Maintenance Director

Job Description

Job Description

Join an amazing Long-term nursing facility looking for their next maintenance director! Located in the Capital Region with a great team ready to continue to provide excellent care to their residents!

Duties/Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, organize, implement, evaluate, and direct the Maintenance Department, its programs, and activities.

• Responsible for ensuring all life safety and fire drill compliance for facility.

• Responsible for coordinating in-service life safety training. (i.e., new hire and annual fire safety training) across campus

• Working with Administror for Emergency Preparedness program and ensuring Emergency Preparedness Manual is maintained to meet NYS DOH guidelines including disaster manuals across campus and conduct yearly Training

• Assure the performance of tasks required to maintain the condition of the facilities and equipment in good repair, to function properly, reliably, and safely.

• Coordinate the general repair, reconditioning, and refurbishing of the facilities equipment, and systems in use.

• Develop, interpret, and maintain written maintenance/building safety policies and procedures and update annually.

• Maintain work request tickets and document of completion.

• Conduct rounds throughout facility at least monthly to identify environmental areas in need of maintenance and assign work accordingly.

• Responsible for the overall grounds of facility, including initiating cleanup following harsh weather conditions, such as trees, snowstorms, blocking of parking lots.

• Serve on various committees of the facility (i.e., QAPI, Infection Control, workplace safety, Leadership, Safety, etc.) and provide written/oral reports of the maintenance services and activities as required

• Lead and coordinate Emergency Preparedness drills and ensure twice yearly drills are conducted to meet the NYS DOH requirements.

• Assist in the recruitment, interviewing, and selection of maintenance/building safety personnel.

• Sustain department staffing requirements necessary to meet the maintenance/building safety department needs and assign enough personnel for each tour of duty.

• Supervise safety and fire protection and prevention programs by inspecting work areas and equipment

• Maintaining the med-gas operation of the facility

• High School graduation or equivalency required.

• Must have good working knowledge of building construction and maintenance.

• Must be knowledgeable of boilers, compressors, generators, etc., as well as various mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.

• Must be knowledgeable in building codes and safety regulations