Engineering Manager

As the world’s largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental®️ brand. Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs, inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. InterContinental Baku Hotel is looking to hire an Engineering Manager.

Your day to day

As an Engineering Manager you’ll direct the engineering of the hotel and ensure the safety and comfort of hotel guests and team members – making sure all activities are delivered safely and with compliance. Motivating and training your team with the skills to keep hotels always looking their best. 

People

• Direct daily engineering needs, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right team in place   
• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognise good performance 
• Promote teamwork and quality service through daily communication and coordination with other departments.  
• Communicate with all hotel department heads to stay informed of maintenance needs and ensure timely responses to requests 

Guest Experience

• Help guests needs to ensure their satisfaction  
• Use a maintenance programme to ensure the hotel is maintained and in service for our guests  

Financial

• Prepare the departmental budget, financial and operational plans for the hotel  
• Monitor budget and control expenses with a focus on energy management, preventive maintenance, and capital planning  
• Lead hotel renovations and other projects, negotiate contracts, and ensure timely completion of projects within budget

Responsible Business

• Oversee the physical operations of the hotel, including maintenance and repair and order parts and supplies in a timely and efficient manner while minimising waste and maintaining “green” initiatives  
• May be responsible for hotel security to minimise risk of theft, crime and other hazards 
• Ad-hoc duties – unexpected moments when we have to pull together to get a task done 

Accountabilities

This is the top Engineering job in a luxury hotel with multiple sites and facilities, an outlet, high-volume catering and convention facilities, and a large number of VIP and key guests. Supervises a staff of engineering tradespersons and contractors. May oversee subordinate managers and supervisors. 

What we need from you

• Some college or advanced vocational training 
• Four years’ hotel experience in building maintenance and/or construction or equivalent combination of education and experience 
• Specialised expertise in plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and carpentry fields 
• Some kind of professional certification, licensed plumber and/or journeyman status for electrician and carpenter may be required 
• Excellent written and verbal English is a must, Russian will be an asset

What we offer

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including great room discount and superb training. 

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve - visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.

To apply for the position of Engineering Manager at InterContinental Baku Hotel send your CV to the mailbox, mentioning “Engineering Manager” in Subject of e-mail.