Head of Engineering

Head of Engineering

Luxury Hotel - Green Park, London (W1)

£90-100k Salary

Healthy Bonus Scheme

Healthcare

Pension

20 Days Holiday (Rises with Service)

A rare and outstanding opportunity has arisen to join our client, taking ownership of M&E engineering and building services maintenance within one of the most high profile luxury hotels in the UK. Based in the heart of London's West End, the successful candidate will be a key member of staff, joining the hotel's senior leadership team as a Head of Department, and will play a pivotal role in driving the hotel's exceptional refurbishment project currently underway.

Main Duties & Responsibilities

As the Hotel's Head of Engineering, you will manage the performance of the technical services and engineering function, manage daily operations, deliver planned and preventative maintenance strategies, and deliver and lead hotel, building and CAPEX projects.

You will have responsibility for managing the property’s maintenance strategy and agenda, ensuring the integrity of the product and will be the internal property specialist to the operations team for all property, building, maintenance and engineering, legislative health and safety requirements and daily operational needs.

Entry Requirements

You will be an exceptional manager with proven experience of leading an engineering function and team within a similar environment. You will have the ability to work with integrated building management systems and in-room and building control systems is a key aspect of this role, as is strong project management and exceptional team management skills. You will be an excellent and confident communicator with the ability to work across all levels of the organisation both at hotel and corporate level, and be a proactive and solutions focused manager.

This is an exciting role for a talented individual who is looking for a new challenge and wants to join a fast paced and high performing hotel team renowned for their approach and delivery of unparalleled service.

Benefits Package

The hotel strive to reward employees for the incredible work they do every single day. In return for hard work and dedication they offer:

Excellent salary package

Family Friendly company policies including enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay.

Holiday allowance increase after 3 and 5 years of service.

Travel Season Ticket Loans.

Pension Scheme.

Health and Wellbeing Support

Complimentary state-of-the-art all-day dining staff restaurant serving a range of nutritious meals.

Subsidised monthly Podiatrist and Masseuse treatments.

Flu vaccination vouchers.

Eye test vouchers and contributions towards glasses.

24-hour colleague assistance helpline.

On and off-site Occupational Health Service.

Death in Service salary contribution.

Various wellbeing activities focused on mental and physical health.

Career Development

Many, many more

As part of a larger group comprising a number of hotels and estates globally, there is the potentially for internal movement and progression. Working in-house for one of the most prestigious hotels in London, the remuneration should be comfortably in the realms of circa £120-130k between salary/bonus, and with excellent other benefits on offer for the right individual.

Just as important as strong technical aptitude within this role is a personable and customer-focused nature in the Department Head. Regular interactions with senior leadership team, man-mangement of engineers and specialist sub-contractors, as well as interactions with high-net worth individuals with a 5* expectation, so flexibility and good communication skills are a must.