Regional Director – Engineering Operations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Texas.

📋 Description

• Provide engineering expertise for significant facility challenges, emergencies, repairs, and operational issues across various hotel properties.

• Perform annual property evaluations and assess engineering operations, facility conditions, brand standards, and compliance criteria.

• Create comprehensive action plans aimed at property enhancement.

• Assist in capital planning, budget formulation, new hotel openings, transitions, special projects, and vendor management initiatives across the region.

• Collaborate with Area Vice Presidents of Operations, hotel General Managers, and Directors of Property Operations to achieve operational objectives and enhance property performance.

• Engage with Property Operations, Brand Standards, Sustainability, Supply Management, and Finance teams.

• Coordinate with external vendors, suppliers, ownership groups, and contractors on capital projects, facility upkeep, and operational excellence initiatives.

• Oversee extensive annual engineering evaluations throughout the assigned region, including reporting, action planning, and follow-up assessments.

• Aid in regional capital improvement planning, engineering compliance efforts, hotel transitions, and new property openings to ensure effective execution and operational preparedness.

• Report directly to the Sr Director, Property Operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of ten (10) years of professional experience in engineering, facilities management, hotel operations, or a related discipline.

• Proficiency in facility systems, capital planning, compliance standards, and hotel engineering operations.

• At least five (5) years of experience as a Director of Property Operations, including providing regional support to multiple hotels.

• Experience in managing hotels with 1,000 rooms or more.

• Willingness to travel up to 75% of the time.

• Ten (10) or more years of experience as a Director of Property Operations, including regional support for other hotel properties.

• Proven experience leading engineering support for multiple properties within a large hotel portfolio.

• Familiarity with supporting hotel openings, property transitions, and complex capital improvement projects.

🏝️ Benefits

• 110 nights of significantly discounted travel, with room rates starting as low as $40/night through the Go Hilton travel program.

• Employee stock purchase program (ESPP) offering a 15% discount on Hilton shares.

• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents.

• Customized caregiving concierge services.

• Crisis Concierge support for both practical and emotional care.

• Complimentary counseling and support through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for eligible Team Members.

• Generous paid time off (PTO).

• Health and welfare benefits, encompassing health plans, dental cleanings, and vision coverage.

• Retirement plans.

• Hilton Annual Incentive (Bonus) Plan, subject to plan terms and conditions.

• Company's long-term incentive plan, subject to plan terms and conditions.