Engineer (Hotel Maintenance)
Opportunity: Engineer
Perform preventative and repair maintenance work to ensure the hotel is maintained according to established quality and sustainability standards while treating guests in a warm and friendly manner.
Your Growth Path
Chief Engineer – Engineering Supervisor – Chief Engineer – Area Chief Engineer
Your Focus- Conduct room inspections and identify repair needs.
- Install or repair sheetrock and other wall coverings.
- Paint designated areas and items.
- Install and replace basic electrical fixtures, replace light switches, receptacles, light bulbs and fixtures.
- Repair furniture.
- Install, replace and program televisions.
- Perform minor plumbing functions.
- Replace and repair heating and cooling pumps as well as preventative maintenance on units.
- Trace and repair all types of water lines.
- Troubleshoot and repair kitchen equipment.
- Maintain repair and preventive maintenance records.
- Perform and maintain work to local, state and Federal codes.
- Be aware of guest satisfaction scores and work toward increasing departmental and overall guest satisfaction.
- Work as a bell attendant in the event of staffing shortages or during peak check in/out periods.
- Follow Service Recovery Guidelines.
- Follow sustainability guidelines and practices related to HHM’s EarthView program.
- Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and comply with MSDS and OSHA standards.
- Ensure overall guest satisfaction.
- Perform other duties as requested by management.
Your Background and Skills
- High School diploma and Trade school course work inrelated field preferred.
- Previous engineer/maintenance experience or equivalent training required.
Work Context
- Work schedule varies and mayinclude working on holidays and weekends and alternate shifts.
- Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 50 pounds, bending and reaching,kneeling, stooping, crawling and climbing.
What We Believe
People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble – Own It
The Whitney Hotel Boston
Our Hotel
Arriving in spring 2019, in the heart of Boston’s beloved Beacon Hill, with this stroll-able neighborhood as its backdrop, The Whitney is a sophisticated boutique hotel, a right-sized and refined city hotel, rich in comforts, that reflects its charming and eclectic address. Mixing the urbane comforts of a small luxury hotel with the pleasures of a gracious private house – The Whitney Hotel is a modern descendant of its neighborhood’s noble townhomes.
66 spacious guest rooms feature a restful simplicity – calming colors, thoughtful finishes, and the pleasures of marble baths, luxe linens and artful signatures. Steps away, and underscored with an easy nonchalance, a lobby lounge welcomes with seating nooks and easy-to-share comfortable spaces, an intimate bar specializing in that sought-after timeless cocktail menu and small plates to share. Tucked away for guests, a lush outdoor enclave invites guests to explore a hidden garden, and take in some quiet, open-air time, an exceptional city perk. Away from the hustle, but in easy access of everything, The Whitney Hotel is sought by those who have set their course to discover.
