Head Maintenance IHG Army Hotel Candlewood Suites - Ft. Drum, NY
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**Hospitality - Hotel**

**Head Maintenance IHG Army Hotel Candlewood Suites - Ft. Drum, NY**

Head Maintenance IHG Army Hotel Candlewood Suites - Ft. Drum, NY IHG Fort Drum NY

**Head Maintenance IHG Army Hotel Candlewood Suites - Ft. Drum, NY**

**Company:**

IHG

**Location:**

13602

US

**Category:**

Hospitality - Hotel

**Degrees Required:**

Not Specified

**Employment Type:**

Full-Time

**Manages Others:**

Yes

**Requirements:**

At Intercontinental Hotels Group, we own, operate and franchise more than 3500 hotels, offering close to half a million guest rooms in nearly 100 countries. By bringing your expertise and passion to any one of our brands, you will help us achieve our vision: to be the most preferred, admired, and successful hotel company the world over.

At IHG Army Hotels, our mission is to provide great on-post hotel stay experiences to military personnel, families, as well as guests. We do this by providing convenient, reasonably priced hotels on 40 installations across the nation- many featuring brand-name hotels previously only offered off post.

At **Candlewood Suites** we want our guests to feel trusted and free to do what they want in their own space which means we need you to:

Be down-to-earth by being straightforward and natural

Be considerate by being respectful, perceptive and accommodating

Be friendly by being kind, approachable and light-hearted

Be reliable by being professional, a team player and resourceful

**Your day to day**

This is the lead maintenance job in a small or extended stay single site hotel with a limited range of facilities. May supervise a small maintenance staff.

Manage everyday activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers

Communicate with all hotel department heads to stay informed of maintenance needs and ensure timely responses to requests

Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues - recognize good performance

Train your team to make sure they deliver with compliance and to the standards we expect and have the tools they must work efficiently

Recommend or initiate any HR elated actions where needed

Help prepare the departmental budget and financial plans financial and operational plans for the hotel

Monitor budget and control expenses with a focus on energy management, preventive maintenance, and capital planning

Lead hotel renovations and other projects, negotiate contracts, and ensure timely completion of projects within budget

Understand and respond to customers' needs and ensure a high level of guest satisfaction

Carry out a preventive maintenance program to ensure the hotel is maintained and in service for guests (example: lighting, refrigeration, heating, air-conditioning, water treatment systems, and pools)

Ensure a safe and secure environment for guests, team members and hotel assets in compliance with policies and procedures and regulatory requirements

Maintain god working relations with outside contacts

Comply with federal, state and local laws regarding health, safety, and alcohol services

Maintain a focus and commitment to operating a green hotel

Perform other duties as assigned. May also serve as manager on duty

**What we need from you**

Advanced vocational training plus two years of experience in general building maintenance or construction, or equivalent combination of education and experience

Professional certification and license if required by law

Hotel experience preferred

HVAC certification preferred

Must be able to speak local language(s)

**What we offer**

IHG is an equal opportunity employer: Minorities / Females / Disabled / Veterans.