Carpenter
Role Overview
The Carpenter carries out carpentry, joinery, furniture repair, and general maintenance throughout the hotel to keep guest rooms, public areas, back-of-house spaces, restaurants, and offices safe and functional.
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About the hotel
Fairmont Bab Al Bahr is a luxury beachfront hotel in Abu Dhabi with guest rooms, dining venues, event facilities, and leisure amenities.
The hotel emphasizes international luxury standards, local culture, sustainability, and memorable experiences for guests and colleagues.
Role overview
The Carpenter carries out carpentry, joinery, furniture repair, and general maintenance throughout the hotel to keep guest rooms, public areas, back-of-house spaces, restaurants, and offices safe and functional.
Responsibilities
- Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on carpentry-related items throughout the hotel.
- Repair, install, and maintain wooden doors, frames, windows, cabinets, wardrobes, shelving, furniture, and fixtures.
- Restore furniture and perform minor upholstery repairs when required.
- Install, repair, and replace locks, hinges, door closers, handles, and other hardware.
- Repair wooden structures, partitions, skirting, ceiling panels, and decorative finishes.
- Respond to maintenance requests from guest rooms and public areas.
- Read technical drawings, work orders, and maintenance schedules.
- Maintain clean and safe tools, equipment, and workshop; monitor material use and report stock needs.
- Coordinate with Engineering colleagues on renovation and preventive maintenance projects.
- Follow hotel standards, local regulations, and health and safety procedures; minimize disruption to guests.
- Record completed work orders in the hotel maintenance management system and support emergency maintenance.
Qualifications
- At least 2 years of experience as a Carpenter, preferably in a luxury hotel or hospitality environment.
- Good knowledge of woodworking techniques, building maintenance, and carpentry tools.
- Ability to read technical drawings and safely operate power and hand tools.
- Basic knowledge of painting, polishing, and finishing techniques is an advantage.
- Good communication skills in English.
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