Facilities Manager

The Arc Gloucester offers the unique opportunity to combine your professional experience with your passion to help individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. For almost 70 years, we have provided innovative programs and services to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Benefits

• Competitive pay ($55,000 - $64,000 annual)
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Pet Insurance
• Paid Time Off (vacation, personal, sick, holiday pay, jury duty, and bereavement)
• Retirement Plans (employer contribution)
• Tuition discounts at select local colleges
• Referral Bonuses

About the Role

This is a highly versatile facilities, maintenance, and management position. The Facilities Manager coordinates and directs the design, planning, construction, maintenance, and alteration of equipment, machinery, buildings, and other facilities. This role manages and prioritizes work orders, including completion through internal resources or external vendors. The Facilities Manager completes small construction projects at facilities owned and/or operated by The Arc Gloucester, including a camp, residential group homes, day programs, and office buildings.

Position: Full-time (40 hours per week), exempt. Typical hours are from 8am – 4pm. Some flexibility is required, including scheduled rotating on-call, weekends, and evenings. Due to the essential nature of this position, the facilities manager is required to be on-call as needed.

This position reports to the Chief Operations Officer (COO).

Responsibilities

• Ensures that work sites operate safely and in compliance with OSHA requirements
• Follows established safety regulations, policies, and procedures
• Obtains and analyzes quotes from vendors
• Conducts and performs tasks including painting, structural repairs to masonry, woodwork, and furnishing of buildings, plumbing, and electrical
• Performs ground maintenance activities, including mowing, trimming, weeding, raking, and disposal of leaves and debris
• Performs snow removal activities, including shoveling, plowing, salting, and sanding
• Assists with implementing a preventive maintenance schedule
• Adjusts to work procedures and schedules to meet production needs, including availability for special events
• Works with other facility/maintenance workers and external contractors to coordinate activities and ensure timely completion of tasks
• Maintains accurate daily logs of mileage and gas purchases when using agency vehicles
• Maintains accurate records of jobs completed at each location
• Assists with the agency’s plans, budgets, and schedules for facilities modifications, including cost estimates, bid sheets, layouts, and contracts for construction and acquisitions
• Inspects construction and installation progress to ensure conformance to established specifications
• Assists with the oversight of building maintenance required to be completed by subcontractors
• Requisitions/purchases required tools, equipment (including personal safety equipment), and supplies; updates and maintains a current inventory
• Inspects completed work by other workers for conformance to blueprints, specifications, and standards
• Establishes and adjusts work procedures and schedules to meet production needs, including delegating work accordingly
• Suggests changes in working conditions and use of equipment to increase efficiency
• Analyzes and resolves work problems or assists workers in solving them
• Maintains time and production records
• Develops and implements a preventive maintenance schedule
• Maintains confidentiality
• Complies with the DDD Program Manual, The Arc Gloucester Policies and Procedures Manual, and applicable state, local, and federal regulations and policies
• Cooperates and participates in reviews, investigations, and inspections, including but not limited to DHS Licensing and DHS staff
• Completes and maintains required training

Requirements

• Associates Degree (AA) or equivalent from a two-year college or technical school; or six months to one year of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 2 years of related experience and training, including Carpentry, Plumbing, Electrical, HVAC, and Roofing, or equivalent experience for degree
• Knowledge or experience with supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities is preferred
• Current, non-probationary driver’s license with 5 points or less, deemed acceptable to drive by The Arc Gloucester’s liability insurance company
• Proficient in basic computer, math, reading comprehension, and verbal and written communication skills
• Successfully pass initial and ongoing State/Federal Criminal Background checks, including but not limited to Fingerprinting, CARI checks, Central Registry checks, MVR, and drug screens
• Certified in CPR/First Aid
• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with staff, leadership, families, State and Federal agencies, and the individuals we serve

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand, sit, walk, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, drive, crouch, or crawl for extended periods of time
• Ability to use hands to handle or feel objects, tools, or controls and reach with hands and arms
• Ability to operate computers, phones, and other relevant technology
• Physical duties, including but not limited to carrying, driving, general lifting (at least 50 lbs, occasionally up to 100 lbs), assisting with transferring and lifting of individuals, pushing and pulling (resistance of at least 50 lbs), bending, twisting, squatting, cleaning, and climbing stairs
• Ability to hear, taste, smell, and vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus