Head of Engineering & Maintenance

Duties :

Oversee, manage and maintain all areas relating to maintenance, so as to ensure effective hotel operational requirements

Plan, supervise and conduct the maintenance and service schedules of relevant hotel equipment and fleet of vehicles within the group

Work closely with the relevant Hotel Managers, Group Operational Manager and Heads of Departments to ensure all maintenance requests are resolved in a timely fashion, with excellent record-keeping and efficient feedback

Develop a preventative maintenance program that ensures compliance with all relevant warrantees, safety legislation and maintenance best practice

Ensure the secure and safe usage of all equipment items

Manage, train, guide and develop the staff in their required skills

Ensure that malfunctioning equipment is repaired and brought back online in the minimum down-time

Maintain a thorough stock level of frequently used equipment, supplies and relevant items

Maintain inspection, stock control and purchasing records

Obtain best price quotes from reliable suppliers and build a base of approved service providers

Preparing annual Maintenance budgets, including any purchasing for machinery or other CAPEX items, maintaining existing materials and machinery, and labour

Ensure, enforce and maintain Health and Safety standards

Requirements : Matric Certificate

Tertiary qualification in Facilities / Maintenance / Engineering or related field beneficial

Minimum of 5 years of Facilities / Maintenance Manager experience

Hotel or property maintenance experience would be advantageous

Valid Drivers license

Proficient in the use of MS Office

Planning, process excellence and service delivery

Experience with CAPEX & Operational budgeting

Experience with preventative maintenance planning and execution

Focused on quality and attention to detail with innovation ideas to bring about change and results

Teamwork, cross collaboration and building high performance teams

Managing a large team