Director of Engineering

Position Summary:

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:

 Bachelor's 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

 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

About Great Wolf

Join our Pack! Across North America, our Pack numbers in the thousands, and we are growing as we expand our paw print - adding new lodges each year. Driven by our purpose to Bring Joy to Families, Great Wolf Pack Members act as one pack to show we care, use our imaginations, and make it personal for our guests and each other every day. Great Wolf Lodge is a fun, safe and family oriented environment where Pack Members have opportunities to improve every day and grow along with us!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. Equal employment opportunity will be extended in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, layoff, and termination. In addition, Great Wolf Lodge will make reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified applicant with a disability, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.