Chief Engineer (Pre-Opening)

Join us at Accor, where life pulses with passion!​

As a pioneer in the art of responsible hospitality, the Accor Group gathers more than 45 brands, 5,600 hotels, 10,000 restaurants, and lifestyle destinations in 110 countries. While each brand has its own personality, where you will be able to truly find yourself, they all share a common ambition: to keep innovating and challenging the status-quo.​

By joining us, you will become a Heartist®, because hospitality is, first and foremost, a work of heart.​

You will join a caring environment and a team where you can be all you are. You will be in a supportive place to grow, to fulfil yourself, to discover other professions and to pursue career opportunities, in your hotel or in other hospitality environments, in your country or anywhere in the world!​

You will enjoy exclusive benefits, specific to the sector and beyond, as well as strong recognition for your daily commitment.​

Everything you will do with us, regardless of your profession, will offer a deep sense of meaning, to create lasting, memorable and impactful experiences for your customers, for your colleagues and for the planet.

Hospitality is a work of heart,​
Join us and become a Heartist®.

Reporting to the General Manager, you will maintain the building, plant, equipment, fixtures and fittings of the hotel and ensure standards are met. Managing a small team you will be responsible for preventative and reactive maintenance as well as contractor management. You will also lead the Hotel's environmental and sustainability programs.

• Develop and implement all policies, procedures, protocols and controls that govern the property maintenance operations.

• Prepare and control the department’s budget to an acceptable and pre-set standard. Checks on monthly basis all related expenses from P&L and sends monthly forecast to Finance.
• Hire and develop a hire performing Engineering team.
• Ensure all manuals, catalogues, wiring diagrams, guarantee certificates and as-built drawings are requested and maintained accordingly.
• Establishes all necessary facility inspection checklists and technical checklists for the whole property.
• Participate in the Health & Safety Committee and ensure that the Hotel complies with all Health & Safety Legislations.
• Champion for Accor’s sustainability programs.
• Ensures a yearly preventative maintenance program. To keep the hotel and its contents in excellent condition at all times by setting up a planned preventative maintenance plan and ensuring its full implementation.
• Takes responsibility for all work executed, by own or external craftsmen, on the building, plants or technical installations.
• Provides continuous technical support to all colleagues
• Assists senior management with the planning for investment, project and replacement budget on a yearly basis
• Implements all necessary work procedures for preventative maintenance and initiates respective scheduled procedures. Monitors carrying out of work as well as recording the results within appropriate filing system. Accordingly provides the sufficient and reasonable supply of spare parts on time.
• Determines for repair work the priorities and takes care for the quick removing of all breakdowns.
• Passes invoices for payment only when the execution of the work is done as preliminarily agreed and to full satisfaction. In case of disputes, involves the General Manager for a decision.
• Carries out regular walkabouts in the property to identify areas with defects and places requiring repair and maintenance. Ensures that immediate action is taken for remedy.
• Actively involved in assessing training needs and develops departmental training plans and succession plans. Initiates, executes and/or monitors training of colleagues for engineering matters.
• Assists and co-ordinates with the Security manager to conduct Fire & Safety training for all colleagues of the hotel.

• Bachelor’s degree Engineering or related field
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position in a 4/5* Hotel
• Pre-opening experience is an added advantage
• An understanding of Workplace Health, Safety and Environment standards
• Strong leadership skills
• Excellent communication
• Strong time management skills with the ability to respond to urgent tasks

Your team and working environment:

• At Accor, we are Heartists!  Are you ready to put your heart at the center of everything that you do? If so, then join our team of Heartists
• Every day, we look for opportunities to engage on a personal & meaningful way with our guests and each other.  

We deliver heartfelt hospitality in an environment that is engaging, enthusiastic and professionally rewarding!