Maintenance Director

Maintenance Manager

The Maintenance Manager position is responsible for maintaining the physical integrity of the community at all times. Anticipates, identifies, and corrects all maintenance issues involving the property. Repairs the physical structure and grounds, and ensures a safe and secure living environment for residents, visitors, and staff by implementing procedures for preventive maintenance and repairs.

Essential duties and responsibilities include:

• Performs structural repairs to masonry, woodwork, concrete, and furnishings of buildings.
• Maintains and repairs buildings' plumbing and electrical systems, including replacing worn or defective parts such as switches and fuses.
• Replaces worn or damaged parts such as hoses, wiring, and belts in machines and equipment such as HVAC systems, fountains, irrigation systems, vacuum and carpet cleaners, lighting systems, exhaust, fire, and security systems.
• Paints interior and exterior walls and trim.
• Cleans internal areas of property, including buffing, dusting, sweeping, mopping, vacuuming, waste pick up and removal, and washing windows.
• Manages streamlined process for handling resident service requests and responds/corrects requests within 24 hours when possible.
• Maintains current MSDS sheets and thorough knowledge of current laws and EPA and OSHA regulations governing property storage, and management of hazardous materials (including solvents, flammables, caustics, and refrigerants).
• Ensures current and accurate records regarding preventative maintenance, service requests, expenditures, resident room make-ready, work-in-progress, etc.
• Adheres to all safety, infection control, building, and life safety guidelines and state regulations for Alzheimer's assisted living residences; and is prepared for state life safety surveys at all times.
• Timely reporting of all damages and safety concerns to the Community Director.

Managerial and budgetary responsibilities include:

• Participates in the supervision of staff. Responsibilities may include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; and addressing complaints and resolving problems.
• Budgetary responsibilities include working within the approved budget.

Qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent;
  Minimum one (1) year training and experience in a commensurate role and demonstrated ability to perform duties and responsibilities as described successfully.
• Valid driver's license
• Must be able to pass pre-employment Knowledge and Skills Assessment (KSA).
• Basic knowledge in carpentry, plumbing, glass replacement, painting, masonry, grounds keeping, commercial appliance repair, electrical wiring, Multi-meter use, standard practices, and a variety of hand and power tools used in the maintenance and repair of building facilities, and safety practices and procedures related to the building trades.
• Ability to read and interpret blueprints and documents such as safety rules, operating procedures, policies, and employee manuals.
• Ability to write reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work assignments.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations, and review and identify projects that need to be serviced by outside contractors.
• This position requires local travel and occasional out-of-town travel.

Competencies:

• Teamwork – Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views;
  Gives and welcomes feedback;
  Contributes to building a positive team spirit.
• Business Acumen - Understands business and implications of decisions on the business.
• Ethics – Follows through on commitments;
  Inspires the trust of others;
  Works with integrity and ethically;
  Upholds organizational values.
• Professionalism – Tactfully approaches others;
  Reacts well under pressure;
  Treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position;
  Accepts responsibility for own actions.
• Dependability – Follows instructions, responds to management direction; results-oriented and committed to achieving objectives and tasks as required.

Physical demands:

• Required to stand and walk regularly, occasionally sit, lift, and/or move up to 100 pounds.
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.