Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer, Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa

Regular Full Time Monterey Plaza Hotel LP, Monterey, CA, US

15 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $25.00 To $27.80 Hourly

The Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa is a luxury property. This 290 room property has four penthouse suites, over 17,000 square feet of meeting space, expansive exterior space known as the Plaza, the Promenade and the Terrace, and an award-winning food and beverage program. Banquets, Schooners Coastal Kitchen and Bar, Helmsman Lounge, Tidal Coffee, and Room Service provide guests, groups, and local visitors numerous dining options.

Vista Blue Spa offers a wide array of services in an outstanding location on the penthouse suite level and hosts the Fitness Center in addition to retail and sundries. The Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa is the only Forbes 4-Star property in Monterey, which it has earned annually since 2009.

The Monterey Plaza’s mission is to consistently operate as one team, to produce raving fans, loyal guests and associates while achieving annual financial expectations. Enthusiastically taking care of our guests defines hospitality at our property.

Serving the property, guests and associates, our Maintenance Engineers keep the hotel in excellent condition. They maintain and repair all mechanical equipment by performing various tasks related to a variety of trades, including but not limited to plumbing, electrical heating and air conditioning and refrigeration. They are knowledgeable and follow all fire, life safety, spa and pool regulations and support our Security and other operating departments in times of emergency.

• Maintains, inspects, test and repairs all mechanical areas and equipment that needs repair.
• Performs preventative maintenance on equipment and systems as scheduled.
• Regularly inspects guest room and public space and back of the house areas to repair, touch-up or replace light bulbs, lamps, switches, outlets, faucets, toilets and hardware, filters, wall coverings, caulking, grouting and other miscellaneous repairs.
• Follow all safety, hygiene and cleanliness protocols at all times.
• Regularly runs test and adds chemical to the water and sewage system including the swimming pool and spa.
• Listens for unusual sounds from machines or equipment to detect malfunction and discuss machine operation variations with supervisors or other maintenance workers to diagnose problem or repair machine.
• Dismantles defective machines and equipment and installs new or repaired parts.
• Cleans and lubricates shafts, bearings, gears, and other parts of machinery.
• Performs plumbing, painting and electrical work.
• Installs and repairs electrical apparatus, such as transformers and wiring, and electrical and electronic components of machinery and equipment.
• Completes all assigned work orders and reports results and tasks completed to the Chief Engineer.
• Repairs and maintains physical structure of establishment.
• Sets comfort zones in all meeting rooms and public space at the beginning, middle and end of the shift.
• Issues keys and or re-keys guestroom doors.
• Installs, programs, or repairs automated machinery.
• Sets up and operates machine tools such as a grinders, cutting torch or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
• Maintains a variety of logs and records, such as, preventative maintenance schedules and equipment and supplies used in making repairs.
• Maintains assigned work area and equipment in a clean, orderly and safe condition.
• Logs all completed work orders and completes required inspection sheets.
• Fabricates and repairs counters, benches, partitions, and other wooden structures.
• Reports major repairs and items, which cannot be repaired to the Chief Engineer for further action and if necessary, place room out of order.
• All other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Regular attendance in conformance with the standards, which may be established by the Hotel from time to time, is essential to the successful performance of this position. Associates with irregular attendance will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination.

Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, associates may be…