ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER

ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER

The Caribbean’s leading Luxury-Included® chain offers an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic persons to join our team. Come share with us an exciting Caribbean journey as:

ASSISTANT CHIEF ENGINEER

The successful applicant will assist the chief engineer with the overall maintenance and management of the property’s mechanical and physical assets. He or she will manage all engineering operations for interior and exterior facilities, including all electrical, refrigeration, plumbing, heating and cooling, structural, ground care, and parking area facilities.

 Specific Requirements/Duties of the Position Include:

• Maintaining hotel standards, policies, and procedures as they relate to health and safety and human resource management
• Developing and implementing energy-efficient strategies for utility consumption.
• Developing and managing an annual budget for regular operations, capital expenditures and utilities
• Managing effective preventative maintenance programmes for all maintainable assets and guest rooms
• Troubleshooting all mechanical, electrical, HVAC, and plumbing systems
• Developing and managing appropriate inventory of material, spares and tools for maintenance activities
• Organizing, directing, planning, and controlling all engineering activities.
• Negotiating contracts with vendors and clients
• Coordinating the engineering team and assigning goals for the completion of project plans
• Performing quality control checks on all systems and products.
• Calculating costs, material, labour, and time required for each project
• Ensuring ethical and regulatory compliance with respect to installation, operation and maintenance of hotel equipment & systems

Qualification and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical/Mechanical/Civil Engineering
• A minimum of four (4) years of management experience
• A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in the hospitality industry
• Ability to draft, review, and evaluate engineering blueprints.
• Working knowledge of ASHRAE, JS21, NFPA & NEC life safety codes and standards.
• CEM/CFM certification preferred.
• Experience with Chill Water Systems
• Experience with wastewater treatment and reverse osmosis water plants necessary
• The ability to read and understand blueprints and schematics.

If successful, a clean police record will be required. Interested persons should submit their applications by September 9, 2025.

The Recruitment and Compliance Specialist

Sandals St Vincent

 NB:  We thank all applicants for their interest, but only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.