Maintenance Worker

About this role

• hotel maintenance person has to perform various tasks like general maintenance, preventive and emergency maintenance of the hotel.
• There are various kinds of maintenance employees deployed for different kind types of maintenance and repairs work.
• Generally, hotel maintenance is done in restaurants, front desk, rooms, parking, lobbies, restrooms and elevators of a hotel.
• Skill Requirements Skills required by hotel maintenance personnel are as follows: *Operational skills: High amount operational skills are required to know all types of maintenance jobs like repairing, working of equipments, engineering work etc.
• *Customer service skills: Hotel maintenance is all about providing high amount of quality to its customers.
• *Interpersonal skills: A hotel maintenance person should have good interpersonal skills as he/she deals with superiors, collogues and different kinds of customers.
• *Management skills: Few maintenance persons also have to perform job of a supervisor or a manger thus requiring management skills.
• *Scheduling and planning skills: A maintenance person has to perform a number of jobs at a time thus planning and scheduling is a must.
• Job Duties Main task of a hotel maintenance manager is to perform general, preventive and emergency maintenance.
• Detailed lists of duties are as follows: *Must perform task like repairing of various equipments and materials, replacement of electronics, painting, cleaning or wiring work *Also maintenance of electronics like refrigerators, television sets, air conditioners etc must be done regularly.
• *Solving guest complains in time.
• *To keep a check that safety equipments like fire alarm, fire extinguisher etc are in place and are in working condition.
• *Refurbishing of chairs, tables, doors, windows and counters in order to keep it maintained for a long time.
• *Ground maintenance like cleaning and maintenance of parking lot, garden or landscaping, swimming pool etc.
• *Must be on call 24/7 for emergency to know if guest have any grievances.
• *Training the junior staff.
• Work Condition/s Hotel maintenance is a full time job working in hotel premises on shift bases.
• Working for extra hours may be required in case staff of other shifts is not present.
• Usually each person is allotted with specific duties in maintenance area but sometimes a different role in maintenance may be allotted in case of emergency.
• Many of the hotel maintenance staff receives extra benefits from its employer like medical, tour package for vacation and retirement benefits.

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