About the Role:
The company is currently seeking a Kitchen & Laundry Engineer to join the resort’s Engineering - Kitchen & Laundry team. This role will play a crucial part in managing the operation, maintenance, and reliability of commercial kitchen, warewashing, cold-chain, laundry, and finishing equipment. Set to open in 2027, the resort will be the first integrated resort in the UAE, located 50 miles from Dubai International Airport in Ras Al Khaimah. It will feature 1,530 rooms and suites, 22 restaurants, lounges, bars, a theater, and a beach club, along with multiple swimming and wading pools, a five-star spa, a salon, a shopping promenade, and a celebrations and events center.
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Responsibilities:
- Manage the operation, maintenance, and reliability of commercial kitchen, warewashing, cold-chain, laundry, and finishing equipment.
- Establish maintenance priorities based on safety, food hygiene, operational impact, asset criticality, and failure history.
- Lead the response to major equipment failures and coordinate safe recovery with internal teams, vendors, and specialist contractors.
- Ensure LPG, electrical, refrigeration, pressure, and other specialist work is completed by competent and authorized personnel.
- Integrate HACCP or ISO 22000-related controls into maintenance, calibration, hygienic reinstatement, and audit evidence.
- Lead technical teams and maintain suitable 24/7 coverage across kitchens, laundry operations, events, and emergency response.
- Use Maximo to monitor backlog, equipment history, recurring failures, downtime, and statutory or hygiene-related tasks.
- Manage service-contract performance and support repair-versus-replace, lifecycle and capital planning decisions.
- Support installation, testing, commissioning, training, and handover of new or modified kitchen and laundry equipment.
About You:
The ideal candidate will have the following experience and qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, or Electromechanical Engineering is preferred; a recognized engineering diploma or advanced vocational qualification may be considered.
- Minimum 10 years of relevant commercial kitchen and laundry systems experience, including at least four years in a supervisory or managerial role.
- Practical experience with LPG appliances, refrigeration, electrical controls, laundry machinery, and associated utilities.
- Strong knowledge of commercial kitchen, warewashing, cold-chain, laundry, and finishing equipment.
- Experience leading technical teams, contractors, service contracts, complex breakdowns, and equipment installation or replacement projects.
- Practical understanding of HACCP or ISO 22000-related maintenance controls and audit preparation.
- Working knowledge of Maximo or another CAFM/CMMS platform and experience supporting lifecycle and capital planning.
- Familiarity with applicable UAE authority requirements; pre-opening experience is highly valued.
Benefits:
We offer an attractive salary, paid in Dirhams (AED), the local currency of the UAE. In addition to the salary, we provide an excellent leave policy, a healthcare package, incentive programs, and other employee benefits. This comprehensive package makes this role highly attractive to outstanding applicants seeking a career with the company, one of the most renowned and celebrated brands in the global hospitality industry.
