Maintenance Director

Responsibilities

• Coordinates compliance with local, state and federal building codes, SDS, OSHA, EPA regulations, and fire codes.
• Coordinates engineering contractors and vendors, making sure insurance and licenses are current.
• Conducts regular inspections of life safety systems, including fire extinguishers and sprinkler systems.
• Oversees necessary repairs and maintenance in rooms and common areas including refurbishment for move‑ins.
• Ensures the outside of the property is maintained, including landscaping, snow removal, and garbage/trash removal.
• Maintains inventory control for all general supplies, parts and equipment for necessary repairs and maintenance.
• Maintains all required engineering files.
• Assesses all plumbing and electrical problems within the community and determines the best course of action to correct the problem. Works within the legal scope of local and state codes.
• Reviews safety data sheets (SDS) as requested for potential exposure to hazardous chemicals used and takes necessary precautions.
• Responds appropriately to resident or community emergencies by assisting as needed.
• Creates, schedules, implements, and manages a preventive maintenance program for production machinery and equipment.
• Directs the maintenance and operations of various facility systems to ensure uninterrupted service. Covered systems may include electrical, refrigeration, water, steam, and compressed gas.
• Procures materials, supplies, and repair parts to maintain inventory as required.
• Develops maintenance procedures and schedules.
• Assists with departmental budget estimates and costs of specific repair projects.
• Assists in the recruitment, interviewing & selection of maintenance personnel.
• Hires and trains housekeeping, janitors, laundry and maintenance staff.
• Maintains department schedule to ensure adequate staffing.
• Responsible for yearly written evaluations of all department employees.
• Ensures that housekeepers dust halls, offices, resident rooms, recreation rooms, lounges, etc. according to assigned unit.
• Ensures that housekeepers wash walls, windows, window frames, tiles, door frames, and other high areas.
• Ensures that toilet supply containers, soap and paper towel dispensers are filled.
• Ensures that bowls, sinks, walls, exposed pipes, etc. are cleaned.
• Ensures that housekeeping storage closets are always in good order and locked.
• Moves furniture, equipment, housekeeping supplies, etc. as needed.
• Ensures that proper laundry procedures are performed and that an adequate supply of clean linen is always on hand.
• Ensures that staff is providing a safe environment for the facility and its residents.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Experience in supervisory positions in Maintenance in the Skilled Nursing (Nursing Home) sector a must.
• Thorough understanding of AHCA, OSHA, Joint Commission, and EPA regulations as they pertain to facility operation and maintenance in nursing care facilities.
• Experience using TELS and keeping in compliance with preventative maintenance.
• Extensive knowledge of building systems such as plumbing, electrical, and HVAC.
• Ability to identify issues and determine repairs and maintenance schedules for building systems.
• Excellent management and supervisory skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or similar software.

• Oversees, schedules and coordinates daily work assignments of maintenance staff.

• This job operates in a health care setting.
• This role requires regular walking to various locations around the care center.
• Incumbent may be exposed to virus, disease and infection from patients and specimens in working environment.
• May experience traumatic situations, including psychiatric, and deceased patients.

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Must be able to traverse property and facility to diagnose building issues and plan repairs or maintenance.
• Must be physically able to climb ladders, bend, or crawl into awkward spaces.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear.
• The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 75 pounds.