Engineer

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 being an anchor for each neighbourhood 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!

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Job Title: Engineer

Department: Property Operations/Engineering

Location: The Standard, High Line

Reporting to: Director of Engineering/MOD

Responsible for: N/A  

Job Purpose:

Responsible for maintaining the general condition of the property regarding all aspects of basic electrical, carpentry, plumbing, mechanical and painting work. Complete maintenance request work orders from all departments on a timely basis.  Participate in the preventive maintenance program for all-building equipment and rooms.  Complete other special projects assigned periodically by the Director of Engineering.

Main Duties & Responsibilities 

• Trained in safety procedures and compliant with all safety regulations
• Extensive prior plumbing, carpentry, and electrical background a must
• Knowledge and aptitude using all power tools
• Ability to multitask and complete several various assignments daily
• Flexibility to work days, nights and or weekends
• Resolve guest complaints, ensuring guest satisfaction
• Monitor and maintain cleanliness, sanitation and organization of assigned work areas
• Receive daily work assignments from Chief Engineer/Supervisor and review priorities and special projects
• Organize materials, tools and equipment to perform daily assignments
• Check work orders and night report for any problems. Make rounds checking these problem areas and note any information needed or safety concerns in the hotel
• Exert physical effort in transporting heavy objects
• Satisfactorily communicate with guests, management and co-workers to their understanding
• Conduct room inspections and identify repair needs
• Install or repair sheet rock and other wall coverings
• Paint designated areas and items
• Install and replace basic electrical fixtures, replace light switches, receptacles, and light bulbs
• 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 preventative 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.
• Follow Service Recovery Guidelines
• Follow sustainability guidelines and practices
• Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and comply with MSDS and OSHA standards
• Perform other duties as requested by management

Qualification & Requirements

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

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

• Abe to remain in a stationary position for extended time
• Must work with sharp objects in a safe manner
• Able to be exposed to hot and cold temperature extremes
• Ability to work in cramped or tight spaces
• Requires manual ability to use, carry, and operate all necessary equipment
• Minimum one (1) year of experience as an electrician
• Working knowledge of all electrical supplies and equipment
• Knowledge of proper chemical handling and disposal
• Engineering Certifications desired but not required

Working knowledge of:

• National and local health codes
• National and local electrical codes
• National and local fire codes
• National and local mechanical codes
• Blueprints and wiring schematics
• Power and hand tools, meters, etc. as it relates to technical trades
• Provide legible communication and directions
• Compute mathematical calculations (add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers)

Ability to:

• Interpret manufacturer’s literature for installation, preparation, use, and upkeep of various materials and products used throughout the property
• Be well organized and follow instructions
• Focus attention on details
• Operate high-reach lifts
• Prioritize tasks and comply with deadlines for work assignments
• Be a clear thinker and perform well under pressure work assignments
• Work and perform job functions with minimal supervision
• Work cohesively with co-workers as part of a team

Physical Requirements:

• Periodical bending, kneeling, and stretching
• Able to pull, push, carry and lift at least 50 pounds of force
• Must be able to seize, grasp, turn and hold objects with hands
• Requires manual ability to use, carry, and operate all necessary equipment
• Ability to endure under variable temperature conditions, noise levels, outdoor weather, and atmospheric conditions (being around fumes, odor hazards, dust, mite hazards, chemicals, etc.)
• Ability to work in cramped or tight spaces

Compensation and Benefits

• Pay Rate $27- $30 per hour - Compensation scale based on certifications
• Excellent and Affordable Health care coverage
• Life Insurance, Disability Insurance, Pet Insurance
• 401k
• 160 hours of PTO / year and Company recognized holidays
• Employee Discounts on Rooms, F&B, Retail, and The Standard Marketplace
• Employee Meals, Employee Referral Program, Commuter Discounts
• Regular fun staff events and celebrations!!!