At Fairmont The Norfolk, the Maintenance Manager assists the Group Chief Engineer in being responsible for the overall day to day operations and maintenance of Hotel plant and equipment in accordance with the set guidelines as per the Equipment manual and the standard Operating Procedures.
Hotel Overview: Fairmont The Norfolk Hotel has played a leading role in Kenya's colorful history, and continues to be Nairobi's finest and best-known luxury hotel. The town and later the modern city of Nairobi grew up around Fairmont The Norfolk hotel, which boasts 165 guest rooms and suites, and still has its own private tropical gardens. The hotel is still the traditional starting point for safaris and the Lord Delamere Terrace is modern Nairobi's most famous meeting place, where drinks and light meals are served continuously from morning until midnight.
Summary of Responsibilities:
Reporting to the Group Chief Engineer, responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
- Consistently offers professional, engaging and friendly service
- Adopts a hands on approach to operations, be visible and monitor staff to achieve optimum results.
- Monitors the personnel to ensure guests receive prompt, cordial attention and personal recognition.
- Ensures colleagues, particularly guest contact personnel, are familiar with Fairmont President Club members, known repeat guests, VIPs and provide special attention and recognition.
- Assumes overall responsibility for maintaining presentation standards to ensure facilities, OS&E and FF&E are clean, in good repair and well maintained.
- Monitors and controls the inventories of operating supplies and monitoring set control system follow up.
- Maintains a high standard of personal hygiene, dress, uniform and body language.
- Attends meetings as required by the Group Chief Engineer.
- Ensures that all activities are carried out honestly, ethically and within the parameters of the Kenyan Laws, hotel rules and regulations policies
- Ensures quality management and continuous improvement of internal systems and procedures.
- Maintains complete knowledge of all hotel services, features and hours of operations.
- Study, evaluate and review the operation constantly in order to ensure the highest standards are met at all times; proposing new trends /services to constantly improve product of guests services
- Directs and supervises the implementation of an effective Trouble Report system, together with other day-to-day works of general maintenance and repair to ensure that the building, its contents and its surroundings are in good condition
- Identifies and arranges for all work necessary to maintain a high standard whether mechanical, electrical or civil, to be completed on time.
- Plays an active part in ensuring statutory testing of safety systems is carried out and properly recorded.
- Produces a risk assessments including COSHH, PPE & Work Equipment.
Assesses the long-term requirements of the hotel, including overhaul/ rehabilitation programs or renewal/ replacement works etc… - Maintains a fire Log book including all statutory checks and inspections.
- Draws up preventive maintenance schedules for every item of mechanical and electrical plant or equipment, including that of other Departments such as Laundry, Kitchen, Swimming Pool, etc., as well as major plant such as Chillers, Boilers, Cooling Towers, Air handling units and Fans, Pumps, Automatic Control Systems, etc..
- Incorporates these schedules into the development of a comprehensive preventive maintenance scheme; directs and supervises the work of his Assistant and team of skilled and semi-skilled tradesmen in its continuous implementation.
- Provides competent hands-on skills to ensure all hotel systems including (but not limited to), electrical, sewage, plumbing, heating and lighting are maintained in good working order and to ensure any defects are corrected promptly and properly
- Ensures all hotel fixtures, fittings and equipment are maintained in good working order and that defects are corrected promptly.
- Conversant with the Nairobi City Council By-laws and NEMA regulations and stays updated with the developments of Engineering trends worldwide and makes appropriate suggestions to the Group Chief Engineer.
- Maximizes results coming from Fairmont The Norfolk relationships and partnerships.
Qualifications
Qualifications :- Previous experience is an asset
- Bachelor of Science in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering
- HND in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Physical Aspects of Position (include but are not limited to ):- Constant standing and walking throughout shift
Visa Requirements: Candidate must be eligible to work in Kenya.
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- Constant standing and walking throughout shift
Maintenance Manager Fairmont Hotels & Resorts - Nairobi
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