Director Engineering Facilities Maintenance

Full-time, 40 Hours/Week

Day Shift

Onsite in Akron, OH

Summary:

The Director Engineering Facilities Repair provides leadership for the Engineering (Facilities Maintenance) Department and oversees all facility operations for the organization. This position provides a wide variety of engineering and maintenance functions that ensure a safe, comfortable and compliant environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Responsibilities:

• Adds value as a key member of management; understands the business, financials, industry, customers and strategy.
• Ensure that facilities and facilities operations meet all life safety code and health care code requirements.
• Develop, manage and monitor operating and capital budgets for Facilities.
• Collaborates on activities with the Safety Manager and manages day to day operations of the ground keeping crew.
• Also assist the Direction of planning, design and construction as needed.
• Supervises employees, provides direction, coaches, trains, develops, and manages performance to company goals and expectations.
• Assists in the oversite and management of projects to be performed by Facilities Maintenance and Construction Staff and external contractors within individual hospital departments.
• Assist contractors with Engineering issues using architectural, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing blueprints and drawings.
• Plans, schedules, and communicates to hospital departments any utility shutdowns due to construction activity [e.g., electric, plumbing, HVAC].
• Follows and enforces building codes, NFPA, environmental, and life safety regulations.
• Follows and enforces Joint Commission and CMS regulations and leads efforts during onsite inspections of facilities.
• Other duties as required.

Other information:

Technical Expertise

Experience with building codes, NFPA, environmental, and life safety regulations is required.

Experience in Joint Commission and CMS regulatory bodies is required.

Experience in building maintenance is required.

Excellent Leadership, communication and analytical skills required.

Experience working with all levels within an organization is required.

Experience in healthcare is preferred.

Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint] or similar software is required. High level of proficiency with CMMS software is required.

Education and Experience

Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Architecture required; Master's degree preferred.

Certification: Professional engineer or architectural license is required.

Years of relevant experience: Minimum 10 years required.

Years of experience supervising: Minimum 5 years of management or oversight experience in plant operations

Full Time

FTE: 1.000000