Pay: $90000 per year - $110000 per year
At Great Wolf, theDirector of Engineeringsets the vision and managing the effective functioning of the entire hotel/resort and/or property, including physical buildings, grounds, mechanical, electrical, and HVAC systems. This is a senior management level position, which manages budget, capital expenditure projects, preventative maintenance and energy conservation.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Develops engineering organizational strategies by contributing engineering information, analysis, and establishing engineering objectives
- Establishes engineering operational strategies by evaluating engineering trends; establishing critical measurements and designing engineering systems
- Determine and monitor production, productivity, quality, and customer-service strategies
- Develops engineering financial strategies by estimating, forecasting, and anticipating requirements, trends, and variances; aligning monetary resources; developing action plans; measuring and analyzing results; initiating corrective actions; minimizing the impact of variances
- Establishes best practice standards including developing policies, procedures, and workflows
- Conduct engineering project management by evaluating feasibility; identifying requirements and resource utilization, studying available technology, conferring with engineering consultants, completing cost-benefit studies, and estimating costs relative to budget
- Maintains uninterrupted operations by coordinating provision and backup of supplied utilities
- Provides technical information by analyzing operational problems, collecting, analyzing, and summarizing technical data and trends
- Updates job knowledge by tracking updates in regulations and codes; participating in educational opportunities, maintaining personal networks and active participation in professional organizations
- Conduct supervisory responsibilities by communicating and enforcing values, policies and procedures; selection, orientation, training, coaching and disciplinary counseling, and monitoring job performance
Basic Qualifications & Skills
- Associates degree or equivalent experience
- Plumbing License, Certified Pool & Spa (CPO) License, Aquatic Facility Operator (AFO) Certified
- 2+ years of work experience with managing multiple teams of technical employees through projects
- 1+ years of senior management experience
- Experience with engineering design
Desired Qualifications & Traits
- Previous experience in leadership role in resort/waterpark setting
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
- Able to develop, implement, and monitor programs that adhere to all appropriate regulations, including: Ergonomics, Emergency Response, Injury and Illness Prevention, and Hazard Communications
Physical Requirements
- Able to lift up to 15 lbs
- Able to bend, stretch, and twist
- Able to sit or stand for long periods of time
- Able to climb multiple flights of stairs on daily basis and walk frequently