Engineering Manager

Why us?

Work Where you Belong!

Here we grow again! We are excited to add the Engineering Manager role to our team here at the UNC Charlotte Marriott! 

We are a warm and welcoming here at the UNC Charlotte Marriott, a 226-room hotel featuring 24,000 sq ft of meeting space conveniently located north of the downtown Charlotte area.  We are excited to be the newest gathering place featured in the university area with our Golden Owl Tavern. We are easily located north of the city on the campus of University of North Carolina at Charlotte. A compact and cozy place to chill and enjoy managed by Sage Hospitality.

Our team represents the best and brightest in the industry, we are an award-winning team, most recently our property, was awarded the Hotel of the Year from the NFL NFC for outstanding hotel service! and ranked in the top ten of Marriott Branded hotels in several categories. Join forces with the top hospitality team and help navigate our guests through their journey.  Together we create a friendly, supportive culture that is intriguing and refreshing to those who are seasoned in hospitality as well as those putting their toes in the water for the first time.

As a member of the leadership team, you will have the opportunity for personal growth, and to impact the growth and development of your team, while we continue to focus and engage with our community to enrich lives one experience at a time.

Our vision is to be recognized by our customers as the best in our business through ensuring a culture that “makes the ordinary extraordinary!” Join us today!

A Rewarding Experience:

• Opportunity to earn property incentives: upsell incentives, porterage, room service, and much more!
• Medical, dental, & vision insurance
• Health savings and flexible spending accounts
• Basic Life and AD&D insurance
• Paid time off for vacation, sick time, and holidays
• Eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) program with employer matching
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Great discounts on Hotels, Restaurants, and much more
• Eligible to participate in the Employee Referral Bonus Program. Up to $1,000 per referral.

 Join us today!

Job Overview

Supervise the implementation of all property and equipment preventive maintenance and repairs, monitor life safety systems and utilities and assist in the administration of the department in compliance with all corporate/franchise standards and local, state and national codes and regulations to protect assets, guests and employees. Supervise the day-to-day operations. Recommend and implement procedural changes. Monitor and control expenses.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Engineering employees; interview, schedule, train, develop, coach and counsel, provide open communications, make recommendations to performance reviews, resolve problems and recommend discipline, as appropriate.
• Implement and schedule property and equipment preventive maintenance programs in compliance with corporate/franchise standards and local, state and national codes and regulations to ensure safety, convenience and satisfaction of all guests, managers and employees, to protect the assets and maintain the property in first class condition.
• Prioritize service requests; schedule and monitor the service performed to ensure customer satisfaction, safety and convenience.
• Test and examine the life safety systems to ensure they are 100% operational at all times to protect the asset, guests and employees.
• Monitor utility consumption to determine the effectiveness of current systems.
• Review purchase requests and monitor expenses to ensure budgeted goals are met/exceeded.
• Assist in the administration of the department by preparing and maintaining schedules, logs, records or other documentation to ensure a smooth operation and minimize liabilities.

Qualifications

Education/Formal Training

One to two years of post high school education.

Experience

Experience required by position is from two to three full years of full employment in a related position with this company or other organization(s).

Knowledge/Skills

• Requires advanced knowledge of building management/engineering and housekeeping operations. May require considerable working knowledge of other major areas in the hotel and the skill to integrate and communicate that information.
• Must have advanced working knowledge in the following areas:
• General plumbing, refrigeration, air conditioning, electrical systems, boilers, bathroom fixtures and tiling,          
• painting – prep to finish, basic carpentry, groundskeeping. Requires advanced knowledge of building management/engineering.
• May require considerable working knowledge of other major areas in the hotel and the skill to integrate and communicate that information.
• Requires investigating and analyzing current activities and/or information in a specialized field involving readily available data and indicating logical conclusions and recommendations.
• Requires supervisory skills.
• Ability to provide information and associated services to hotel management and guests.
• Excellent comprehension and literacy required for procedures, reports, instructions, receipts.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Ability to communicate with management and staff.
• Ability to visually check hotel premises.
• Ability to communicate with management and staff.
• Frequent bending and/or kneeling throughout the day for repairs and maintenance of hotel property, equipment and machinery.
• Mobility throughout the hotel, all floors, varying heights and distances.
• Use of ladders and lifts required at times.
• Continuous standing required in varying degrees throughout the day.
• Climbing approximately 210 steps 1% of each day. Climbing ladders approximately 20 feet 1% of each day.
• Driving -limited driving on an occasional basis for supplies, equipment, etc. Generally within 20 miles.

Environment

Work inside 95% of a week; outside 5% of a week. Abnormal temperatures -walk-in freezers below 32 degrees -1% of the time. Equipment operation -power hand tools (i.e. circular saw, drill).