustainability:
  • Implement and review IHCL's Sustainability program.
  • Implement Sustainability Certifications like LEED, Earth Check, etc.
  • Conduct monthly reviews of data entries in the Sustainability platform for energy, water, waste, and other streams.
• Statutory Compliances:
  • Ensure compliance with all relevant statutory regulations such as PCB, Fire, Electrical, Water Supply, Borewell, Boiler, and others.
  • Prepare monthly compliance reports and report to AED with any red flags.

Attributes/ Essentials/ Other Information:

Flexibility to relocate.

Required Qualifications:

B.Tech in Mechanical or Electrical Field

Work Experience:

10+ years of relevant experience in the hospitality industry with 3+ years of experience as CE.

Languages Needed in Position:

English

Key Interfaces - External:

Vendors, concerned government offices and others

Key Interfaces - Internal:

Engineering function, other operational departments

Behavioural Competencies:

Process Excellence, Result Orientation, Collaborative Engagement, Change Championship, Growth Mindset, Talent Enrichment, Guest Centricity, Personal Effectiveness

Skills

Chief Engineer, Electrical, Hospitality, Mechanical