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Chief engineer / director of engineering

Responsible for the building, its plant, compliance and capital projects. They keep the hotel legal, safe and running, and fight for budget to replace kit before it fails.

A real shift

Compliance checks, contractor management, energy monitoring, capex planning and walking the plant rooms. When the boiler dies on a Saturday, it is their weekend too.

Skills that matter

  • Building services engineering
  • Health and safety compliance
  • Energy management
  • Contractor management
  • Capex budgeting

Qualifications

  • HNC/HND or degree in building services or engineering
  • IOSH or NEBOSH health and safety certificates
  • Internationally: Certified Engineering Operations Executive (AHLEI)

Where it leads

  1. Chief engineer / director of engineering
  2. Cluster director of engineering
  3. Facilities director
  4. Asset management

What we'd ask on the show

  • Hotels and net zero: the plant room reality
  • Fire safety after Grenfell and what changed
  • The cost of deferred maintenance

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