Director – Engineering

Director – Engineering

Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering, or a related field.
• Licensed/Registered Professional status (i.e., P. Eng., etc).
• Employed by an international or recognized MEP consultancy office.
• LEED certification beneficial.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience in Luxury Hotel, Resort, and Residential MEP design and planning.
• Previous experience working in Asia Pacific required.

Responsibilities

• Provide design reviews of MEP, Security, and Fire Life + Safety System designs and critical equipment, at key milestones, to ensure alignment with the FS MEP Standards throughout the Design Stages of all new developments.
• Collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to deliver an exceptional Four Seasons MEP product with the most efficient equipment which is reliable, maintainable (with available support and services), and suitable for the regional climate.
• Assist FS Project Leads to monitor reporting of project progress.
• Report and track non-compliance conditions and deviations for key stakeholders’ consideration and acceptance.
• Identify significant variances, and continually unresolved problematic areas of MEP design through the Project Lead and escalate with VP Engineering.
• Represent the FS MEP Engineering Standards in all project work, including provision of appropriate value judgement in value engineering efforts.
• Participate in site review to assess construction progress and quality.
• Review shop drawings and material samples.
• Assist Pre-Opening Director of Engineering to establish: Appropriate testing and commissioning program and tracker system (with Owner’s team). Engineering Pre-Opening Guidelines [EPOG].
• Participate in an effective feedback process with Operations to receive post-mortem “lessons learned” for the purpose of identifying opportunities for improvements.
• Review product quality to ensure the MEP assets fulfils the product life cycle/useful life.
• Review latent defects with property Directors of Engineering at regular intervals and update database.
• Know, maintain, and update the FS MEP Engineering Standards, guidelines, and policies with input from existing FS Operations, to represent best current industry practice.
• Review, prequalify, and recommend MEP-related Consultants for Developments and CAPEX related works.
• Support internal Design Services and larger cross-functional company initiatives including but not limited to Sustainability, Environmental, Social and Governance, GRMS, etc.
• Meet with Vendors/Suppliers to review MEP-related products/services.
• Work directly with VP, Engineering on special projects as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• LEED certification beneficial.