Group Director of Engineering

A Collection Unlike Any Other

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

Ocean House Collection

Group Director of Engineering

Full-time, Exempt

A Collection Unlike Any Other

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

Ocean House (OH) is the Collection’s Forbes Five-Star flagship, offering 49 guest rooms, 20 signature suites, and 13 private villa vacation homes. Amenities include a 12,000-square-foot Ocean & Harvest Spa, over 10,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, and up to 8 unique dining venues in peak season.

Weekapaug Inn delivers a relaxed but luxurious New England experience. With 29 guest rooms and 4 signature suites, the Inn’s dining celebrates seasonal, locally sourced ingredients, enhanced by bespoke resort activities and naturalist-led excursions.

Watch Hill Inn, founded in 1845, combines historical charm with cutting-edge technology across 21 suite-style accommodations. Guests enjoy access to the full range of amenities, dining, and experiences at both Ocean House and Weekapaug Inn.

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.

• Redesign, permit and install Ocean House’s Septic System (System A and System
  
  B)
• Manage construction and rebuild service road to the Beach per Coastal Resource Management Council (CRMC) approved plan
• Manage construction of access road to redesigned OWTS (on site wastewater treatment system)
• Manage construction of new beach storage area and associated access road
• Manage redesign and re-construction of OH Beach Services Program to comply with CRMC Regulations
• Design, permit and construct 'temporary' decking around Dune Cottage
• Design, permit, and construct new beach service utilities per RIDEM and CRMC plans (kitchen, dishwashing, flushable toilets, electric, gas and water)

The operation is 24 hours a day 7 days a week, inclusive of all holidays. While the Company will make every attempt to create a work-life balance environment, all exempt team members may be required to work extended shifts and additional days based on business demands. Working more than eight hours per day and more than five consecutive days as needed is an expectation of all exempt roles.

Travel may be required and may include some overnight stays. All exempt team members should be responsible in scheduling their time off.

Internal:
This position supervises the following departments:
Ocean House Engineering, Landscaping, Weekapaug Inn Maintenance, Residential Maintenance. This position works closely with all departments including the Ocean House Resort Manager, Director of Rooms, General Manager of Weekapaug Inn, and the President and Managing Director.

External:
This position has regular contact with the company’s consultants, vendors, city personnel, ownership and inspectors. Maintains appropriate relationships with other associations, industry, government, public service organizations and vendors, to enhance the image of the Company and the attainment of its objectives.

• Participates in decisions…