Group Director of Engineering

Group Director of Engineering

The Ocean House Collection (Company) includes three luxury properties on the Rhode Island shoreline.

The Group Director of Engineering oversees all Company maintenance operations including equipment maintenance and repair, landscaping, and residence maintenance, as well as monitoring ongoing preventative maintenance programs for all building management systems for all Company properties.

This encompasses, but is not limited to, physical building structure, all mechanical, electrical, H.V.A.C. systems and related equipment in accordance with energy conservation and preventative maintenance programs while ensuring the upkeep of guest areas to maintain an attractive hotel. The Group Director of Engineering will also manage all rehabilitation, expansion, and/or special capital improvements and capital maintenance projects, and other managed Company properties that may be known or unknown at this time including but not limited to:
Ocean House, Weekapaug Inn, Watch Hill Inn, the Cottage Collection, the 20 Bay Street project, and all staff housing and offsite facilities whether owned or leased.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Participates in decisions affecting the overall positioning, planning, and operations of the Company.
• Maintains a climate that attracts, retains, and motivates top quality staff, and vendors
• Recruits, trains, appraises, supervises, supports, develops, promotes, and guides qualified staff.
• Designs, supports, and oversees cross-functional teams throughout the Organization.
• Advises the Executive Committee, ownership, and senior management on short-term and long-term financial objectives (capital projects), budgeting, and business and staff policies and procedures for the company.
• Administrative
  
  Responsibilities include:
• Conducts regularly scheduled walk-throughs and visually assesses the safe and efficient maintenance and operation of the physical structure(s) of the hotel, all mechanical, electrical, H.V.A.C. systems and any other related equipment.
• Assigns and verifies completion of all routine maintenance on public spaces, meeting rooms, ballrooms, outlets, back of the house spaces and grounds. Assigns and verifies completion of all repairs, replacement, and renovations projects to offices, and employee work areas.
• Hires, trains, supervises, coaches and counsels' staff within the department.
• Adheres to all Corporate required purchasing policies and controls, to include all outside contractor bids, budgets, and schedules.
• Maintains effective Energy Management and Preventive Maintenance programs, conducting special training for other operating departments on the safe and efficient use of equipment and energy in the hotel and budlings.
• Informs President and Managing Director, Executive Committee, and hotel department heads, on a regular basis, regarding the specific and overall condition of the building structure(s), related systems and equipment offering prudent and cost-effective proposals for maintaining same. Accesses and inputs information into a computer and generates reports.
• Coordinates with other departments all the work necessary to maintain general conditions, safety and health standards set forth by hotel policies and other legal requirements.
• Provides direction for interviewing, hiring, counseling, training, and disciplining for engineering employees, in coordination with the Group Director of Human Resources.
• Directly supervises all maintenance issues related to the operations to provide efficient services and comfort to employees and guests.
• Maintains both the exterior and interior of the hotel, including painting, cleaning, aesthetic repairs, and additions.
• Schedules repairs and maintenance with the Ocean House Resort Manager or Weekapaug Inn General Manager so as not to interfere with hotel operations.
• Recommends possible projects for future capital budgets. Obtain bids, supervise, and coordinate contractors in performance of project work.
• Maintain own and monitor facilities special permits and licenses as required by local authorities.
• Control schedules, staffing, and payroll.
• Manages records, logs, and utilities reports by keeping accurate and current…