Maintenance Director

POSITION: Maintenance Director

REPORTS TO: Executive Director

FLSA: Exempt

OUR MISSION: We are united in our mission to offer seniors an elevated way of life, where comfort, connection, and joy thrive.

POSITION SUMMARY

We are seeking an experienced and dedicated maintenance director to lead our facilities management team. The maintenance director will oversee all aspects of maintenance, repairs, and upkeep for our properties, ensuring a safe and well‑maintained environment. This role is essential to our operations, providing leadership and expertise in facility management.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Hires, evaluates, coordinates, motivates, monitors performance, schedules, and supervises department staff in accordance with company policy and state law.
• Makes recommendations to the Executive Director with respect to staff evaluations, merit pay increases, reprimands, disciplinary actions, and terminations.
• Coordinates maintenance and housekeeping services and activities with other departments.
• Assures that the building and grounds are always clean.
• Flexibility to remain on‑call 24 hours per day, including evenings and weekends to respond to emergencies if needed.
• Works within legal scope of local and state codes.
• Participates in property surveys (inspections) made by authorized government agencies. Maintains positive communications with local fire marshal, building inspector, state elevator inspector, and any other jurisdiction governing the property.
• Conducts daily inspection of the properties outside grounds. Immediately corrects any needed items to assure property is always tour‑ready.
• Supervises safety and fire protection and prevention programs by inspecting work areas and equipment regularly.
• Schedules and oversees quarterly fire drills and semi‑annual disaster drills. Acts as safety coordinator and attends meeting of Quality Assurance/Safety/Infection Control Committee.
• Ensures compliance with policies and procedures to identify appropriate safety precautions and equipment to use when performing tasks that could result in bodily injury.
• Ensures that containers of hazardous chemicals in the department are properly labeled and stored.
• Ensures that all necessary Safety Data Sheets (SDS) are obtained, maintained and stored in areas accessible to all employees.
• Responsible for implementation of all OSHA policies.
• Assists in establishing an effective preventive maintenance program of cleaning, painting, maintaining equipment, etc., as necessary and approved.
• Maintains TELS system to include automated work order system.
• Checks the maintenance request log daily. Coordinates maintenance requests by residents and employees for items needing repair in their apartments, including repairing plumbing, electrical, heating, and replacing light bulbs. Repairs should be made promptly.
• Maintains scheduled maintenance on: H.V.A.C., elevator, fire equipment, sprinkler equipment, generator, landscape, kitchen equipment, and emergency pull‑cord equipment. Replaces filters in air conditioning units on a regular basis, tests the emergency lighting equipment, fire sprinkler device, smoke detectors and other equipment as required, and participate in emergency drills. Maintains the preventative binder reflecting completed work.
• Maintains a current list of emergency vendors and their telephone numbers so that other facility personnel can coordinate repairs when the Director of Plant Operations is not on‑site.
• Keeps maintenance room clean at all times. Responsible for tool organization and organization of assigned storage areas.
• Coordinates repair of walls, floor coverings, doors and woodwork in the common areas of the Property. Assess all plumbing and electrical problems within the property and determines the best course of action to take to correct the problem. Works within legal scope of local and state codes.
• Works with Life Enrichment Director and/or transport coordinator to ensure all vehicles are maintained properly and kept in good working condition. Drives the Community’s van as directed.
• Coordinates with outside contractors in securing bids and scheduling needed work on special projects. Tracks all maintenance procedures and expenditures.
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