Assistant Director of Engineering

Named the #1 Hotel in Savannah by Travel + Leisure in 2026, Hotel Bardo Savannah is more than a hotel. It’s a neighborhood clubhouse, a gathering place and a world of its own—where exceptional hospitality feels personal, thoughtful and always a little unexpected.

Set beside Forsyth Park in the heart of Savannah, Bardo brings together 149 guest rooms and suites,
Saint Bibiana, Bar Bibi, The Green Room, Saltgrass Spa , The Cooking School and spaces designed for everything from quiet mornings to unforgettable celebrations.

Our most recent recognition from Travel + Leisure joins a growing list of honors, including Bardo’s distinction as a Condé Nast Traveler Triple Crown recipient, recognized across the Hot List, Gold List and Readers’ Choice Awards. But the recognition belongs to the people behind the experience—a team that believes the smallest details can make the biggest impression.

At Bardo, hospitality is generous, intuitive and full of personality. Whether you’re welcoming a guest, setting the table, creating a restorative spa experience or making everything happen behind the scenes, you play a part in creating the kind of place people never quite want to leave.

LEFT LANE Hospitality Group, LLC is a vertically integrated real estate design, development and management firm specializing in the acquisition and transformation of iconic, historic properties. We are committed to fostering a welcoming, dynamic, and inspiring workplace and company culture where our team members are inspired to create lasting impressions through warm, anticipatory service. How we want our guests to feel when staying with us is the same as…how we want our team to feel every day.

Hotel Bardo Savannah is seeking an Assistant Director of Engineering to help lead the engineering, maintenance, facilities, and life-safety operations of our luxury hotel.

Reporting to the Area Director of Engineering, the Assistant Director of Engineering will support the daily operation of the department while helping ensure the property is maintained to the standards expected of an upscale, full-service hotel.

This role is designed for an accomplished hotel engineering leader who is ready for the next step in their career. The ideal candidate has developed strong technical and leadership experience within a sophisticated full-service, luxury, or upscale hotel environment and is ready to expand their responsibility across team leadership, preventive maintenance, building systems, compliance, budgeting, projects, and hotel operations.

The Assistant Director will work closely with the Area Director of Engineering and hotel leadership while continuing to develop the operational and administrative capabilities needed to lead an engineering department independently. This position offers meaningful exposure to complex hotel operations, capital projects, luxury service standards, and senior engineering leadership, with the opportunity for continued advancement within the organization.

This is an onsite position located at Hotel Bardo Savannah in Savannah, Georgia. Candidates should have engineering or maintenance leadership experience within a full-service hotel or resort environment.

• Support the daily leadership of engineering, maintenance, facilities, and life-safety operations for an assigned hotel.
• Supervise, schedule, coach, and develop engineering team members while reinforcing accountability, quality, and responsiveness.
• Oversee preventive maintenance programs for guestrooms, public spaces, kitchens, laundry areas, pools, equipment, and back‑of‑house facilities.
• Support the operation and maintenance of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, building automation, fire/life‑safety, and other critical hotel systems.
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