Plant Superintendent C (NY HELPS) - 30937

About the Role

The Plant Superintendent C plans, supervises, coordinates, and directs the activities of physical plant subordinate engineering and maintenance staff. This role oversees maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction projects, establishes work priorities, assigns tasks, and ensures assignments are completed on schedule. The Superintendent provides technical assistance, reviews completed work for quality, and manages time and attendance functions, including approving overtime, leave, and performance evaluations.

Responsibilities

• Plan, supervise, and coordinate maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, and construction projects.
• Establish work priorities and assign tasks to subordinate staff; reassign staff as needed for health, safety, or priority issues.
• Oversee work in progress to ensure timely completion and adherence to instructions.
• Provide technical assistance and instruction to subordinate supervisors and workers.
• Perform time and attendance functions, review employee leave and overtime, and counsel staff on performance and attendance.
• Prepare and review performance evaluations and participate in labor relations and disciplinary hearings.
• Participate in recruitment, selection, and onboarding of new physical plant and maintenance personnel, including conducting interviews and monitoring probationary reports.
• Develop and implement training programs to meet staff needs.
• Develop, review, amend, and enforce policies and procedures for facility operations, including work scheduling, maintenance storerooms, preventive maintenance, and repair requests.
• Update and review facility procedures and internal controls to maintain accreditation.
• Administer maintenance contracts for primary building systems (HVAC, life safety, emergency power, lab equipment) and oversee contractors on-site.
• Inspect contractor work to ensure compliance with specifications and resolve quality or quantity issues.
• Monitor primary building systems, evaluate improvement needs, and recommend priorities based on fiscal constraints and regulatory compliance.
• Conduct energy conservation evaluations and develop programs to monitor productivity and performance.
• Plan, review, and update preventive maintenance programs, including oversight of maintenance contracts.
• Ensure facility compliance with federal and state regulatory agencies and remediate deficiencies.
• Develop capital project specifications with architects, engineers, and representatives from OGS, OMH, and DASNY.
• Prepare annual budgets, allocate fiscal resources, approve purchase orders, and review expenditures.
• Serve on facility committees (e.g., safety committee), participate in construction meetings, and act as a liaison between administration, contractors, and agency officials.
• Oversee mandated environmental reviews, develop remediation plans, and prepare reports for regulatory agencies.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Transfer Candidates: Current New York State employee with one or more years of permanent, contingent-permanent, or 55 b/c service in a position eligible for transfer under Section 70.1 of the Civil Service Law to a Plant Superintendent C, Grade 21.
• Promotion Provisional Appointment: Must meet one of the following:
  • Current NYS Department of Health employee with one year of permanent competitive or 55-b/55-c service as a Plant Superintendent C; or
  • One year of service as a Building Maintenance Supervisor 2, Maintenance Supervisor 2 (Building), Maintenance Supervisor 3, Maintenance Supervisor 4, Plant Utilities Engineer 3, Plant Utilities Engineer 4, Public Buildings Manager 2, or Regional Park Maintenance Supervisor.
• Open Competitive (HELPS qualifications): Six years of experience in a physical plant in an institutional, educational, laboratory, or healthcare setting, or a power plant, including:
  • Management of daily plant operations (procedure development, budget planning, workforce allocation, efficiency, and enforcement of codes/standards).
  • Capital planning of construction/rehabilitation projects.
  • Contract management of building maintenance/construction/rehabilitation projects and grounds.
• Substitution:
  • Associate degree may substitute for two years of specialized experience.
  • Bachelor’s degree may substitute for four years of specialized experience.
  • Master’s degree may substitute for five years of specialized experience.
  • J.D. may substitute for six years of specialized experience.
  • Ph.D. may substitute for seven years of specialized experience.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience working at a nursing home.

Non Competitive Promotion: Eligibility requires one year of permanent competitive service in specified titles at the Department of Health New York State Veterans Home at St. Albans.

Pay

The posted salary range for this position is $82,126 - $103,056 annually, including $4,000 for location pay.

Benefits

• Holiday and paid time off.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF).
• Pension from New York State Employees’ Retirement System.
• Shift and geographic pay differentials.
• Affordable health care options, including family dental and vision benefits at no additional cost.
• NYS Deferred Compensation plan.
• Access to NY 529 and NY ABLE College Savings Programs, and U.S. Savings Bonds.
• Benefits package valued at 65% of salary.