Director of Engineering at Belmond Mount Nelson Hotel

Primary Responsibilities Include:

• Lead the Engineering function, ensuring the hotel, facilities, plant and equipment are maintained to exceptional five-star standards, with a strong focus on preventative maintenance and operational reliability.
• Protect and enhance the hotel’s physical assets through proactive asset management, lifecycle planning and the identification of future maintenance and investment requirements.
• Lead capital projects and refurbishments, ensuring projects are carefully planned and delivered on time, within budget and with minimal disruption to the guest experience.
• Champion safety, compliance and sustainability, ensuring all engineering operations meet health, safety, statutory and life-safety requirements while driving improvements in energy, water and resource efficiency.
• Manage the department’s financial performance, including operating budgets, engineering expenditure, service contracts, utilities and capital requirements, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency without compromising quality.
• Lead and develop a high-performing Engineering team, fostering accountability, technical excellence and close collaboration with operational departments to support an exceptional guest experience.

Requirements

What You Bring:

• A relevant engineering or technical qualification, together with significant experience in engineering or facilities management, ideally within a five-star hotel or luxury hospitality environment.
• Proven leadership experience managing and developing an Engineering team.
• Strong technical knowledge of building services, preventative maintenance, critical plant and asset management, together with experience delivering capital projects.
• Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing budgets, utilities, service contracts and capital expenditure.
• Sound knowledge of health and safety, statutory compliance, life-safety requirements and sustainable engineering practices.
• A proactive, solutions-focused leader who combines technical expertise with a genuine understanding of luxury hospitality, excellent attention to detail and a commitment to an exceptional guest experience.