CHIEF ENGINEER

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Company Background

The Standard is one of the most culturally engaged hotels in the world. Hotels with real cultural life, an inclusive spirit and true creative attitude. A destination layered with events and amusements that leaves you with an uplifted feeling.

The Standard’s irreverent and playful sensibility, combined with a careful consideration of design, detail and service, have established its reputation as a pioneer of hospitality, travel, dining, nightlife, and beyond. The Standard hotels are known for their taste-making clientele, their pioneering design, and their unrelenting un-Standard-ness.

Mission Statement

To create experience by embracing and empowering a diverse collective of team members, collaborators, and guests, who choose to call The Standard home.

Our Purpose

The Standard’s commitment is to be an anchor for each neighborhood in which we reside, as well as a platform for culture and creativity. Bringing people together in its spaces to interact with each other in genuine ways.

Our promise is to ensure that a stay is an experience and that a memory means making friends and having stories to tell. To understand why it exists, is to understand that The Standard, is a platform for people to meet, to engage, to learn, to dine, to sleep, to dance, to hideaway, to make believe and to do so whilst being yourself and having fun doing it.

We think of ourselves as a stage, not just a hotel. Here, you can become whomever you like, even if for just a night. Here, you will meet new friends, find new challenges, eat new food, stay up late, sleep in later, and at times, never even leave the property. We are unapologetically comfortable with disrupting expectations.

It’s WHO WE ARE!

#StandardFamily

Job Title: Chief Engineer

Department: Rooms Department/Engineering

Location: The Standard, High Line

Reporting to: Director of Engineering

Responsible for Engineering Mechanics, Painters, Coordinators, and Supervisors

Job Purpose:

To maintain and supervise the maintenance operations for the Hotel, i.e., refrigeration, heating, plumbing, heating and cooling plant operations, energy controls and efficiency, etc., maintaining standards as required. As the Chief Engineer, you are responsible for the appearance and working order of the property structures, facilities and systems including individual apartments, exterior and common areas. Maintain effective Energy Management and Preventive Maintenance programs and conduct special training for other operating departments on the safe and efficient use of equipment and energy in the hotel. Beyond your vast technical experience with construction, electrical, HVAC,

You have a proven proactive, leadership quality for boilers and mechanical systems and their maintenance and repair.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides professional and courteous guest service at all times.
• Supervises maintenance operations for center, including but not limited to refrigeration, heating, plumbing, water treatment, preventative maintenance, Hotel front and back of house spaces, A/C units, ice machines, lighting, kitchen equipment, emergency generators, water softeners, switch rooms, roof exhausts, electrical substations, fire and life safety systems, and other systems and equipment owned, leased or managed by the Hotel.
• Monitors electric, gas, oil and water consumption on a prescribed basis.
• Ensures that all purchased services, electrical, plumbing, cleaning etc. are performed in a manner that exceeds exhibitor and client expectations.
• Supervises assigned associates: hiring, terminations, performance evaluations and development.
• Ensures all projects are completed according to specifications and are completed on time.
• Works closely with Housekeeping/Environmental Services to ensure coordination of activities.
• Coordinates with Security to maintain key inventory for all locks.
• Trains center staff in emergency procedures.
• Aids and instructs craftsmen in scheduling work, ordering material and completing assignments by a specified date.
• Meets with architects to discuss blueprints, contacts contractors to submit bids for new projects, and meets with construction supervisors to discuss difference phases of work.
• Obtains bids and contracts for all items placed under a maintenance agreement as well as landscaping and snow removal contracts.
• Develops and maintains an ongoing maintenance program for guestrooms, meeting rooms, public space back of the house spaces, kitchens and all Hotel equipment.
• Performs inventory and purchasing duties as required.
• Develops department budget.
• Maintains cleanliness of grounds and attractiveness of landscaping.
• Ensures cleanliness and orderliness of all work space and storage areas.
• Acts as Administrator on Duty as required.
• Conducts monthly department meetings.
• Attends weekly staff meetings.
• Complete projects as determined by the General Manager.
• Provide supervision to the engineering team
• Ensure all equipment, public areas, and guest rooms are maintained
• Ensure all maintenance tasks are performed in a timely and professional manner
• Operate and properly maintain various types of electrical, mechanical and plumbing equipment
• Supervise the issuance of tools relating to the Engineering department
• Liaise with contractors and suppliers
• Purchase products for the engineering department
• Ensure that all aspects of the Engineering department follow the laws of Health and Safety
• Maintain a clean and organized shop environment
• Respond to emergency calls and situations
• Ensure safety procedures are understood and followed

Specific Requirements:

High School Diploma or equivalent required

Must have a valid FSD (Fire Safety Director) license for a commercial building

A minimum of 2 years managing and leading others, including a track record of successful communication, budgeting & negotiating, scheduling and staffing

At least 5 years experience in Construction, Mechanical, HVAC, Electrical, and Plumbing, including appliance repair, reading blueprints & power, water and sewer distribution

Must understand building, mechanical, electrical and plumbing principals

Three years in a public contact position, preferably in an upscale or lifestyle brand hotel

Accomplished at delivering world-class 5 star customer service and leading others in delivering outstanding customer service

Proven knowledge & application of codes, laws & regulations pertaining to public buildings and fire, including ADA

Experience operating computer systems for property operations, finance and service tickets

EPA & OSHA Certifications strongly preferred

Valid driver’s license

Strong verbal and written communication skills in English

Customer service oriented

Ability to work in team and independently

Excellent organization and communication skills

Ability to work successfully in a fast paced environment

Ability to maintain composure in a potentially stressful environment

Understanding: Ability to read, comprehend and carry out instructions according to established procedures

Comprehension: Fluent in the English language

Organizational Skills: Work efficiently, utilize multi-tasking, prioritize tasks

Hygiene and Sanitation: Adherence to uniform, grooming and personal hygiene standards and expectations per Standard of Operating Procedures

Punctuality: Adherence to posted schedule and arrival time and attendance at mandatory meetings Responsibility: Personal comportment in line with Standard, New York policies, standards, and expectations

Must have S12 and S13

Desirable:

Multi-lingual, Spanish Preferred

Prior work experience in a luxury, lifestyle boutique hotel

Understand the technologies required in the work you are doing directly.

Plan and direct the work of others, either directly or through lower-level supervisors.

Work with a variety of situations.

Solve problems using facts and personal judgment.

React quickly in emergency situations and make decisions that may involve a great amount of money or the safety of others.

Work with different kinds of people.

Be available on nights, weekends, and holidays.

Physical Requirements

Able to work standing for a minimum period of 8 hours a day

Periodical bending, kneeling, and stretching

Able to pull, push, carry and lift at least 40 pounds of force

Must be able to seize, grasp, turn and hold objects with hands

Withstanding changes in temperature

Able to climb ladders and tolerate heights

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