What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Director - Senior Living position at Benchmark Senior Living?
We are seeking an experienced and skilled Director of Plant Operations to join our growing team of professionals at Benchmark Senior Living. The Director of Plant Operations is primarily focused on maintaining responsibility for all maintenance and housekeeping functions within an assisted living facility. This person is expected to have a hands-on role in the overall operations of this facility as well as dealing with administrative functions.
As the Director of Plant Operations, you will be responsible for using your maintenance skills to perform various hands-on tasks including electrical, carpentry, HVAC, and general maintenance. In addition, the Director of Facilities Operations will emphasize interacting with the staff and residents and overseeing staff, payroll, operational expenses and supply and capital expenditures
Responsibilities
As a community leader at Benchmark, you will have access to a variety of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:
We embrace and encourage our associates’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our associates unique.
As the Director of Plant Operations, you will be responsible for using your maintenance skills to perform various hands-on tasks including electrical, carpentry, HVAC, and general maintenance. In addition, the Director of Facilities Operations will emphasize interacting with the staff and residents and overseeing staff, payroll, operational expenses and supply and capital expenditures
Responsibilities
- Communication and coordination of people and tasks to accomplish repairs and alterations to buildings and equipment systems
- Providing technical support, product information, research, and quality assurance guidance
- establishing and monitoring a preventative maintenance program that will promote a sense of well-being and esthetic appeal for residents and staff
- Maintaining OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) and fire code compliance
- Other maintenance functions as required
- The Director of Plant Operations must be an experienced maintenance professional with a strong skillset
- Candidates must have previous maintenance and housekeeping management experience in a long-term care or assisted living facility
- Must have a strong working knowledge of applicable building systems, including mechanical/electrical/plumbing with a strong emphasis on HVAC
- Possesses an understanding of all applicable life safety regulations
- Demonstrated ability to run a successful maintenance and housekeeping department
- Experience in facilities management capacity
- Possesses good communication skills
- Previous supervisory experience required
- Possesses diagnostic abilities and skills in completing details
- Understands the practices surrounding proper handling of biohazardous waste
As a community leader at Benchmark, you will have access to a variety of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:
- 8 holidays & 3 floating holidays
- Vacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off
- Discounted Meal Program
- Associate Referral Bonus Program, up to $1,500
- Physical & Mental Health Wellness Programs
- Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits; no enrollment waiting period
- 401k Retirement Plan with Company Match
- Company-provided Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability
We embrace and encourage our associates’ differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our associates unique.