Chief Engineer (Hotel Maintenance)
SpringHill Suites by Marriott Louisville Downtown
132 East Jefferson
Louisville,
KY
40202
Opportunity: Chief Engineer
Manage general and preventative maintenance functions to ensure guest service and sustainability standards are achieved and maintained throughout the hotel structure.
Your Growth Path
Area Chief Engineer – Regional Director of Engineering
Your Focus
- Leadership: Interview, select, train, schedule, coach, and support associates to ensure they perform in accordance with brand standards and HHM core values.
- Financial and Vendor Oversight: Manage and coordinate bids, quotes, and contracts for 3rd party vendors.
- Project Management: Oversee small projects or Property Improvement Plans (PIPs) and report on work progress.
- Technical Repairs: Perform and oversee diverse tasks including sheetrock repair, painting, furniture refinishing, and the replacement of electrical and plumbing fixtures.
- Equipment and Systems: Troubleshoot kitchen equipment and repair heating/cooling pumps. You will also install and program televisions.
- Preventative Maintenance: Maintain accurate records of PMs on all rooms and equipment; test and maintain life safety systems to ensure they are 100% operational.
- Compliance: Coordinate compliance of service contracts and ensure all work meets local, state, and Federal codes.
- Operations: Maintain the building exterior and curb appeal while following EarthView sustainability guidelines.
- Safety and Service: Practice safe work habits following MSDS and OSHA standards while working to increase guest satisfaction scores.
Your Background and Skills
- High School diploma and/or trade school coursework in a related field is preferred.
- Previous supervisory engineer/maintenance experience (or equivalent training) is required.
- HVAC certification is required.
- Other certifications may be required based on local needs.
Work Environment and Context
- Work schedule varies and may include working on holidays and weekends or alternate shifts.
- Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 50 pounds, bending and reaching, climbing, stooping, kneeling or crouching.
HHM Benefits and Perks
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Health Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- 401k Company Match
- Free Basic Life Insurance
- Travel Discounts
- Commuter Transit and Commuter Parking Benefits
- Employee Assistance and Wellness Program
- Educational/Professional Development
- Technology Reimbursements
What We Believe
People Are Our Capability – Hearts That Serve – Only Excellence – Stay Nimble - Own It
About SpringHill Suites by Marriott Louisville Downtown
Welcome To Springhill Suites Louisville Downtown
Explore Whiskey Row from our hotel in downtown Louisville
Enjoy Southern hospitality and a great location when you book SpringHill Suites Louisville Downtown for your business or leisure stay. Our all-suite hotel just off I-65 puts you steps from the iconic Whiskey Row and within a mile of the KFC Yum! Center. A few blocks away, you can tour the city’s famous bourbon distilleries, shop in the NuLu district, or explore waterfront attractions like the Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory and the Muhammad Ali Center. If you’re in town for a trade show, the Kentucky International Convention Center is half a mile away.Make yourself at home in one of our spacious suites, where you can touch base with family using free Wi-Fi, stock the mini fridge with your favorite snacks, and sink back into plush bedding for a restorative night’s sleep. In the morning, stretch out your muscles in the fitness center or indoor pool before heading to our free breakfast buffet. Need to meet with clients? We offer more than 1,900 square feet of flexible event space on site.
About HHM Hotels
An Industry Leader in Hospitality
HHM Hotels is the preferred operator to many sophisticated and institutional owners of hotel real estate, including public and private owners, across the United States and Canada. We are known for consistent outperformance in operating results, the stability of our managed portfolio and operating teams, and our unrelenting focus on people, processes, and technology. HHM Hotels is tireless in delivering results and working closely with our owners across a portfolio of 240 hotels and over $2BN in managed revenues in the United States and Canada.
MANAGEMENT
For the past 30 years, HHM Hotels has focused on building out specific and differentiated capabilities and technology to serve our owners and drive industry-leading results in the areas of revenue generation, cost management, service delivery, and associate development and retention. In particular, we have focused on developing proprietary data, processes, and business systems to drive advantage and maintain our unwavering focus on results across every aspect of our managed hotels.
INVESTMENT
HHM Hotels has a highly active and productive investment team that seeks to leverage our operating capabilities and market knowledge to source, underwrite, and introduce deals to our stable of industry-leading investment partners. We have helped put together dozens of related deals and focus carefully on potential operational efficiencies, brand or market repositioning opportunities, and other ways that we can find value through our extensive market knowledge, operating capabilities, and in-house legal, asset management, and risk management teams.
BRAND POSITIONING
Our experience with branded and independent hotels allows us to quickly determine the brand positioning within a local market to ensure the highest operational profitability. We understand the demands of hotel openings and rebranding because we’ve been on the ground to lead them, from Forbes Five-Star property openings and global product launches to corporate rebranding projects around the world.
