Director, Engineering Job at Great Wolf Lodge, Gurnee, IL

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  • Great Wolf Lodge
  • Gurnee, IL

Job Description

Pay: $90000 per year - $95000 per year

At Great Wolf, the  Director of Engineering sets 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

This contractor and subcontractor shall abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-1.4(a), 60-300.5(a) and 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their status as protected veterans or individuals with disabilities, and prohibit discrimination against all individuals based on their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and for inquiring about, discussing or disclosing compensation. Moreover, these regulations require that covered prime contractors and subcontractors take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Job Tags

Full time, For contractors, Work experience placement, For subcontractor,

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