• General Management:
- Responsible for organizing the engineering function in the region to carry out continuous improvement of existing processes, methods, and tools to improve design quality and efficiency.
- Oversees recruitment and training for the engineering function in the region.
- Conducts periodic visits/reviews of hotels in the region with respective CEs to understand issues, major building issues, and FLS issues, with regular reporting to the VP Engineering's office.
• Technical:
- Adhere to IHCL SOPs and multiple property-specific brand standards as per guidelines.
- Work in tandem to ensure that Capex is budgeted, planned, and executed as per the timeline for all hotels under the span of control.
- Implement preventative maintenance programs for all properties/equipment.
- Develop and execute action plans for recurring complaints/incidents.
- Ensure minimum downtime for equipment/machinery.
• FPL and R&M Cost:
- Prepare annual budgets for FPL and R&M costs for the region/multiple properties.
- Drive the latest energy and water-efficient initiatives in the region.
- Responsible for carrying out monthly/weekly reviews on variations in FPL and R&M with respective CEs.
- Share month-end reports on FPL and R&M with the VP Engineering, consisting of reasons for variations, action plans, and strategies for addressing concerns.
• Safety:
- Ensure compliance with IHCL's FLS policy and guidelines for the entire region.
- Carry out periodic surprise safety audits for hotels in the region and report red flags to the VP Engineering.
- Knowledge of OSHA procedures, HACCP, Hygiene, ISO 14001.
- Ensure proper maintenance and testing of Fire & Life Safety equipment across hotels, including detectors, sprinklers, PA systems, fire pumps, and fire detection systems.
- Drive adherence to SOPs for critical processes like chemical safety, machine safety, PPM, and others.
- Investigate incidents/accidents in the region with root cause analysis and implement learnings at other hotels.
- Ensure training for all individuals in the regional engineering function.
• Sustainability:
- Implement and review IHCL's Sustainability program across hotels in the region.
- Implement Sustainability Certifications like LEED, Earth Check, etc.
- Conduct monthly reviews of data entries in the Sustainability platform for energy, water, waste, and other streams.
• Statutory Compliances:
- Ensure all relevant statutory compliances like PCB, Fire, Electrical, Water Supply, Borewell, Boiler, and others are complied with across all hotels in the region.
- Prepare monthly compliance reports on the above and report to the VP Engineering with red flags, if any.
Attributes/ Essentials/ Other Information
Flexibility to relocate