Facility Engineer at Peniel Apartments Limited

Peniel Apartments Limited is a hospitality company in the heart of Abuja, providing of medium to long-stay, serviced apartments to guests from various parts of the world for over twenty years.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Facility Engineer

Location: Abuja
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Facility
Reports To: Executive Director
Days of Work: 7 days with 2 days off in a week

Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervise and organize all engineering activities. 
• Performs quality control checks, ensuring the safety and effectiveness or reliability of the facility equipment
• Responsible for preventive/corrective maintenance of Peniel apartment’s facility, equipments, critical and non-critical alike. 
• Daily leadership and administration of the engineering function of the property with the objectives of safely and effectively operating machinery and building systems.
• Conducting regular repairs of any damaged equipment with the use of an in-house engineering team
• Encourage and foster a team-oriented environment through positive feedback.
•  Train members of the department as appropriate in new processes and procedures while ensuring compliance.
•  Follow and maintain the site-specific preventive maintenance and work order program.
• Demonstrate improvement from previous performance; suggest areas of improvements for service and operating efficiency.
•  Demonstrate the ability to understand the engineering design and operational aspects of the building systems and equipments
• Be able to immediately recognize system performance deficiencies and respond to operational and emergency situations. 
•  Ensure the availability of an adequate inventory of tools and other supplies to operate the building. 
• Protect and improve the value of Peniel Apartments assets and ensure that building machinery and systems meet or exceed their expected life cycle. 
• Manage contracted service work at the property, including understanding and developing the scope of service, bidding, awarding and administering the contract duties. 
• Organize administrative functions related to site operations, such as a work orders and maintenance activities, budgets, ordering supplies, etc. 
• Work with the Construction Managers on capital improvement construction projects
•  Assist in the development of capital plans which would include planning for infrastructure; upgrades, equipment replacements and building modifications to ensure the building’s future capabilities are maintained. 
• Responsible for ensuring that major projects performed at the building are properly planned, executed and closed out in accordance with best current practices in the hospitality industry. 
• Responsible for overseeing the activities of contractors working within the building.
• Responsible for all janitorial cleaning and gardening.
• Purchase and maintenance of fire extinguishers.
• Responsible for firefighting equipment maintenance, including fire alarm system.
• Responsible for all electrical, plumbing, carpentering, Painting, air conditioning and swimming pool maintenance.
• Responsible for treatment and evacuation of sewage.
• Responsible for refuse disposal and management.
• Responsible for scheduling both internal and external fumigation of Peniel’s facilities.
• Maintenance of all Peniel’s generators.
• Schedules the washing of diesel tank.

Job Requirements
Education & Training:

• At least a Bachelor's Degree in a related field, M.Sc will be an advantage.
• University Degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) field a Must.
• Relevant certification required.

Knowledge & Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in facility/plant engineering and maintenance supervision.
• 10+ years of project management experience.

Skills & Abilities:

• Managerial experience and strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate well in both oral and written reports.
• Proficiency in MS Office, Outlook, Word, Excel and building automation systems.

Salary Band
Benefit - NHIS

Application Closing Date
31st May, 2023.