Director of Engineering

29 Sept 2025

Business Unit: Taj Exotica Resort & Spa, Goa

Department: Engineering

Description:

About IHCL

Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL) is a part of the Tata Group and is one of South Asia's largest and most iconic hospitality companies. With a legacy of over 120 years, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional experiences to our guests through our diverse portfolio of hotels, resorts, and palaces.

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Job Objective

Responsible for overseeing engineering operations across multiple hotels within a designated area, ensuring compliance with engineering and maintenance standards, statutory compliances, safety regulations, and operational efficiency.

Essential Job Tasks

• Implementation of Engineering SOPs and guidelines across multiple hotels in the region.

• Ensure that a robust maintenance process is followed across hotels to maintain critical machinery and equipment at optimum levels.

Areas of Responsibility

• General Management:

• Responsible for organizing the engineering function in the region to carry out continuous improvement of existing processes, methods, and tools to improve design quality and efficiency.

• Oversees recruitment and training for the engineering function in the region.

• Conducts periodic visits/reviews of hotels in the region with respective CEs to understand issues, major building issues, and FLS issues, with regular reporting to the VP Engineering's office.

• Technical:

• Adhere to IHCL SOPs and multiple property-specific brand standards as per guidelines.

• Work in tandem to ensure that Capex is budgeted, planned, and executed as per the timeline for all hotels under the span of control.

• Implement preventative maintenance programs for all properties/equipment.

• Develop and execute action plans for recurring complaints/incidents.

• Ensure minimum downtime for equipment/machinery.

• FPL and R&M Cost:

• Prepare annual budgets for FPL and R&M costs for the region/multiple properties.

• Drive the latest energy and water-efficient initiatives in the region.

• Responsible for carrying out monthly/weekly reviews on variations in FPL and R&M with respective CEs.

• Share month-end reports on FPL and R&M with the VP Engineering, consisting of reasons for variations, action plans, and strategies for addressing concerns.

• Safety:

• Ensure compliance with IHCL's FLS policy and guidelines for the entire region.

• Carry out periodic surprise safety audits for hotels in the region and report red flags to the VP Engineering.

• Knowledge of OSHA procedures, HACCP, Hygiene, ISO 14001.

• Ensure proper maintenance and testing of Fire & Life Safety equipment across hotels, including detectors, sprinklers, PA systems, fire pumps, and fire detection systems.

• Drive adherence to SOPs for critical processes like chemical safety, machine safety, PPM, and others.

• Investigate incidents/accidents in the region with root cause analysis and implement learnings at other hotels.

• Ensure training for all individuals in the regional engineering function.

• Sustainability:

• Implement and review IHCL's Sustainability program across hotels in the region.

• Implement Sustainability Certifications like LEED, Earth Check, etc.

• Conduct monthly reviews of data entries in the Sustainability platform for energy, water, waste, and other streams.

• Statutory Compliances:

• Ensure all relevant statutory compliances like PCB, Fire, Electrical, Water Supply, Borewell, Boiler, and others are complied with across all hotels in the region.

• Prepare monthly compliance reports on the above and report to the VP Engineering with red flags, if any.

Attributes/ Essentials/ Other Information

Flexibility to relocate

Required Qualifications

B.Tech in Mechanical or Electrical Field

Work Experience

18-20 Years of relevant experience in Hospitality Industry with 5+ Years of experience as CE

Languages Needed in Position

English

Key Interfaces- External

Vendors, Concerned Govt. Offices and others

Key Interfaces- Internal

Engineering function, Other Operational departments

Behavioural Competencies

Process Excellence

Result Orientation

Collaborative Engagement

Change Championship

Growth Mindset

Talent Enrichment

Guest Centricity

Personal Effectiveness

Equal Opportunities Employment at IHCL

At IHCL, we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage all qualified individuals to apply and join our team, where every voice is valued and respected.