Engineering Trade Assistant - InterContinental Hayman Island Resort

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About us

InterContinental Hayman Island Resort in the Great Barrier Reef is an ultra-luxury private island resort that has recently undergone restoration and construction works. Officially reopening to guests on 1st July 2019, we are seeking engaged and motivated professionals to be a part of our reopening team. We currently have an opportunity for an  Engineering Trade Assistant to join the team on island for this exciting journey.

As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand. Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.

Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.

Your day to day

If you'd like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we'd like to welcome you to the world's most international luxury hotel brand as an Engineering Trade Assistant.  A key role in our dynamic live on island team who works across all resort maintenance areas as required to assist tradesman in their duties to ensure minimal interruptions to the guest experience.

Your key duties and responsibilities will include:

·  Assist the Engineering Department in the day-to-day maintenance requirements.
·  Complete daily plant inspections.
·  General Handyperson duties, including minor carpentry, plumbing and HVAC.
·  Attend to guest requests for maintenance repairs.
·  On completion of daily rounds sign off any relevant maintenance tasks.
·  Service and maintain the resort waste streams and collections across the team as needed.

Requirements:

·  Previous experience working in a hotel maintenance department. 
·  Strong interpersonal, communication and time management skills.
·  Demonstrate sound decision-making capability with the ability to work autonomously.
·  Available to work a 7-day rotating roster.
·  A commitment and achieving an incident and injury free environment.
·  Carrying out maintenance checks and repairs as assigned by scheduled maintenance programs.
·  Proactively showing initiative with ideas and problem solving.
·  Comply with company policy in regards to WH&S Quality control and environmental systems.
·  Working as needed to assist the wider Engineering team.
What we need from you

The ideal candidate will hold a Queensland General Safety Induction Card (White Card) and open driver's licence and have had experience within an engineering or general maintenance environment. Exposure to resorts or hotels will be a plus. To be successful in this role you will need to have good problem solving skills and possess excellent customer service & communication skills to support the wider Engineering department and Resort to deliver the InterContinental Life.

Familiarity with Microsoft Office, and reporting tools like Hardcat and a working knowledge of general hand tools and domestic and industrial equipment is preferred and you will have the flexibility to work various shifts including early mornings, weekends and public holidays across a seven-day roster. You must hold meet the legal requirements to work in this country.

Please note, the resort is currently a construction site with strict policies in place, including drug and alcohol policies, to ensure the health and safety of all team members.

What we offer

IHG are more than just a great place to stay, we are also one of Australia’s best employers. We are looking for exceptional people like you to greet the world and be the spark that makes us even better.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care: that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve.

We will give you every opportunity to grow vertically, functionally, geographically, and personally. As part of the IHG family with more than 5,300 hotels in over 100 countries, the world is your oyster - visit www.http://careers.ihg.com to find out more about us.