Maintenance Director

Job Title: Maintenance Director

Supervisor (title): Administrator

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Purpose:
Responsible for ensuring that the facility is safe, attractive, and well maintained and operating within the facility maintenance budget.
Minimum Eligibility Requirements:

• Relevant work experience (2 plus years preferred).
• Must be able to communicate effectively with residents, families, staff, vendors, and general public.
• Must have compassion for and desire to work with the elderly.
• Must have basic reporting and organizational skills.
• Must be capable of maintaining full time attendance.
• Must meet all health requirements.

Essential Functions:

• Work closely with Administrator and Director of Operations to help evaluate and find solutions to routine maintenance needs.
• Provide information regarding maintenance to the Administrator and/or Director of Operations through weekly/monthly reports.
• Care for the routine maintenance needs of the facility and its residents as if they were your own home and family.
• Assist the Administrator with fire and life safety training and drills.
• Be extremely familiar with life safety and all operational systems in the facility.
• Respond to resident/Administrator/staff requests for maintenance through maintenance reports and log system.
• Ensure 24-hour repair/response time for all daily maintenance requests.
• All minor repairs including:
• Basic Carpentry – repairing trim, doors, window frames, base, handrails and drywall repair and patch.
• Painting – resident rooms, doors and frames, handrails, and maintenance painting.
• Basic Electricity – outlets, switches, covers, lamps and bulb replacement, cord safety and troubleshooting.
• Basic Plumbing – toilet repair, faucet repair, drain repair and clearing (within 4 feet of trap or flange), shut-off locations in building exterior and monitor grease and lint traps.
• Basic Locksmith – replacing knobs, installing locksets, re-keying from master, lubrication and ease of use.
• Coordination – small refurbishment jobs like re-carpeting resident rooms, ensuring that contractors respond in a timely fashion and resident safety while contractors are on-site.
• Preventative Maintenance – keep preventive maintenance log up to date, ensure that weekly/monthly/quarterly and annual inspections and cleaning occur at specified times and enter new equipment information as it is available.

• Facility must be mechanically sound, safe, and well maintained. Interiors must be neat, paint and wall coverings clean, sound and chip/scratch free. Maintenance Director will have a keen sense of detail with regard to these items. Patching, painting and repair will be a major part of the maintenance program as well as carpet/floor care and maintenance.
• Grounds, building exterior and interior, signage are maintained year-round. Beds and lawns will be weeded and trimmed. Season foliage is also part of exterior maintenance plan.
• Other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions (travel, hours, environment):

• Must be willing and available for emergency calls via pager (details to be worked out between candidate and the Executive Director).
• Workspaces must be kept orderly and clean.

Physical/Sensory Requirements:
Medium Work – Ability to exert 20-50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10-25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
OSHA Category Classification:

• II: Potential for exposure to blood borne pathogen.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $25.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call
• Weekends as needed

Work setting:

• In-person

Experience:

• Maintenance: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person