George Salee
Nairobi
Summary
Engineering professional with robust background in leading complex projects, optimizing systems, and ensuring operational excellence. Adept at driving innovation, enhancing efficiencies, and fostering collaborative team environments. Strong expertise in project management, system design, and strategic planning. Known for adaptability and delivering impactful results in dynamic settings.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
CHIEF ENGINEER
EMARA OLE-SERENI
Nairobi, Kenya
08.2024 - Current
- Oversee the daily operations of the maintenance department, including HVAC, plumbing, electrical systems, elevators, and other critical systems.
- Develop and implement preventive maintenance programs to ensure all equipment and systems are maintained to the highest standards.
- Manage and supervise a team of maintenance technicians, ensuring that they are well-trained, motivated, and performing to the required standards.
- Develop and manage the maintenance department’s budget, ensuring that expenses are controlled and aligned with the hotel’s financial goals.
- Track utility consumption and report on energy performance, identifying areas for improvement.
- Ensure that the hotel complies with all relevant health, safety, and environmental regulations.
- Conduct regular safety inspections, maintain safety records, and ensure that the maintenance team follows safety protocols.
- Ensure that all equipment is properly maintained and that safety systems (e.g., fire alarms, emergency lighting) are fully operational.
- Maintain accurate records of all maintenance work, including logs, reports, and inspection results.
- Provide regular reports to hotel management on maintenance activities, energy consumption, and project progress.
HOTEL ENGINEER
HILTON GARDEN INN- NBOAP
Nairobi, Kenya
04.2022 - 07.2024
- Managing all hotel asset preventive maintenance
- Manage hotel maintenance team, organizing efforts around providing a premier facility to support positive guest experience
- Represents engineering department in management meetings
- Plan, prioritize and schedule maintenance tasks
- Respond to guest maintenance requests
- Leads installation of all new equipment
- Ensures proper record keeping for hotel audits and inspections
- Ensures parts inventory is sufficient to handle reactive work orders
- Perform daily and weekly property inspections
- Provide training and mentorship to engineering department.
DUTY ENGINEER
HILTON GARDEN INN- NBOAP
Nairobi, Kenya
03.2019 - 03.2022
- Involved in the examination, development as well as testing of mechanical equipment and tools. Responsible for providing engineering support for workshop activities to ensure that plants and equipment are maintained and refurbished correctly.
- Making sure all safety precautions are taken.
- Carried out safety tests and recorded results on mechanical equipment and systems and recommending improvements.
- Regularly making dimensional orientation and materials checks and comparisons.
- Responsible for the plant and equipment maintenance and replacement of worn-out parts.
- Having to scrutinize technical mechanical problems and follow corrective procedures to fix the problem and avoid recurrence.
- Explaining technical problems to non-technical colleagues.
- Carrying out staff appraisals.
- Prepared monthly reports for senior managers.
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
HILTON GARDEN INN _NBOAP
Nairobi, Kenya
03.2018 - 02.2019
- Roles- Majorly is to ensure compliance with the Hilton Garden inn brand standards and ensure guest satisfaction at all times, in addition to the listed roles:
- Responsible for maintenance issues within the hotel
- Perform daily checks around the hotel
- Conduct lift emergency release procedures as required
- Diagnose, maintain, and repair mechanical equipment within the hotel
- Ensure good relationships are built with internal and external customers
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ENGINEER
ROYAL MABATI FACTORY
Nairobi, Kenya
03.2017 - 02.2018
- Giving technical maintenance support to on site activities and ensuring that the correct components and procedures are followed to ensure quality control. Provide Mechanical Engineering expertise and technical advice to other members of staff.
- Preparation of estimates for Mechanical Engineering works.
- Responsible for coordinating and planning daily maintenance and repair activities.
- Responsible for recording and maintaining engineering records.
- Prepare risk schedules to identify and quantify risks and mitigation measures.
Education
BSC - Marine Engineering
Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture and Technology
Nairobi, Kenya11-2016
Skills
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Social Media
- Microsoft Office
- Google Drive
- Troubleshooting
- Project management
- Safety meetings
- Safety management
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Mother tongue(s): KAMBA
Other language(s)
ENGLISH
UNDERSTANDING: Listening C2, Reading C1
SPEAKING: Spoken production C2, Spoken interaction C2
WRITING: C1
Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user; B1 and B2: Independent user; C1 and C2: Proficient user
Timeline
CHIEF ENGINEER
EMARA OLE-SERENI
08.2024 - Current
HOTEL ENGINEER
HILTON GARDEN INN- NBOAP
04.2022 - 07.2024
DUTY ENGINEER
HILTON GARDEN INN- NBOAP
03.2019 - 03.2022
MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
HILTON GARDEN INN _NBOAP
03.2018 - 02.2019
MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR ENGINEER
ROYAL MABATI FACTORY
03.2017 - 02.2018
BSC - Marine Engineering
Jomo Kenyatta University Of Agriculture and Technology