Manager General Maintenance

Description

Introduction

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a Manager General Maintenance today with Methodist Hospital.

Benefits

Methodist Hospital, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free AirMed medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical and financial wellbeing
  
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service)
  
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock
  
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
  
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning and more
  
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts
  
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services and preferred banking partnerships
  
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships)
  
• Colleague recognition program
  
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence)
  
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.
  

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Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Come join our team as a Manager General Maintenance. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated $13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!

Job Summary and Qualifications

A Manager of General Maintenance will function in a management role and will oversee a team of maintenance technicians that will perform General Maintenance and repairs for assigned facilities, areas and equipment. Service areas will include plumbing, electrical, basic carpentry, painting, heating and cooling and other building systems. The Manager of General Maintenance will ensure that the facility is maintained in a safe and efficient manner by rounding and through management of the General Maintenance staff. Ideal candidates will have an extensive knowledge of facilities maintenance in an accredited acute care hospital setting as well as be able to manage all of the General Maintenance and repair activities. To excel in this position you must be an outstanding problem solver with exceptional communication and organizational skills and be able to follow hospital specific rules and standards. The Manager of General Maintenance will lead by example through all aspects of maintaining and repairing a hospital facility.

Major Responsibilities:

Operations

• Physically capable and available to work overtime including weekends, public holidays, and evenings or nights.
• Ability to coordinate afterhours work with both internal staff and outside vendors while working in an active hospital
• Strong problem-solving abilities, time management skills and an attention to detail
• Ability to maintain focus while working individually as well as leading work and task- based supervision of others.
• Ability to reference facility blueprints, repair manuals or parts catalogs as necessary and divulge meaningful information to team.
• Ability to complete or manage minor building component repair work that does not require a specialized technician, which includes repairing doors, locks, door frames and handles, patch and repair work for walls, touch up paint, etc.
• Ability to complete or manage minor HVAC tasks, which include checking and diagnosis of hot/cold calls, change out PTAC units, replacing electric or pneumatic valves, filter replacements, ice machine diagnosis and repair, etc.
• Ability to complete or manage other trade related activities within the facility such as placing the fire alarm system in test, performing fire alarm recall for elevators, swapping out medical gas bottle farms or swapping to reserve, etc.
• Ability to complete or manage daily readings on boilers, chillers, medical gas skids and other infrastructure equipment.
• Ability to install and manage correct installation of ICRA barriers per risk assessment performed by others.
• Ability to complete normal cleanup duties, which include sweeping, dusting, mopping, and vacuuming.
• Ability to use various basic hand and power tools
• Proficient in major Microsoft office suite applications as well as CMMS software

 Quality

• Ensuring Quality control standards are consistently met for work performed.
• Ability to both complete work and oversee completed work and ensure that work is correct and completed in a timely manner.
• Ability to establish strategies to meet workload demands for corrective and maintenance items.
• Ensure that all General Maintenance workers are adhering to safety policies and procedures.
• Ability to evaluate systems or components to determine maintenance or repairs that need to be performed.
• Ability to collaborate with General Maintenance team members to discuss upcoming work assignments, delegate’s assignments based on team member’s skills and experience.
• Ability to assist team members with technical issues or advanced problems with given assignments
• Conduct periodic quality checks on building and building components to ensure functional operability

Service

• Ability to understand driving factors of HCAHPS scores and how General Maintenance can affect patient satisfaction scores.
• Maintain open lines of communication with all areas and departments assigned to ensure customers are aware of maintenance requests that have been entered as well as maintenance activities currently in progress.
• Review and reporting of relevant work by team in CMMS system for future tracking and trending by management team.
• Review and reporting of inventory of maintenance parts and supplies and notifying relevant persons of low or depleted items and ensuring they are ordered

People

• Ability to follow instructions and supervision from manager or director and have the characteristic to pass this information to the rest of the team in a well laid out manner.
• Delegating General Maintenance tasks to the rest of the team and finding relevant vendors and service providers needed to perform work.
• Ability to address minor discipline problems with team members, but refers more serious cases to director.
• Ability to communicate successfully with all levels of the organization.

Growth

• Works with Director and General Maintenance team to develop and determine work habits and practices for optimal upkeep of the building and its components.
• Continual development of both staff and one’s self through training and learning on the job, to provide upward mobility and growth in the future.

Finance

• Keeping track of supply, labor, and material inventories and expenses.
• Oversight of vendors and outside services that are used to maintain or repair the building to ensure invoicing and work are correct.
• Ability to provide guidance, direction, and instructions to General Maintenance Technicians so that their labor hours are used efficiently for the facility.
• Ability to manage both labor and materials wisely as work is performed throughout the facility

Other

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Practices and adheres to the “Code of Conduct” and “Mission and Value Statement.”

 Education & Experience: 

• High School Graduate / GED required
• Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field required

OR

• 5 years relevant maintenance work experience in a healthcare setting required, of which 2 years are in a supervisory role

OR

• 2-year certificate/vocational training in a building trade, building maintenance technology or relevant field with 3 years of relevant work experience
• Electrical Maintenance License, or greater must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

Methodist Hospital opened in 1963 as the first hospital in the now internationally acclaimed South Texas Medical Center. With over 900 beds, Methodist Hospital offers a broad range of specialties including cardiology, oncology, bone marrow transplants, emergency medicine, neurosciences, maternity care, gynecology and orthopedics. We are proud to be the largest provider of the lifesaving ECMO Program in San Antonio, are home to the largest robotics program in the world, and our Adult Blood Cancer and Stem Cell Transplant unit has become the first program to receive FACT Accreditation in North America.

As the flagship hospital, and most comprehensive medical care facility of Methodist Healthcare, we appreciate the support and recognition we receive from the community. We’ve recently been named the No.1 Best Regional Hospital by the U.S. News and World Report for 2019-20. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality of care possible for our patients, which is proven by our consecutive Grade A Leapfrog Hospital Safety scores. In addition, Methodist Hospital not only received a Primary Stroke Center designation from The Joint Commission, but has also received a Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification from DNV GL Healthcare, designating the facility as offering the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area. For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital under Locations.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

If you are looking for an opportunity that provides satisfaction and personal growth, we encourage you to apply for our Manager General Maintenance opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews. Unlock the possibilities and apply today!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.