Maintenance Manager - Engineering - Holiday Inn & Suites® Dubai Festival City

Role Overview

Maintenance Manager - Engineering at Holiday Inn & Suites® Dubai Festival City, a property of IHG Hotels and Resorts, located in Dubai, UAE.

Company Overview

IHG Hotels and Resorts operates four hotel brands across Dubai Festival City, comprising over 1,000 bedrooms: the luxury InterContinental, the superior upscale Crowne Plaza, the lavish long-stay InterContinental Residence Suites, and the vibrant mid-scale Holiday Inn & Suites. The properties feature high-quality restaurants and bars, a 3,800 square meter Event Centre across two levels, the 5,000 square meters Festival Arena by InterContinental, the luxurious Spa InterContinental, state-of-the-art gymnasium and swimming pool facilities. The properties employ over 1,100 colleagues.

Role Purpose

Maintain the entire hotel apartment facility, including physical building structure, all mechanical, electrical, fire life safety, HVAC systems and related equipment in accordance with energy conservation and preventative maintenance programs while ensuring compliance with IHG standards, HACCP, Dubai Municipality standards and Civil Defense standards.

Key Responsibilities

Facility & Equipment Maintenance

• Maintain the entire hotel apartment facility, including the physical building structure, all mechanical, electrical, FLS, HVAC systems and other related equipment in accordance with energy conservation and preventative maintenance programs.
• Ensure the upkeep of guest areas to maintain IHG standards.
• Maintain all FLS equipment in a healthy condition.
• Conduct house tours and visually assess the safe and efficient maintenance and operation of the physical structures of the hotel apartment, all mechanical, electrical, HVAC systems and any other related equipment.
• Verify completion of all routine maintenance on public spaces and verify completion of all repairs, replacement and renovation projects to offices and employee work areas.

Operations & Energy Management

• Maintain effective energy management and preventive maintenance programs.
• Conduct special training for other operating departments on the safe and efficient use of equipment and energy in the hotel apartments.
• Work closely with CDOE to smooth operations.
• Plan, execute and control maintenance work, Green engages, DET, QEMS, JANA control and related programs.

Safety & Compliance

• Follow prescribed safety procedures for personnel and equipment by IHG standards, HACCP, Dubai Municipality standards and Civil Defense standards.
• Train and practice emergency and security issues.

Team Leadership & Administration

• Supervise all engineers and colleagues.
• Schedule employees and control scheduling.
• Control vacation planning.
• Respond to letters, emails and special requests.
• Organize and maintain important files, bills and receipts.
• Support departmental budget creation and expense control.

Qualifications & Experience

• Degree or Diploma in Mechanical, Electrical or HVAC Engineering.
• Minimum four years of experience in a managerial role within the hospitality industry.

Skills & Competencies

• Sound knowledge of AutoCAD.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong ability to identify and rectify subsystem faults.

Additional Information

• Competitive salary.
• Impressive room discounts.
• Access to some of the best training in the business.
• Support for health, lifestyle and workplace wellbeing through myWellbeing framework.
• Equal employment opportunities provided to all applicants.