Chief Engineer | Voco Amritsar

IHG Hotels & Resorts


Date: 2 weeks ago
City: Amritsar, Punjab
Contract type: Full time
About Us

At voco, we’ve created a hotel brand that gives people a different choice. Hotels to count on but different enough to be fun. Unstuffy hotels, where people feel comfortable to relax, and just get on with relaxing. Our new family of hotels are connected by their own sense of style and individual character – and that’s something we make the most of. Finding the perfect mix of reliability and new experiences. Because we believe that when you respect individuality life gets interesting.

At the heart of every great stay is a great host. We think the trick to hosting is to take the time to understand what your guests need, and want. So, before they arrive, we find out more about them and how we can make their stay better. Whilst they are with us, we give tempting recommendations of our favourite drinks or food, or tips for local experiences that they won’t find in any guide book.

Join the Team at the Pre-Opening of voco Amritsar, located with excellent road connectivity to the city’s commercial and residential hubs, voco Amritsar caters to a dynamic mix of corporate, SME, and MICE clientele in a substantially competitive market. The voco Amritsar is located approximately 11.6 kilometers (7.2 miles) from the Golden Temple and 13 kilometers (8.0 miles) from Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport.

With 139 well-appointed rooms, the hotel offers full-service F&B outlets including an All-Day Dining restaurant (90 covers), Lobby Lounge (30 covers), and Bar (60 covers), along with 24-hour Room Service. Our meetings and events space accommodates up to 500 guests, supported by additional leisure and wellness facilities such as a Health Club, Swimming Pool, and a boutique Spa.

What is expected from you?

As a part of management committee member, you shall be responsible to drive success for voco Amritsar.

Travel is a journey. We help make it a joy.

Designed to stand out from the crowd, voco hotels is IHG's fastest-growing premium brand, offering a hotel experience that is consistently thoughtful and distinct. Each property is characterised by its individual charm, providing guests with something different while also ensuring the reliability of a global brand. With an inviting and unstuffy atmosphere, voco hotels create a space where guests can truly unwind and feel at ease. Centred around the brand hallmarks 'Come on in', 'Me time', and 'voco life', voco delivers delightful and uplifting experiences brought to life by easy-going and attentive hosts. Launched in 2018, the voco brand by IHG is known for its rapid global expansion and focus on conversion opportunities, offering a "reliably different" upscale experience with a distinctive identity and relaxed service style.

What is the job?

As Chief Engineer, you will lead the Engineering department in ensuring the safety, functionality, and efficiency of all building systems and hotel infrastructure. This includes preventive maintenance, energy management, compliance with safety regulations, and managing outsourced technical services. You’ll also play a key role in sustainability initiatives and ongoing property improvements.

We’re looking for a hands-on, technically proficient leader with strong problem-solving skills, team management experience, and a commitment to maintaining the highest standards of safety and operational excellence.

At voco we look for people who are dynamic, confident and ambitious; people who excel in their role and help our guests succeed too.  

Your day to day

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
  • Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed
  • Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members in compliance with regulatory policies and procedures
  • Maintain relations with outside contacts including guests, regulatory agencies, others as needed
  • Follow-up outstanding points from the latest IT audit of his/her hotel under the supervision of IT Manager/Leader

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

Responsible business

  • Maintain and order parts and supplies whilst 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 Maintenance/Engineering job which may include one or more food or beverage outlets, and/or meeting space or catering/convention facilities. May supervise a small maintenance staff.

What We Need From You

  • Some college or advanced vocational training
  • Four years’ experience in general building maintenance and/or construction or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • Specialised expertise in plumbing, electrical, mechanical, and carpentry fields
  • Level 3 EPA Certification, HVAC and refrigeration certificate, licensed plumber and/or journeyman status for electrician and carpenter may be required
  • Hotel experience preferred
  • Professional certification and licence if required by law

How do I deliver this?

We genuinely care about people and we show this through living out our promise of True Hospitality each and every day. It’s what connects every colleague in all IHG hotels.

Each IHG hotel brand delivers True Hospitality in their own way, and at the heart of it all are specific, core service skills.

  • True Attitude: being caring, wanting to make a positive difference, and building genuine connections with guests
  • True Confidence: having the knowledge and skills to perform your role, and giving guests the confidence that they can trust you, to help and support them during their stay
  • True Listening: focusing on what your guest is saying, picking up on body language that is often overlooked, and understanding what the guest wants and needs
  • True Responsiveness: is about providing guests with what they need, and doing so in a timely and caring manner

There’s so much more to the job than we can capture here. It’s simply about creating great experiences, doing the right thing and understanding people.

What We Offer

We’ll reward all your hard work with a great work environment and benefits – including but not limited to F&B Discount, IHG Employee Rate, Hotel Uniform, Meal at Employee Restaurant, excellent development, and advancement opportunities across the globe.

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.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements in this job description are intended to represent the key duties and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be ALL responsibilities or qualifications of the job.

Join voco hotels where every hotel has its unique charm, and our thoughtful hosts create a home away from home. Step by step, we're on a journey towards a sustainable future, treating the planet the same way we do our guests. Seeking individuals with as much character as our vibrant hotels. If you thrive on genuine hospitality, your place is with us at voco hotels

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.
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