Assistant Chief Engineer

Pay Range: ( $85,000.00 - $95,000.00/ Annual Compensation )

Basic Job Function: Supervises and instructs the engineering department staff; works with engineering personnel, various departments and contractors/vendors to ensure an attractive, well maintained facility. Assists the Chief Engineer in projects to maintain and repair the Kahala Hotel & Resort; is knowledgeable about various trades, including, but not limited to, carpentry, masonry, air conditioning and refrigeration, painting and wall covering, plumbing, electronics and electrical and mechanical work.

Essential Functions:

• Assigns manpower to various routine and non-routine tasks ensuring proper utilization of available manpower.
• Visually inspects work of other maintenance employees and performs a variety of labor tasks in the various trades. This involves the ability to lift, grasp, carry or transport items weighing up to 50 lbs. or up to 200 lbs. with wheeled assistance and the ability to travel to various indoor and outdoor sites throughout the facility.
• Consults daily with maintenance management to review current operational conditions, including but not limited to, completed and projected work, staffing requirements, and other issues significant to the smooth operation of the Maintenance Department.
• Instructs maintenance employees in the proper procedures, established standards and operating guidelines of the department and various tasks.
• Maintains a daily foreman log noting pertinent operations or mechanical occurrences during scheduled shifts. Reviews log information with the relieving foreman or senior maintenance employee.
• Reviews material inventory levels with storeroom clerk to ensure material levels are sufficient for uninterrupted routine repairs, retrieving inventory information from a computer. Reviews material requirements for projected jobs or projects.
• Communicates with other hotel management relative to maintenance operations through written or verbal communication. Completes required reports using a computer.
• Works with various governmental agencies or institutions in support of the various mechanical systems of the facility ensuring optimization of energy consumption and equipment usage and direct other maintenance employees to that end.

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

• Report all suspicious persons or activities and hazardous or unsafe conditions to the Security Department.
• Provide instruction and/or guidance for guest and employee safety in fire or other emergency situations.
• Respond to all guest questions. Provide guest assistance, direction and information as requested when working in public areas.
• Performs labor tasks encompassing a variety of skills in the different trades.
• Performs administrative functions related to the support and documentation of maintenance programs and other maintenance related tasks as directed.