Director of Engineering

The Westin Washington National Harbor is a full service waterfront property offering all the personal touches you need to renew and rejuvenate, with 195 rooms, plus 1860 square feet of meeting & banquet space, a full service restaurant, lounge, and 24 hour room service is seeking the perfect candidate for the position of:

DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING

POSITION PURPOSE:  Maintain the entire hotel facility, including the physical building structure, all mechanical, electrical, HVAC systems, and related equipment in accordance with energy conservation and preventative maintenance programs.  Ensure the upkeep of guest areas to maintain an attractive hotel. 

Conduct walk-throughs and visually assess the safe and efficient maintenance and operation of the physical structure(s) of the hotel, all mechanical, electrical, HVAC systems and any other related equipment.

Verify completion of all routine maintenance on public spaces, meeting rooms, ballrooms, outlets, back of the house spaces, and grounds.  Verify completion of all repairs, replacement, and renovation projects to offices and employee work areas.

Assist in hiring, training, supervising, and disciplining department staff and all other staff under direction of the Engineering Department, such as painters, upholsterers, and groundskeepers.

Adhere to all corporate-required purchasing policies and controls, including, but not limited to, all outside contractor bids, budgets, and schedules. Follow prescribed safety procedures for personnel and equipment by the company and OSHA.

Maintain effective Energy Management and Preventive Maintenance programs and conduct special training for other operating departments on the safe and efficient use of equipment and energy in the hotel.

Inform the General Manager 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, cost effective proposals for maintaining these systems.  Access and input information into a computer and generate reports.

Oversee daily and weekly payrolls.  Prepare departmental manpower schedules.

Oversee water treatment programs.

Most work tasks are performed indoors.  Temperature generally is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10ºF) and boiler rooms (+110°F), possibly for one hour or more.

Machine operators:  (without inspection), Mechanics, skilled trades people.  Works with lathes, drill presses, power saws and mills where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach.  Also, mechanics and skilled trade’s people and those who do work of a non repetitive in nature such as carpenters, technicians, service people, plumbers, painters, mechanics, etc..

Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs. frequently and must be able to lift up to 100 lbs. occasionally.

Requires grasping, writing, standing, sitting, walking, repetitive motions, bending, climbing, listening and hearing ability and visual acuity.

The worker is subject to atmospheric conditions:  one or more of the following conditions that affect the respiratory system or the skin:  fumes, odors, dusts, mists, gases or poor ventilation.

Talking and hearing occur continuously in the process of communicating with guests, supervisors and subordinates.

Requires manual dexterity to use and operate all necessary equipment.

Experience:  Five to seven years in a major hotel, hospital, or building, including four years in a supervisory capacity.

Education:  High school or equivalent education required.  Bachelor’s Degree or related technical school degree preferred.

Licenses or Certificates:  Ability to obtain and/or maintain any government required licenses, certificates or permits. Must possess, or have the ability and experience to acquire, a first class operating engineer's license in boilers and air conditioning as required.