Regional Transitional Maintenance Director

Regional Transitional Maintenance Director

The purpose of the Regional Transitional Maintenance Director is to assist in the development of CWS maintenance programs and to support, train, and provide guidance to the Maintenance Directors and assets as it relates to maintenance operations. Expected travel for the RTMD position is 100%.

Maintenance Department Vision:
To ensure the health and wellbeing of people and property, through consistent implementation of fire life-safety and preventative maintenance programs.

Reporting:
Position reports to a Regional Director

CWS Portfolio: 105 properties, 30,000+ A units in North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Colorado, Arizona, Tennessee, California, and Washington. CWS expects the portfolio to grow to 150 properties in the next seven years.

Employee Responsibility:
This position has no direct reports.

As a Regional Transitional Maintenance Director, you will be responsible for all aspects of a successful property maintenance program within your assigned portfolio. Specific areas of focus will include: preventative maintenance, fire and life-safety, building mechanical systems, fixing things that are broken, keeping things clean, and the ongoing professional development of maintenance personnel across the country. This role requires 100% travel.

Align with and positively influence the CWS Culture

• As a company leader, embody and promote the CWS Purpose and Values.
• Role model the behavior, communication, and professional conduct that you expect from your team members.

Make safety a top priority

• Ensure that the health, well-being, and safety of our team members, residents, contractors, and yourself is foremost in mind in conducting any and all business activities.

Ensure functionality of all fire and life-safety systems for each property in your assigned region

• Identify, collate and store all fire and life-safety systems for each property in CWS Life Safety Smart Sheet.
• Understand all aspects of how to inspect, maintain, repair, and service these systems so they remain functional and in compliance with local regulatory requirements and codes.
• Understand all fire and life-safety codes for each asset within the assigned portfolio.
• Implement property specific, CWS approved life-safety preventative maintenance plans per property; including dates and deadlines for required inspections and certifications.
• Ensure all property inspections for fire and life-safety systems are scheduled and completed annually, on-time.
• Personally review the results of all 3rd party fire and life-safety inspections with vendor and develop a proper scope for any repairs.
• Ensure all other inspections, 5, 10, and 20-year, are scheduled and completed when due per code.
• Ensure all fire life safety repairs are made immediately for red tags.
• Ensure all fire life safety repairs are made within the cure period for yellow tags.
• Regular, hands-on site visits to ensure all fire life-safety systems e.g. fire panels, gates, elevators, boilers, HVAC's, pools/spa's, and other mechanical systems are functional and in compliance with regulatory requirements and/or codes.
• Once per year, perform the CWS Fire Life-Safety and Property Upkeep audit for each property within the assigned portfolio. Perform follow-up audits as needed until the scores are in an acceptable range.
• Use the results from audits to provide team training on.

Ensure the physical asset is maintained through execution of each property's specific preventative maintenance plan

• Identify, collate and store all mechanical systems unique to each property that should be included in an asset's specific preventive maintenance plan; including boilers, elevators, controlled access systems, gates, camera systems, lighting systems, lift stations, fire panels and systems, generators, HVAC systems, ventilation systems, Co2 systems, sump pumps, pressure pumps, pressure reducing valves, retention ponds, fuel tanks, irrigation systems, backflows, booster pumps, and pool equipment.
• Understand all aspects of how to maintain, repair, and service these systems to ensure they remain in good working order.
• Implement property specific, CWS approved preventative maintenance plans per property; including dates and deadlines for any required third party inspections.
• Regularly inspect the property to ensure compliance with plans set forth.
• Identify approved third-party vendors to support specific aspects of each property's preventative maintenance plan as-needed.

Ensure property compliance with CWS' O&M plans for mold, radon, asbestos, and lead-based paint

• In conjunction with Risk, establish relationships with vendors to ensure remediation and repairs are compliant with regulatory requirements and in line with CWS' internal O&M.
• Ensure mold and radon repairs over $10,000 are reviewed and approved by the Regional Maintenance Director.
• Ensure proper training and communication on CWS' O&M plans is provided/reinforced during site visits.
• Provide support to on-site teams with mold repairs and/or…