Engineering and Maintenance Careers at White Lodging
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Groundskeeping Support Job Overview
Responsibilities
Groundskeepers manage landscaping, seasonal plantings, and snow removal, ensuring a welcoming and safe environment.
Skills Needed
Landscaping expertise, vendor management, accounting skills, organization, and attention to detail.
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General Maintenance Technician Job Overview
Responsibilities
Performing repairs, preventive maintenance, and safety checks while maintaining a high standard of organization and communication.
Skills Needed
Technical knowledge in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, or HVAC, excellent communication, hospitality mindset, and adherence to safety protocols.
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Skilled Maintenance Technician Job Overview
Responsibilities
Managing advanced maintenance tasks, training team members, and ensuring compliance with safety and technical standards.
Skills Needed
Expertise in a specialized field, problem-solving, vendor management, and proactive leadership skills.
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Maintenance Supervisor Job Overview
Responsibilities
Assigning work, supervising preventive maintenance programs, coaching associates, and maintaining compliance with safety standards.
Skills Needed
Foundational engineering knowledge, team-building skills, organization, and emotional intelligence.
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Chief Engineer Job Overview
Responsibilities
Managing CAPEX projects, troubleshooting complex issues, training team members, and maintaining compliance with audits and certifications.
Skills Needed
Advanced technical expertise, project management, leadership, and vendor relations.
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Director of Engineering Job Overview
Responsibilities
Managing budgets, developing CAPEX plans, mentoring engineering leaders, and ensuring regulatory compliance.
Skills Needed
Expertise in facility operations, strategic planning, multitasking, and leadership.
Why Choose a Career in Engineering at White Lodging?
A career in Engineering and Maintenance at White Lodging combines technical mastery with hands-on problem-solving and leadership opportunities. Associates work in dynamic environments, learning and applying new skills across a variety of systems and disciplines. Whether you specialize in a trade or are seeking to grow into a leadership role, you’ll be part of a team that ensures our properties operate at their best.
Video Transcripts
Read transcript: Explore a Engineering Leader's Journey
Hello, my name is Scott Mitchell. I’m Market Director of Engineering for Marriott Place Indianapolis. I started right out of high school in Colorado at a Courtyard. I moved through the different departments. I started doing room PMs on overtime, and then 2005 is when I came over to White Lodging with Marriott. I hit the cap, so I had to figure out what I wanted to do next. So a regional engineer position role opened up in White Lodging, and then in 2009 I had the opportunity to go to Indy Marriott. In 2014, I was brought over here to the JW. Right now my current role is the Market Director of Engineering. It’s over five properties, over 2,000 rooms, 150,000 square feet in meeting space. So we do all the maintenance and upkeep for the hotel. So it’s a department 24/7, seven days a week. They’ll look at something and go, I don’t know what to do with that. So they call engineering, because we’re the fixers, right? I get in usually between 6:30 and 7. It gives me a little bit of time between that and our 8:15 standup. It’s a time to have a little fun. It brings us all together across the campus. When you go around the room and you get that communication, we know where everybody’s at. We know what they’re working on. Definitely be open-minded to taking as much knowledge as you can — not just in turning wrenches, but take in knowledge with other departments. Before I got into engineering, I did food and beverage, I did housekeeping, I did night audit, I did front desk. I polished marble floors, and started in engineering from there. But definitely get into the industry itself. This industry is built to give you opportunities. You’re not going to be stagnant, but you’ve got to be patient. It’s 34 years getting here. Learn the role that you’re in now. Show up, punch in. Don’t call off, give a hundred percent. Because if you’re giving 90%, somebody else has got to pick up your 10%. Develop followership. A lot of people think that in these roles we’re leaders — and we are, we are leadership, we’re titled leadership. And it’s about getting that team that you’re working with to follow you. They’re the ones that make you successful and get you into the Director of Engineering chair.
