Hotel Maintenance Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

The St. James Hotel sits along the Mississippi River in beautiful downtown Red Wing. The St. James Hotel offers old world service, luxurious amenities and culinary delights delivered by remarkable hospitality professionals.

Job Description

This position is responsible for overall maintenance/engineering operations. Uses leadership skills to drive efficiencies, maximize profit, and ensure quality. Effective management of assigned staff to ensure achievement of overall financial results, guest satisfaction and positive employee relations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Responsible for preventive maintenance, routine inspections, guest service recovery, asset protection, procurement guidelines and capital expenditures.
  • Maintain all property HVAC Systems, electrical, mechanical systems and make necessary repairs. Assesses and evaluates functionality of all equipment and assets. Performs preventative tasks and record required information.
  • Assists and responds to guest requests in a friendly and positive manner, while providing the highest level of service.
  • Works as a team player in meeting guest needs, and actively contributes to the efforts of other departments when necessary. Works with appropriate managers in a respectful and courageous manner to recommend maintenance service solutions.
  • Maintains a clean and safe property in compliance with local, state and federal regulations.
  • Manage assigned staff: provide clear goals and expectations; ensure clarity of roles and responsibilities; coach; manage performance; develop; salary administration; enforce systems, policies and procedures; recruit, select and onboard new employees
  • Achieve financial objectives by forecasting requirements; preparing an annual budget; scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.

Qualifications

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree (B.A./B.S.) from four-year college or university and five to ten years related experience/training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

  • 5+ years maintenance experience, preferably in the hotel industry, performing carpentry, HVAC, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing functions
  • Ability to read and interpret documents, plans and schematic drawings and comprehend instructions. Ability to effectively present information to departmental management, employees, and outside contacts
  • Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as material quantities.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

  • Valid Driver's License with excellent driver’s history
  • MN Special Boilers License (or ability to obtain)
  • Maintain current license, inspection, permit, and certificate requirements to meet all state and local codes.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS and ABILITIES

  • Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
  • Self-starter with ability to work independently.
  • Understand preventive maintenance, equipment repairs, routine inspections and capital expenditures.
  • Ability to maintain a clean and safe work area in compliance with local, state and federal regulations. Uses personal protective equipment when needed.
  • Knowledgeable of hotel emergency procedures and execute emergency protocol as outlined in the Safety Manual.
  • Knowledge of electrical systems, safety rules, hazards and application of accident prevention measures. Knowledge of fire protection hydraulic system and fire protection alarm systems.
  • Ability to work days, evenings, weekends, and holidays as determined by the needs of the business, after hours availability is required.

 PHYSICAL DEMANDS 

  • Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. 
  • Occasionally required to sit and taste or smell.
  • Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. 
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Additional Information

We Offer a Laundry List of Great Perks (including laundry)

  • Competitive earning opportunities, based upon experience
  • Complimentary employee meals on every shift
  • Free uniforms (including free uniform laundry)
  • Dining discounts
  • Employee Assistance Program

St. James Hotel will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.

St. James Hotel. is a drug-free workplace.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

Please view Equal Employment Opportunity Posters provided by OFCCP at https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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