About Us

Newport Healthcare is a nationwide behavioral healthcare organization dedicated to transforming young lives through evidence-based care. To that end, we have assembled the best teen and young adult mental health treatment staff in the country, and we want you to join us. While our experts guide our clients to sustainable healing, our job is to support our valued staff members, and we do that through offering industry-competitive salaries, career growth and skills expansion, student loan repayment and tuition reimbursement, and a company commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other advantages. Be part of a team that's dedicated to providing compassionate care based in authentic connection, mutual respect, and unconditional love—and experience the rewards of making a difference in the lives of young people and their families each and every day.

Empowering Lives. Restoring Families.®

Responsibilities

Position Summary:

The Manager, Facilities coordinates and manages the essential facilities needs. He or she is responsible for supervising the housekeeping and maintenance team, overseeing facilities maintenance, health, and safety compliance of the facility, outside contractor/company management, vehicle maintenance, shipping and receiving and mail distribution, and purchasing.

 Essential Duties:

• Manage Housekeeping and Maintenance Staff Responsibilities including interviewing, hiring, and training employees, planning, scheduling, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding, and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems following Newport Healthcare’s protocols.
• Maintain, test, and provide for general upkeep of all essential utilities including well systems, septic systems, plumbing, HVAC systems, electrical service and hardware, backup generators, and fuel supplies
• Perform general facility maintenance and repairs, setup/movement of items, carpentry, plumbing, painting, all performed wherever necessary.
• Perform landscaping, snow removal and other exterior needs.
• Ensure Fire Code Compliance for entire facility including all fire drills and documentation, alarm system maintenance, scheduled inspections, and repairs. Also, responsible for fire suppression systems (sprinklers) including quarterly and yearly testing, documentation and scheduling of any necessary maintenance or required testing per fire marshal.
• Schedule maintenance and documentation of inspections of all life safety equipment, including fire extinguishers, AED’s, first-aid kits, ANSUL system
• Coordinate and ensure renewals of food-service and laboratory licenses.
• Manage relationships with outside contractors and company management including meeting with and obtaining proposals from multiple contractors for each project and submitting for approval.
• Obtain and document signed copies of Newport Academy’s “Contractor Code of Conduct” and “Confidentiality Agreement” forms from all contractors working on-site
• Ensure all work by contractors and/or employees is completed in a timely manner, and to Newport Healthcare’s standards
• Schedule work effectively, limiting disturbance to programing and staff.
• Define scope of work included in each project and hold contractor accountable to scope and schedule and ensure contractors sign/file appropriate paperwork.
• Ensure all work is within scope was complete at above expectation prior to issuing payment.
• Maintain Newport Healthcare vehicles including upkeep and safety checks.
• Schedule routine maintenance and repairs of vehicles and coordinate down-time to limit program disruption.
• Keep vehicles filled with gas and maintain documentation including insurance cards, registration, and emissions in each vehicle.
• Coordinate and account for delivery of items and verify condition and quality of goods received.
• Dispose of all packaging materials.
• Responsible for obtaining mail and packages daily from Bethlehem Post Office, sorting and distributing mail to the appropriate people.
• Handle shipping of any outgoing items including resident mail and keeping a reasonable stock of stamps on hand.
• Responsible for use of Fed-Ex account for large and expedited shipments.
• Keep facility stocked with inventory of daily operational supplies including paper goods, cleaning supplies, all office and school supplies, medical supplies, printer ink and toner.
• Purchase operations/maintenance items including, hardware, tools, materials, furniture.
• Submit office supply orders to WB Mason bi-weekly/as needed.
• Purchase immediate needs via petty cash or hardware charge account.

Qualifications

• High school diploma required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years’ facilities maintenance management experience.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of OSHA and other environmental regulations.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of Joint Commission regulatory standards and practices.
• Must possess proficiency with Microsoft Office products including Calendaring, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

Newport Healthcare is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Newport Healthcare provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Newport Healthcare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email accommodations@newportacademy.com for assistance.

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