Duty Engineer

JOB PURPOSE

To ensure energy conservation and operation and maintenance of plants and equipment preventive maintenance schedules, engineering maintenance requests and new work orders are performed and correctly recorded and to provide a monthly work plan to CE for approval.

Operational:-

• Report to CE on all aspects of engineering, environmental controls and the operational efficiency of the property.
• To ensure adherence to all statutory regulations and fire codes by regularly reviewing policies and safety procedures.  Ensure that any tests and inspections required on plant by statutory authorities are carried out as and when required and that all records and documentation associated with such tests and surveys are correctly kept and/or displayed.  Ensure that the hotel fulfils all compliance requirements.

Financial;-

• Control of Capital Project Planning, in liaison with management, to ensure capital funding is effectively allocated and budgeted in accordance with company directives and philosophy.
• Contribute to the hotel’s profitability by ensuring the effective management of the buildings environmental controls and energy conservation systems.  Evaluate, control and record energy usage and implement and upgrade energy conservation systems.

     Employee Handling:-

• Ensure a technically competent engineering staff by selecting, training and developing a motivated, well-qualified maintenance team.  Carry out regular work sampling studies within the department and evaluate the performance and productivity of personnel.
• Provides training of all department staff to ensure efficient operation, proper maintenance and repair to equipment’s as well as good morale
• Prepares monthly training schedule for the department as per need of staff members and monitors their progress
• To acquire and put into practice the multi-skilling in the engineering staff.
• To notify the DOE of any breach of the hotel’s employee rules and regulations.
• Works with Human Resources on manpower planning and management needs