Maintenance Director

Responsibilities

• Organizes, directs and supervises the operation of a skilled nursing facility's preventative maintenance and repair program involving building and grounds.
• Captures maintenance and repair activities with functions of other departments.
• Plans, directs, and supervises TELS maintenance program (heating, cooling, plumbing, water, gas, electrical, mechanical, communications, carpentry, painting and similar work).
• Supervises maintenance assistant, assigns duties and evaluates work performance.
• Supervises grounds care, maintenance or institutional equipment and buses.
• Records of work performed and costs involved.
• Captures work of maintenance department with other department functions, so as not to interrupt patient care or normal business functions.
• Inspects all equipment and systems regularly for proper functioning and safety; inspects building and grounds regularly for compliance with national, state, and local safety codes.
• Prepares and submits reports, as directed by administrator.
• Alternates on-call for emergencies with the maintenance assistant.

Qualifications

• A high school graduate or GED equivalent, also technical degree or associate degree preferred but not required.
• Preferred at least five years of experience in maintenance or similar work.
• Ability to plan and carry out programs in repair on new construction and/or installation.
• Ability to direct others.
• Knowledge of boilers, compressors, generators and allied machinery as well as the various mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems.
• Knowledge of record keeping and cost estimating.
• Knowledge of supplies and equipment used by department and the care of equipment.