Salary: $18 - $20/ hour based on experience
Job Title: Project Engineer (Hotel Room Refurbishment Technician / Multi-Trade Operative)
Job Description: Skilled Hotel Room Refurbishment Technician
Job Overview:
We are seeking a highly skilled, reliable, and experienced individual to undertake hotel room refurbishments and general renovation works. The successful candidate will be responsible for upgrading and maintaining hotel bedrooms and associated areas to a high standard, ensuring all work is completed professionally, safely, and within agreed timeframes.
The ideal candidate will be a practical, hands-on individual with experience in property refurbishment, maintenance, or the hotel and hospitality sector, with the ability to work independently and deliver quality finishes with minimal supervision.
We are looking for someone who can take a hotel room from tired and dated to clean, well-finished, and ready for guests.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out full and partial hotel bedroom refurbishments.
- Complete general carpentry, including fitting doors, skirting boards, shelving, furniture, and fixtures.
- Undertake basic plumbing repairs and installations, including traps, sinks, toilets, and bathroom fittings, where suitably qualified.
- Carry out painting, decorating, filling, sanding, and finishing works to a high standard.
- Install or replace flooring, including vinyl, laminate, carpet tiles, and other suitable floor coverings.
- Repair and replace damaged fixtures, fittings, furniture, and room components.
- Assist with bathroom upgrades, repairs, and silicone sealing.
- Carry out minor electrical work only where appropriately qualified and authorized.
- Identify defects and report any structural, maintenance, or safety concerns.
- Protect furniture, fixtures, and surrounding areas during refurbishment works.
- Keep work areas clean, organized, and safe throughout each project.
- Coordinate with hotel management to minimize disruption to guests and hotel operations.
- Ensure all completed rooms meet the required quality, presentation, and cleanliness standards before handover.
- Skills and Experience Required
- Proven experience in property refurbishment, building maintenance, or multi-trade work.
- Strong practical skills in carpentry, painting and decorating, and general repairs.
- Experience working to a high standard of finish in bedrooms, bathrooms, apartments, or hotel environments.
- Ability to assess work requirements, identify problems, and find practical solutions.
- Good attention to detail and pride in workmanship.
- Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and meet deadlines.
- Reliable, professional, and able to communicate effectively with management and colleagues.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements and safe working practices.
- The successful candidate will be hardworking, trustworthy, organized, and flexible, with a positive attitude and a commitment to delivering high-quality work. They must understand the importance of presentation, durability, cleanliness, and attention to detail in a hotel environment.
Skills Required
- Proven experience in property refurbishment, building maintenance, or multi-trade work.
- Strong practical skills in carpentry, painting and decorating, and general repairs.
- Experience delivering high-standard finishes in bedrooms, bathrooms, apartments, or hotel environments.
- Ability to assess work requirements, identify problems, and find practical solutions.
- Good attention to detail and pride in workmanship.
- Ability to work independently, manage time effectively, and meet deadlines.
- Reliable, professional, and able to communicate effectively with management and colleagues.
- Knowledge of health and safety requirements and safe working practices.
- Appropriate qualifications and authorization for minor electrical work, where applicable.
- Hardworking, trustworthy, organized, flexible, and committed to high-quality work.
What We Do
LaSalle Hospitality, Inc. is a Niagara Falls, New York hospitality company formed by Faisal Merani to renovate and upgrade the former Red Jacket Inn at 7001 Buffalo Avenue. The company transformed the vacant waterfront property by renovating guest rooms, banquet rooms, and meeting facilities, opening it as Four Points by Sheraton in spring 2011. Its business centers on hotel accommodation and property renovation.
