Chief Maintenance Engineer

Hotel: 

St. Charles Embassy Suites

Two Convention Center Plaza

Saint Charles, MO 63303

Chief Maintenance Engineer

Full time

Atrium SPIRIT – where teamwork, passion and appreciation ignite service excellence

Atrium Hospitality is looking for an experienced Chief Engineer to lead the maintenance team at the St. Charles Embassy Suites. This 296-room hotel features 16,000 square feet of flexible event space, making it a prime destination for business meetings, conferences, and social gatherings in the greater St. Louis area. Ideally situated near the Missouri River, the hotel is in the heart of historic St. Charles, a charming destination known for its lively Main Street, entertainment venues, casinos, and family-friendly attractions. We’re seeking a proactive and hands-on leader to oversee all aspects of hotel maintenance, ensuring a seamless guest experience in this vibrant and growing market.

Atrium Hospitality is seeking a dynamic Chief Engineer to ensure guests have an excellent experience through managing the engineering department and supervising maintenance operations while exhibiting leadership, integrity, initiative, composure, decision making skills, flexibility and adaptability in relation to business needs and crisis.

The Chief Engineer will be tasked with the following duties, responsibilities, and assignments: 

• Lead, develop, and train a diverse and effective team in accordance with Atrium Core Values; 

• Manage engineering associates by ensuring they understand employment practices, recommending employment decisions and corrective action, supporting performance management, and implementing discipline; 

• Maintain an adequate inventory of parts and supplies;  

• Troubleshoot and repair malfunctions in mechanical and electrical systems and other equipment throughout the hotel;  

• Participate in the development of the engineering and Capital budget, which at times involves strategic agility and sound planning capability; 

• Create work schedules while managing and measuring departmental needs and productivity;  

• Oversee preventative maintenance assignments and the execution of Capital projects in partnership with the Atrium capital team;   

• Maintain Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), Lock Out/Tag Out procedures and all relevant Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) standards; 

• Track guest room requests for servicing and ensuring completion;   

• Serve as the head of the property’s loss prevention and risk management programs, managing the hotel loss prevention committees and ensuring all life safety systems are code compliant with the brand and the authority having jurisdiction (i.e. Fire Marshall, Building Inspector, etc.);  

• Follow all company safety and security policies and procedures, including reporting accidents, injuries and unsafe work conditions to management; and 

• Any and all other work as required to complete the primary purpose of the position 

What you will need to be considered for this role:

• 5+ years of engineering experience to include mechanical, electrical and plumbing
• Prior supervisory/leadership experience
• Prior responsibility for a department budget with a fundamental understanding of a P&L statement, labor costs and other R&