Manager of System Facilities and Maintenance

For 50 years, Brooks Rehabilitation, headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., has been a comprehensive source for physical rehabilitation services. As a nonprofit organization, Brooks operates one of the nation’s largest inpatient rehabilitation hospitals in the U.S. with 160 beds, a new 60 bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Jacksonville’s Southern Gateway, one of the region’s largest home healthcare agencies, 45 outpatient therapy clinics located throughout central and north Florida, a Center for Inpatient Rehabilitation in partnership with Halifax Health in Daytona Beach, the Brooks Rehabilitation Medical Group, two skilled nursing facilities, assisted living and memory care. Brooks will treat more than 60,000 patients through its system of care each year. In addition, Brooks operates the Clinical Research Center, which specializes in research for stroke, brain injury, spinal cord injury and more to advance the science of rehabilitation. Brooks also provides many low or no cost community programs and services such as the Brooks Clubhouse, Brooks Aphasia Center and Brooks Adaptive Sports and Recreation to improve the quality of life for people living with physical disabilities. Brooks Rehabilitation proudly employs over 2,500 clinicians and staff across the state of Florida. We are looking for exceptional people to join our culture of caring and bring our mission to life.

Reporting to the System Director of Construction, Facilities and Real Estate, this position is responsible for the overall maintenance of all Brooks’ clinical settings throughout our system of care. The Manager ensures all facilities and grounds are maintained in a safe, clean, attractive and healthy manner, serves as the liaison for facility maintenance partnerships, and partners with other contracted facility and maintenance services as appropriate.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the daily operation of the department to include preventive maintenance tasks and assignments, work requests and assignments, and multiple tasks involving a variety of services provided by the department
• Serves as the facilities liaison to property owners of leased sites as well as being responsible for related interior maintenance requests
• Participates in the selection, management and quality control of outside contractors and vendors and Provides oversight of external contractors and ensures regulatory requirements are met
• Maintains an inventory of parts and supplies to maximize the operational readiness of hospital building systems and equipment while monitoring costs, regulations and priorities
• Identifies potential operational issues and addresses them proactively
• Conduct regular facilities rounds in order to remain proactive with building maintenance
• Coordinates the repair of equipment or recommends replacement
• Familiar with and able to instruct others in the service and maintenance of equipment and facilities systems
• Assume responsibility for the department budget and identifies savings opportunities and revenue enhancements that add value to departmental or facility processes
• Responsible for Oversight of Mailroom and Parking
• Assist with logistics and physical planning and set-up of outside functions related to the Brooks Health System
• Leads the facilities and maintenance department and ensures staff performance and development
• Prepare and keep appropriate records required for accreditation, compliance and other regulatory purposes (i.e. ACHA, Fire Marshall, Joint Commission, CARF, Infection Control)
• Attend key management meetings such as Environment of Care, Safety, Disaster Preparedness, Quality and other hospital and health system management meetings
• Work collaboratively with Manager of Safety and Security to ensure the environmental safety of facilities and grounds for patients, staff and visitors

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and/or 5 years of progressive leadership experience in large organization maintenance and/or construction
• Experience in a healthcare setting preferred
• General knowledge of building systems, regulations and codes (i.e. mechanical, electric and plumbing) required
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills required with the ability to build relationships at all levels of the organization
• Experience with MS Office applications required
• Strong communication and relationship management skills required
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills required
• Ability to manage time effectively and meet deadlines
• Ability to manage multiple locations, systems and people

Location: Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital., 3599 University Blvd South, Jacksonville, FL 32216

Compensation: Experience, education and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.

Thriving in a culture that you can be proud of, you will also receive many employee benefits such as the following:

• Competitive Pay
• Comprehensive Benefits package
• Vacation/Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plan
• Employee Discounts
• Clinical Education and Professional Development Programs