Duty Engineer

Mantis, part of the Luxury & Lifestyle division of Accor, is a leading, conservation-focused hotel group with curated hotels, eco-lodges and waterways experiences located all over the world. Sustainable travellers have been enjoying eco-tourism, safaris and adventure travel with Mantis since 2000. Rooted in conservation, Mantis pursues sustainable business practices and develops tourism products that are respectful of the environment and communities in which they operate. Whether small and intimate or vast and complex, on a sweeping African plain, beach-side escape or bustling city, each is an exceptional place for guests to find themselves. While uniquely different in the experiences they offer, all are linked through a collective obsession to be extraordinary, to be rare in a world that mass-produces sameness.

Duty Engineer

As the Duty Engineer, your role encompasses attending morning briefings and meetings with the Assistant Chief Engineer/Dir of Engineer. You'll be responsible for planning, supervising, and inspecting maintenance, repair, and construction activities, ensuring adherence to preventive maintenance plans and generating necessary reports. Coordinating work orders, troubleshooting equipment, and providing technical assistance to technicians are integral aspects. Additionally, overseeing manpower distribution, responding to maintenance requests and emergencies, and ensuring compliance with safety protocols are vital. Your role involves reporting major issues promptly and participating in ongoing training sessions to uphold operational efficiency and safety standards.

What is in it for you:

• Engage in conservation efforts and help preserve wildlife.
• Enjoy sustainable adventures with exclusive rewards.
• Celebrate locality and heritage in a vibrant community.
• Advance your career with global development opportunities.
• Drive change through impactful social initiatives.
• Collaborate with a passionate, innovative team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administrative Duties: Attend regular morning briefings with the Assistant Chief Engineer/Dir of Engineer, along with all other employees in the Engineering Office/Workshop. Additionally, maintain records, files, and prepare reports, and attend and participate in meetings regarding work to be done and training classes.
• Maintenance Planning and Supervision: Plan, assign, inspect, and supervise maintenance, repair, and construction activities, and perform and follow up on preventive maintenance plans regularly to update and generate daily, weekly, and monthly reports, including reviewing all work orders before and after completion.
• Work Order Management: Assign and distribute work orders and work requests, inform supervisors of completed and outstanding work orders, and coordinate work with others wherever required.
• Technical Support and Emergency Response: Check and troubleshoot equipment, provide technical assistance to technicians when requested, perform emergency repairs, maintain tools, order supplies, and make routine adjustments to maximize operational efficiency. Additionally, attend to maintenance requests, maintenance calls, breakdowns, faults, and emergency jobs in electrical, plumbing, carpentry, and all major equipment.
• Safety and Coordination: Cooperate with the store to determine which parts should be ordered for stock and maintain cleanliness around the surroundings of all engineering workshops and where the job has been done. Attend duties on time as per the duty roster and report to the Assistant Chief Engineer/Dir of Engineer of any major issues as far as daily operations are concerned. Additionally, help and assist engineering crews in times of emergency or in the case of fire or natural disaster.

• Experience and Qualifications: A minimum of three (3) years’ experience in a similar position within a five-star hotel or similar organization is required, along with possession of the required trade license, certification, or Diploma, with previous experience in the field considered an asset.
• Specialization and Skills: Specialization in Electrical, Mechanical, or General Civil trades is preferred, alongside strong interpersonal written and verbal communication skills, which are necessary.
• Additional Requirements: Possession of required trade license, certification, or Diploma is essential, with previous experience in the field considered an asset.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Why work for Accor? We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities.

By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit https://careers.accor.com/

About Mantis Collection: Mantis is a boutique hospitality group that was founded by conservationist Adrian Gardiner in 2000, with its main focus predominantly in Africa and the Middle East. Mantis grew from Adrian’s vision to restore and rewild degraded farmland which he developed into a widely-acclaimed Private Game Reserve. This was the first private game reserve in the Eastern Cape and the beginning of eco-tourism in a poverty-stricken province that had few opportunities outside of commercial farming. Adrian and the Mantis team successfully created a place where man and nature could co-exist sustainably. From this initial success, the Mantis model was then developed worldwide, understanding that consumers could use the Mantis portfolio as a mark of quality, consistency and character. Today the diverse portfolio of handpicked properties links up to create travel journeys, which offer guests the opportunity to experience the essence of the location in a setting of tailored luxury. Rooted in conservation, Mantis pursues sustainable business practices and develops tourism products that are respectful of the environment and communities in which they operate.

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