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Maintenance Eng I

Sage Hospitality Group

Portland, ORFull-time$20.5/hrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago

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Compensation
$20.5/hr
Location
Portland, OR
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Maintenance Engineer responds to engineering service calls, prioritizing guest requests, and maintains hotel equipment safely and efficiently. The role performs preventive maintenance and repairs across hotel systems and equipment, monitors engineering functions during evenings and weekends, and responds to emergencies. It also includes property rounds, equipment cleaning, maintenance documentation, work orders, and reporting unsafe conditions.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

HVAC Maintenance and RepairElectrical Maintenance and RepairPlumbing Maintenance and RepairCarpentryConstruction and RenovationDriving Pickup TrucksSnow Removal EquipmentMaintaining Logs and RecordsTeamworkIndependent Decision-MakingHearingEquipment Inspection and MaintenanceLifting and CarryingBending and KneelingMobilityStanding and WalkingClimbing

Qualifications

High School Diploma or Equivalent Trade School6 Months Similar Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off

Full job description

Why us?

The AC Portland Downtown is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join our team in serving guests with creativity and passion.

Work where you belong!

As part of Sage Hospitality Group, we passionately strive to be the best and create excellence in everything we do. We believe in enriching lives one experience at a time. More than a slogan, we empower our employees to make positive impacts on the communities in which we live and work. By providing genuine service we build relationships with our guests and value for our shareholders, and we create unforgettable experiences.

We are looking for independent thinkers. Those who harness their entrepreneurial spirit so that it breaks preconceived notions. We’re not afraid to forge our own path. After all, it’s what industry leaders do. That’s why we welcome risk takers and creative spirits alike. No matter your daily role, Sage recognizes that your success is about more than the work you do—it’s really about who you are, which is why we invest in your personal and professional growth. We hope you consider joining us!

Job Overview

Carry a portable radio, staying in constant communication with the central base station, respond to all engineering service calls, giving priority to guest requests, and maintain hotel equipment in an efficient, safe, accident-free manner.

Responsibilities

  • Respond to and handle guest requests in a courteous, efficient, safe manner.

  • Perform preventive maintenance and necessary repairs and all hotel equipment, including kitchen, laundry, boiler, plumbing, pool, HVAC, electrical and guest rooms.

  • Monitor and maintain all engineering functions when full engineering staff is not available (i.e. weekends and evenings). Respond to all emergency situations including fire alarms, bomb threats, disasters and power failures; notify the appropriate authorities.

  • Make rounds of the hotel property to ensure everything is in working order.

  • Clean and maintain all equipment and work areas.

  • Complete maintenance requests, take equipment and meter readings and maintain log to notify the next shift. Document all parts used and parts needed to be purchased.

  • Handle elevator breakdowns.

  • Maintain proper records of the Rooms Preventive Maintenance Program and Request Program.

  • Complete work order request forms on a daily and timely basis.

  • Report any unsafe conditions to leadership.

Qualifications

Education/Formal Training

High school diploma or equivalent trade school, special courses in building maintenance and construction.

Experience

A minimum of 6 months successful experience in equal or similar position.

Knowledge/Skills

  • Ability to maintain and repair HVAC, electrical, plumbing equipment and perform carpentry, repair work, construction and renovation work.

  • May require ability to drive pick-up truck and snow removal equipment.

  • Ability to maintain logs and records.

  • Requires a professional presentation and an ability to work in a team atmosphere and to make independent decisions.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Ability to hear portable radio, fire alarms, machinery, guests.

  • Ability to inspect, maintain equipment.

  • Ability to respond on portable radio to base station, guests.

  • Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying required frequently to respond to requests for service and repairs anywhere in hotel or in parking lot.

  • Frequent bending and kneeling required to perform inspections and repairs.

  • 100% mobility required -must respond quickly to emergency. Potential continuous standing may be required.

  • Climbing stairs of approximately 90 steps 20% of 8 hours. Climbing ladders of approximately 8 feet 10% of 8 hours.

  • Driving -sometimes necessary to drive company pick-up truck/snow plow approximately 10% of time, unless snow emergency, then 100% of time.

Environment

Indoor exposure to both stable and extreme variance of hot and cold temperatures. Outside exposure to all weather elements and extreme fluctuations of temperature. Prolonged standing, walking, bending, reaching, and heavy lifting.

Benefits

The Perks:

  • $50 discounted Tri-Met monthly pass

  • Drastically reduced hotel rates for you and your friends & family at Marriott Hotels

  • Sage Restaurant Concepts discounts (The Original Dinerant, Departure, Urban Farmer)

  • 2 weeks vacation

  • 1 week sick time

  • Referral Bonus Eligible

At Sage we create a culture of belonging. Our team members serve with creativity, and passion. Sage associates execute unforgettable experiences and take pride in our communities. We set new standards in hospitality.

ID: 2026-33838

Position Type: Regular Full-Time

Property : AC Hotel Portland

Outlet: AC Lounge

Category: Building & Facility Maintenance

Max: USD $20.50/Hr.

Address : 888 SW 3rd Ave

City : Portland

State : Oregon

EOE Protected Veterans/Disability

How this job compares

Set against the 642 open Maintenance Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$20.5/hr
  • US median$32–37/hr165 hourly ranges

This rate, $20.50/hr, is 41% below the US median midpoint ($35/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Maintenance Engineer hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 642 open Maintenance Engineer jobs across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most across the US
Experience
This posting asks for no prior experience — less than three in four Maintenance Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 465 postings).
Education
139 of the 642 open Maintenance Engineer jobs (22%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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