Director of Engineering

Job Description

Job Description

Director of Engineering

El Segundo, California · Full-time, on-site

Nara Hotels is a family-owned owner-operator of select-service and extended-stay hotels in Southern

California. The portfolio spans the Hyatt, Hilton and IHG brand families and is concentrated in two of the

region’s deepest demand markets: the LAX / El Segundo corridor and the Anaheim Resort district. Nara

develops, renovates and operates its own hotels, underwrites in-house and moves decisively on family

capital.

The company is growing. Renovation and brand-conversion projects are underway, and additional

acquisitions in Southern California are in process.

THE ROLE

The Director of Facilities is a new corporate position that owns engineering, preventive maintenance and

the capital program across every hotel in the portfolio. You will set one engineering standard for all

properties, run renovations and brand projects end to end, and lead the property engineering teams

through their chief engineers. You report to the Chief Financial Officer and work closely with the General

Managers, the operations leadership and the acquisitions team.

What you will do

Capital projects and brand programs

• Build and maintain the annual and five-year capital plan for each hotel, with costs, timing and brand

deadlines

• Run property improvement plans, brand conversions and renovations end to end: scope, design

coordination, competitive bids, contracts, schedule, budget, draws, punch and close-out

• Keep every hotel compliant with brand standards and quality-assurance programs

• Review property condition assessments and improvement-plan estimates for acquisitions

Engineering and preventive maintenance

• Set one engineering standard for all hotels: preventive-maintenance calendars, guestroom

maintenance cycles, work-order handling, equipment inventories and warranty files

• Own the maintenance platform and its data, including preventive-maintenance completion, work-

order close times and repeat issues

• Audit each hotel at least quarterly, covering HVAC, boilers and water heaters, elevators, pools,

generators, roofs, building envelope and fire and life-safety systems

Life safety, compliance and risk

• Ensure fire and life-safety testing, elevator and boiler certificates, backflow, pool health and ADA

items are current and documented at every hotel

• Maintain written emergency procedures and lead the response to mechanical failures and natural

events

• Support insurance inspections, claims and loss-control recommendations

Vendors, contracts and energy

• Consolidate portfolio service contracts (elevator, fire and life safety, HVAC, waste, landscaping,

pest) and rebid them on a schedule

• Benchmark utilities by hotel and lead energy and water reduction, including utility incentive

programs

Team and reporting

• Lead the property engineering teams through their chief engineers: hiring, training, certifications

and succession

• Set engineering staffing and budgets with each General Manager

• Report monthly to ownership on capital spend versus budget, project status and maintenance KPIs

What success looks like in year one

1. A five-year capital plan for every hotel, with deferred maintenance and life-safety gaps documented

and funded

2. Renovation and conversion projects delivered within approved budget and schedule, with rooms

out of order held to plan

3. One preventive-maintenance program across the portfolio, with completion, close-time and

guestroom-cycle KPIs reported monthly

4. The largest service contracts rebid and a utility baseline set for each hotel with reduction targets

What you bring

REQUIRED

• 7+ years of hotel engineering, including 3+ years as a Chief Engineer or in an area or corporate

engineering role

• Delivered at least one branded PIP or renovation of $2 million or more, end to end

• Working knowledge of HVAC, plumbing, electrical, boilers, elevators, pools and fire and life-safety

systems, and of Cal/OSHA requirements

• Experience with Hilton, Hyatt, IHG or Marriott brand standards, improvement plans and quality-

assurance inspections

• Has run a preventive-maintenance program in a CMMS such as Quore or HotSOS

• Capital planning and budgeting across more than one property

• Valid California driver’s license; able to work in mechanical spaces and on active construction sites

and to lift up to 50 pounds

PREFFERED

• Brand-conversion experience

• Degree in engineering, construction management or facilities management, a trade license, or

CHFE, CFM or EPA 608 certification

• Bilingual English and Spanish

• Experience in an owner-operator environment where decisions are made quickly

Compensation and benefits

Bonus Annual bonus tied to capital projects delivered on budget and schedule,

Maintenance performance and utility cost

Benefits Medical, dental and vision coverage; 401(k); paid time off; vehicle allowance or

Mileage; company phone

Location Based in El Segundo

Nara Hotels is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color,

religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other characteristic

protected by law.