Building Engineer

About the role

Location: Laguna Hills • Department: Plant Operations • Status: Full Time

At MemorialCare Health System, we believe in providing extraordinary healthcare to our communities and an exceptional working environment for our employees. Memorial Care stands for excellence in Healthcare. Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation and teamwork.

This position is responsible for the maintenance of the Hospital buildings, equipment grounds and the plant facilities. The incumbent must be highly skilled in all aspects of the building trades including but not limited to; carpentry, plumbing, electrical, utility management, welding, masonry, sheet metal fabrication, construction, mechanics, etc. Furthermore, this position is held accountable to working in a lead capacity through the direction of the Manager of Plant Operations. This position is often called upon to plan, organize, train staff in the functions of the building trades, and to direct and supervise assigned activities of the Plant Operations functions which are necessary in maintaining the hospital plant in working conditions.

Responsibilities

• Ability to safely and competently perform assigned duties.
• Models outstanding customer service skills using “Simply Better” and AIDET principles.
• Communicates effectively in written and verbal form.
• Demonstrates composure and appropriateness in performance of duties under duress.
• Performs advanced maintenance within the building trades.
• Responds to emergency situations involving either patient safety or building safety according to hospital policies and procedures and/or regulatory requirements. (In emergency response situations, may be assigned a lead role in response and recovery e.g. HICS)
• Ability to be at work and be on time.
• Ability to follow company policies, procedures and directives.
• Ability to interact in a positive and constructive manner.
• Ability to prioritize and multitask.

Requirements

• Four (4) to Five (5) Years Healthcare Maintenance or Facilities Management experience
• Proven proficiency in four (4) trade minimum.
• Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine