Chief Engineer
HEI Hotels & Resorts
The Woodlands, TX · $65k–$68k a year · Posted October 28, 2026
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Where The Woodlands, TX ranks
Where The Woodlands, TX placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #6Best cities for mid-career professionals in the Southwest57% · of 43
- #10Best cities for entry-level jobs that want AI skills in the Southwest7% · of 39
- #16Cities with the most hybrid jobs in the Southwest9% · of 43
- #17Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the Southwest1.2% · of 43
- #18Best cities for director and executive jobs in the Southwest16% · of 43
- #22Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the Southwest4% · of 43
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,318 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $66,500 a year. Across 99 open chief engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $99,500 to $249,000 and the median is $147,000. That is 55% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among architectural and engineering managers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for architectural and engineering managers: 3% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...regulations to protect assets, guests and associates. Effectively manage engineering related capital projects. Responsible for the preventative... ...years of hands-on experience at a comparable location. All HEI Chief Engineers are working Chief's. ~ Hotel experience preferred...