Chief Facilities Engineer - Hospitality at Bradfield Consulting

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Supervise and organize all engineering activities.
• Performs quality control checks, ensuring the safety and effectiveness or reliability of the facility equipment
• Responsible for preventive/corrective maintenance of the apartment’s facility, equipment, critical and non-critical alike.
• Daily leadership and administration of the engineering function at the property with the objectives of safely and effectively operating machinery and building systems.
• Conducting regular repairs of any damaged equipment with the use of an in-house engineering team
• Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback.
• Train members of the department as appropriate in new processes and procedures while ensuring compliance .
• Follow and maintain the site-specific preventive maintenance and work order program.
• Demonstrate improvement from previous performance; suggest areas of improvements for service and operating efficiency.
• Demonstrate the ability to understand the engineering design and operational aspects of the Building systems and equipment
• Be able to immediately recognize system performance deficiencies and respond to operational and emergency situations.
• Ensure the availability of an adequate inventory of tools and other supplies to operate the building.
• Protect and improve the value of the Apartments assets and ensure that building machinery and systems meet or exceed their expected life cycle.
• Manage contracted service work at the property, including understanding and developing the scope of service, bidding, awarding and administering the contract duties.
• Organize administrative functions related to site operations, such as a work orders and maintenance activities, budgets, ordering supplies, etc.
• Work with the Construction Managers on capital improvement construction projects
• Assist in the development of capital plans which would include planning for infrastructure; upgrades, equipment replacements and building modifications to ensure the building’s future capabilities are maintained.
• Responsible for ensuring that major projects performed at the building are properly planned, executed and closed out in accordance with best current practices in the hospitality industry.
• Responsible for overseeing the activities of contractors working within the building

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Ability to communicate well in both oral and written reports.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and building automation systems.
• Excellent communication, persuasion skills.
• He will need to build relationships quickly and should possess a quick analytical mind and a decisive nature.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• University degree in engineering field a MUST
• Relevant certification required
• 10+ years of experience in facility/plant engineering and maintenance supervision.
• 10+ years of project management experience.
• Hands on preventive and corrective maintenance experience a MUST
• Hospitality/ Housing Estates experience will be a strong advantage