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Engineering Coordinator - Intern

United Arab Emirates W Abu Dhabi - Yas Island Estimated salary: AED 2,000–AED 4,000 per month, or an equivalent internship stipend
Role summary

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The Engineering Coordinator Intern supports the hotel’s engineering and maintenance team with daily administrative and operational tasks. Responsibilities may include coordinating work orders, maintaining maintenance records, assisting with preventive-maintenance schedules, communicating with other departments, monitoring supplies, and helping ensure guest facilities and back-of-house areas remain safe and functional. Candidates are generally expected to be enrolled in or recently graduated from a relevant engineering, hospitality, or technical program. Strong organization, communication, basic computer skills, attention to detail, and a willingness to learn are important. The role requires professionalism, teamwork, flexibility, and the ability to work in a hotel environment, including possible weekends, holidays, and varied shifts.

About the employer

W Abu Dhabi – Yas Island is a luxury lifestyle hotel located on Yas Island, one of Abu Dhabi’s leading leisure and entertainment destinations. The property is part of the W Hotels brand, Marriott International’s contemporary luxury collection known for energetic design, modern guest experiences, music, dining, and distinctive service. The hotel features guest rooms and suites, restaurants and lounges, event facilities, a spa, fitness amenities, and access to major attractions such as Yas Marina Circuit, Ferrari World, Warner Bros. World, and Yas Waterworld. Engineering and maintenance teams play an important role in keeping the property’s guest areas, technical systems, equipment, and facilities operating safely and efficiently. As part of Marriott International, the hotel may provide interns with structured workplace exposure, professional development, and experience in an international hospitality environment.

What the job usually comes with in the UAE

Usual for the UAE, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.

HousingShared company housing, 2 to 4 per room; a single room or an allowance for managers
Meals2 to 3 meals a shift; staff bus
FlightsJoining flight; home ticket every 1 or 2 years
Service charge10% added to bills, but no law sets the staff share; about USD 80 to 400 a month
ContractUsually 2 years; probation 6 months at most
Leave30 days; end-of-service gratuity of 21 days' pay a year (by law)
Income tax0%

Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.

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Official source: UAE Government portal: Protection of workers' rights. Checked November 2026.

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