Area Director of Facilities Engineer Director de Area de Instalaciones

Join Our Premier Team at Azul Hospitality!

Are you ready to be a part of an industryleading hospitality team Azul Hospitality with over 15 years of excellence in thirdparty hotel management is seeking passionate and dedicated individuals to join our dynamic team. We pride ourselves on offering a fully integrated operating platform with extensive support and resources to maximize the performance of hotels and resorts.

Area Director of Facilities Engineer

Position Purpose

The Area Director of Facilities Engineer oversees the physical infrastructure of our properties including buildings grounds utilities energy efficiency systems and safety/security protocols. This role ensures a secure healthy and comfortable environment for guests and staff members.

Key responsibilities include coordinating and overseeing maintenance repair tasks and contracted services while aligning with the properties financial and strategic goals.

Essential Responsibilities

This vital role manages the maintenance and operations of four hotels within one urban market encompassing diverse mixeduse and historic structures. Key duties include:

• Operational Leadership: Responsible for the daytoday management of engineering teams ensuring projects are completed on time and adhere to highquality standards. This role emphasizes the importance of crossdepartmental collaboration to align engineering activities with broader organizational goals facilitating seamless operations and effective project delivery.
• Team Management: Directly oversee facility staff engineering managers and team leads ensuring effective recruitment training and performance evaluations. This includes guiding and supporting the team to achieve their best performance fostering a collaborative and productive work environment and addressing any issues that may arise. The role also involves setting clear expectations providing ongoing feedback and implementing development plans to enhance the teams skills and capabilities ensuring alignment with the organizations goals and standards.
• Facility Maintenance: Oversee the upkeep of all hotel facilities ensuring they consistently meet the highest standards of cleanliness safety and functionality.
• Project Oversight: Manage renovation and construction projects coordinating with contractors to ensure that all work is completed on time within budget and to the required quality standards. This involves detailed planning scheduling and monitoring to ensure projects align with the hotels strategic goals.
• Preventative Programs: Develop and implement maintenance programs designed to prevent equipment and building breakdowns thereby extending their longevity. This includes conducting regular inspections of buildings and grounds to proactively identify and address maintenance needs before they become issues.
• Budget Management: Create and manage budgets for facility maintenance and repairs optimizing costs and improving operational efficiency.
• Regulatory Compliance: Ensure compliance with all relevant building maintenance and safety regulations and codes. This includes implementing emergency evacuation plans and ensuring facility compliance with government and regulatory guidelines.
• Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for improvement and implement best practices to enhance the guest experience and operational effectiveness.
• Emergency Response: Act as the primary point of contact for facilitiesrelated emergencies providing timely and effective responses and resolutions.
• Safety Regulations: Interpret specifications job orders and company policies to staff members enforce safety regulations and adjust work procedures to meet production schedules.
• Safety Program: Oversee the Safety Program for hotels with support from the Staff Services Department practicing and ensuring safe work habits.
• Additional Duties: Perform all other duties as assigned or requested by the manager or supervisor.

Education Requirements

• High school or equivalent education required.
• Bachelors degree preferred.

Experience Requirements

• Strong background in Facilities and Project Management hospitality residential or similar commercial/public facing industry preferred.
• Experience with complex mixeduse and historic buildings is a plus.
• Three to five years of Management experience required.
• Three to five years of Engineering/Maintenance experience required.

Licenses or Certifications

• Ability to provide and maintain a valid drivers license as the position will require the operation of motorized and electric vehicles.
• CPR certification and/or First Aid training preferred.

About Azul Hospitality

At Azul Hospitality we are committed to providing genuine service rigorous management and ethical operations. Our innovative approach and dedication to excellence have positioned us as a premier independent hospitality company. Our management team comprises some of the best leaders in the industry delivering toptier services such as:

• Rigorous Management
• Product RePositioning
• Progressive Sales & Marketing Strategies
• Revenue Management Oversight
• Guest & Brand Excellence
• Food & Beverage Innovation
• Financial Reporting
• Accounting & Compliance
• Project Management
• Technical & PreOpening Services

Why Azul Hospitality

• Active Involvement: Our Principals and Senior Management are actively involved in all aspects of sales and operations ensuring success and excellence in every property we manage.
• Diverse Portfolio: We focus on unique destinations and properties including Lifestyle Hotels Resort and Destination Properties Boutique Select Service and underperforming assets.
• San Diego Headquarters: Our corporate offices are based in beautiful San Diego CA.

Our Core Values

We believe in a collective commitment to service and our core values reflect this dedication:

1. Professional Excellence: Continuous training and development for a professional staff of the highest standards.
2. Exceeding Expectations: Genuine sincerity in anticipating and exceeding guests and clients expectations.
3. Respect & Honesty: Treating each guest client and associate with respect honesty appreciation and concern.
4. Financial Responsibility: Protecting and enhancing the financial wellbeing of our clients and our company.
5. Ethical Operations: Performing all responsibilities safely legally and ethically.
6. Continuous Improvement: Striving for continuous product improvement.
7. Asset Care: Respecting and caring for our clients assets.
8. Positive Communication: Always communicating positively about our guests clients and staff members.

Your Future with Us

We chose hospitality because it allows us to serve others and we hope you share this passion. At Azul Hospitality we are committed to supporting your personal and professional goals ensuring you make the most of your valuable time in this industry. Join us and be a part of a team that values excellence innovation and a genuine commitment to hospitality.

Ready to embark on an exciting career journey with Azul Hospitality Visit our website to learn more and apply today!

SPECIFIC JOB KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES

The individual must possess the following knowledge skills and abilities and be able to explain and demonstrate that he or she can perform the essential functions of the job with or without reasonable accommodation using some other combination of knowledge skills and abilities:

• The outstanding director of facilities must understand the technical aspects of the property support day to day business operations ensure efficient operation of facilities mitigate risk and ensure that facilities meet the needs of clients and staff.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and a proactive and solutionsoriented mindset.
• Must be able to travel on occasion as needed.
• Must be able to speak read write and understand the primary language used in the workplace.
• Requires good communication skills verbal written and electronic.
• Excellent organizational skills
• Broad knowledge of business functions
• Considerable knowledge of complex mathematical calculations and computer programs.
• Must have excellent leadership capability and customer relations skills.
• Must be detail oriented with outstanding organizational and communication skills.
• Must possess intermediate computer skills.
• Must possess basic computational ability.
• Ability to analyze foresee user needs and makes judgments to ensure proper tools are provided at property level.
• Ability to effectively deal with internal and external customers some of whom will require high levels of patience tact and diplomacy and collect accurate information to resolve conflicts.
• Knowledgeable about basic function of Windows OS MS Office PMS PBX Key system and POS.
• Selfdriven and able to work independently.

EDUCATION

• High school or equivalent education required.
• Bachelors degree preferred.

EXPERIENCE

• Strong background in Facilities and Project Management hospitality residential or similar commercial/public facing industry preferred.
• Experience with complex mixeduse and historic buildings is a plus.
• Three to five years of Management experience required.
• Three to five years of Engineering/Maintenance experience required.

LICENSES OR CERTIFICATIONS

• Ability to provide and maintain a valid drivers license as the position may require the operation of motorized and electric vehicles.
• CPR certification and/or First Aid training preferred.