Maintenance Engineer Jobs

Location: Chicago
Department: Time Out Market
Reporting to: General Manager

We love what we do – and it shows! Time Out Market is the division of Time Out that brings our food and cultural experiences to life for our guests, readers and clients.
The Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for oversight and execution of general maintenance and repairs for the Time Out Market, ensuring a satisfactory customer and vendor experience.
Responsibilities

• Ensure the Market is in full working order and maintenance requests are being fulfilled for all locations (including FOH, BOH, vendor kitchens, and kiosks).

• Perform a variety of trades to ensure stations are in good repair, including carpentry, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and tiling

• Create daily, weekly, and monthly checklist through FIIX CMMS support software to ensure all building needs are being met and checked as needed

• Partner with Market Operations Management to ensure recordkeeping and documentation is in full compliance to ensure smooth operations as well as limit liabilities with city, federal, and state laws

• Ensure health, safety, and sanitation requirements are in compliance with the Department of Health, OSHA, and any city or state agencies

• Oversee maintenance projects, and execute preventative/planned requests, ensuring no emergencies/reactive needs arise

• Contract with suppliers and vendors to perform necessary tasks as needed

• Respond to all building related safety concerns, breakdowns, and maintenance visits

• Participate in maintenance associate personnel hiring, including interviewing, training, and professional development

• Supervise all maintenance associate personnel, and suppliers/vendors as needed

• Delegate tasks to maintenance associates as needed

• Operate with an open-door policy, listen to and understand requests of the team, respond with appropriate actions and provide accurate information

• Ensure that no members of the staff are permitted to work if they are not suitably dressed or groomed

• Manage maintenance budget, enforcing strict guidelines for maintenance requests

• Develop and implement cost saving and profit enhancement measures

• Make decision and take actions based on previous experience and good judgment, revising procedures as needed to accommodate unusual situations

• Interact with all department personnel, Market and vendor staff as needed

• Maintain positive and professional relations with vendors. Manage interaction of vendors on property with our staff

• Create and execute action plans for any areas that need improvement or are in a critical situation

• Maintain a professional, neat and well-groomed appearance adhering to Company standards

Skills:
General Requirements

• 21+ years of age

• Possession of or the ability to possess all state required work cards

• Proof of eligibility to work in the United States

• Proof of a valid Driver License

• High School Diploma required.

Working Knowledge Requirements

• Recent experience in a similar role, within a commercial hospitality venue a plus

• Knowledge of electrical, plumbing, HVAC, carpentry, tiling, and state/city building codes

• General understanding of maintenance & rehabilitation (painting, drywall, patching)

• Ability to accurately compute and manipulate mathematical calculations, and provide a variety of methods to solve both mathematical and practical problems in situations where only limited standardization exists

• Must have working knowledge of hand/power tools

• Basic knowledge of cooking and refrigeration equipment

About Time Out
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What we look for in a candidate*
Time Out is a company filled with individuals as diverse as the cities we live in and cover. At the same time there are common characteristics and values we all share. To join our team, you’ll want to…

• Be a team player
• Think globally
• Have excellent communication and relationship building skills
• Either have experience at or want to dive headfirst into a fast-paced transformative company in pursuit of excellence
• Have a high sense of ownership, urgency and drive
• Be commercially astute

About our culture
At Time Out Group we believe in diversity and equal opportunity for all people. We do not discriminate against external or internal candidates on the basis of age; disability; gender, gender reassignment; race; religion or belief; sexual orientation; marriage and civil partnership; pregnancy and maternity. We believe that diversity develops creativity and enables personal and professional growth where we all learn from each other. We believe in an open culture where ideas are shared candidly and where there is no fear of failure, but rather an understanding that we must experiment and have the freedom to succeed. We believe that everyone has the right to express themselves as they are as this enriches us all. We believe in an open world, social justice, and the pursuit of happiness, after all, we are in the happiness business.
About Time Out Group plc

Time Out Group is a global media and hospitality business that inspires connection and joy by capturing the soul of the world’s greatest cities through its two divisions – Time Out Media and Time Out Market.
Time Out launched in London in 1968 with a magazine to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city. Today, Time Out’s professional journalists curate the best things to do, see and eat in 333 cities in 59 countries.
Time Out Market is the world’s first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city’s best chefs, restaurateurs and unique cultural experiences together under one roof. From cooking classes with top chefs to installations from local artists and live entertainment, Time Out Market captures the soul of the city.
The first Time Out Market opened in 2014 in a historic market hall in Lisbon, quickly turning into the most popular destination in the city with 4.1m locals and tourists visiting in 2019. The success of Lisbon brought further expansion in North America, with Time Out Market opening in five major cities in 2019: Miami, New York, Boston, Chicago and Montreal. In 2021, Time Out Market expanded into the Middle East with Time Out Market Dubai, and more Time Out Market locations are in the pipeline including Porto, London, Prague, Japan and more.
Time Out Group was named International Brand of the Year 2021 in the Campaign Publishing Awards – awarding bravery, editorial innovation and forward thinking. While Time Out Market won the Most Innovative Food & Beverage Concept Award at the Global RLI (Retail & Leisure International) Awards 2021

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $85,000.00 per year