Manager, Maintenance

UPMC Senior Communities$80K — $95K *
Hospitals & Medical Centers
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Seven years of maintenance experience required.
  • Preferred experience in hospital maintenance.
  • Ability to read blueprints and visualize installation.
  • Strong skills in analyzing, organizing, and delegating work assignments.
  • Overall responsibility for hospital utility services, buildings, and grounds management.
  • Must possess a valid Pennsylvania driver's license.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the objectives and organizational structure of the facilities maintenance department.
  • Enforce safety rules and regulations while acting as a resource for employee concerns.
  • Initiate and recommend short- and long-term programs for operational improvement.
  • Coordinate department activities with other departments and external agencies for efficient operations.
  • Develop and maintain the Statement of Conditions to meet compliance requirements.
  • Manage the hospital's preventive maintenance programs and related systems.
  • Prepare and control departmental budget estimates and manage cost efficiency.

Benefits

  • Monday through Friday schedule with on-call coverage.
  • Opportunity to lead high-performing maintenance teams.
  • Impact on improving operational excellence in healthcare settings.
  • Potential for professional development through leadership opportunities.
Full Job Description
Lead the Operations That Keep Healthcare Running

Are you a strategic facilities leader who thrives on keeping complex operations running safely, efficiently, and reliably? Join our team and play a critical role in overseeing all aspects of facilities, engineering, and maintenance operations for a healthcare environment. This role will work Monday through Friday with on call coverage.

In this leadership position, you'll direct the maintenance and operation of hospital buildings, grounds, utilities, HVAC systems, infrastructure, and essential equipment while ensuring compliance with regulatory and accreditation standards. You'll lead high-performing maintenance teams, drive preventive maintenance programs, manage budgets and capital projects, oversee safety initiatives, and collaborate with leaders across the organization to support exceptional patient care.

If you're passionate about operational excellence, safety, continuous improvement, and building strong teams, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact on the environment where healthcare happens every day.

Responsibilities
  • Assist in determining the objectives of the department and the functions it performs. Subject to approval, determines department's organization, employee complement and budget. Enforce safety rules and regulations among department employees and maintain vigilance concerning fire and other hazards. Assures that all accidents are reported promptly; injured treated; causes investigated; corrective action taken and/or suitable recommendations made to avoid recurrence. Discuss with employees, their problems and concerns and assists in their resolution.
  • Assist in determining the objectives of the department and the functions it performs. Subject to approval, determines department's organization, employee complement and budget.
  • Hear employee grievances in accordance with established procedure, settles same, or as necessary refers them to higher authority. Report identifiable hazards/unsafe conditions relating to equipment, the building, and the grounds of the hospital. Develop policy for exchanging hazard information with contractors and documents information exchange.
  • Enforce safety rules and regulations among department employees and maintain vigilance concerning fire and other hazards. Assures that all accidents are reported promptly; injured treated; causes investigated; corrective action taken and/or suitable recommendations made to avoid recurrence.
  • Recommend or (as arranged with superior) initiates, short- and long-range programs. Recommend, initiate, or approve orders for space, material, equipment, and services necessary to carry out department's functions. Develop and ensure the Statement of Conditions is up to date in accordance with the policy. Ensure timely completion of all items as outlined in Part IV of the Statement of Conditions.
  • Coordinate department's activities with those of other departments and agencies outside the hospital and promotes harmonious relations between them and his department. Administer and directs program involving maintenance of hospital buildings and grounds, equipment, air-conditioning and ventilating systems, and distribution lines for steam, gases, hot water, plumbing, electricity, refrigeration, and sanitation. Advise the Vice President of Administration regarding any structural changes and additions.
  • Discuss, with employees, their problems and concerns and assists in their resolution.
  • The position is directly responsible for establishing and maintaining all hospital and facilities maintenance. This includes, but not limited to, hospital-wide preventive maintenance program, all powerhouse operations, all grounds maintenance, the repair of all facilities, as well as the management of in-house maintenance staff and responsibility for renovations and facelifts. The position is directly responsible for the management of all Facilities, Engineering and Maintenance information systems as required to meet JCAHO codes, etc. This includes, but is not limited to, maintenance information systems, preventive maintenance systems, building automated control systems, material management systems and financial systems.
  • Hear employee grievances in accordance with established procedure, settles same, or as necessary refers them to higher authority.
  • To develop and maintain an organizational structure appropriate to achieve the organizational objectives of the Facilities, Engineering and Maintenance Department. To achieve economic and efficient operations consistent with various hospitals' missions, goals and objectives maintaining the principles of cost containment.
  • Report identifiable hazards/unsafe conditions relating to equipment, the building and the grounds of the hospital.
  • Develop policy for exchanging hazard information with contractors and documents information exchange.
  • Recommend or (as arranged with superior) initiates, short- and long-range programs.
  • Recommend, initiate or approve orders for space, material, equipment and services necessary to carry out department's functions.
  • Develop and ensure the Statement of Conditions is up to date in accordance with the policy. Ensure timely completion of all items as outlined in Part IV of the Statement of Conditions.
  • Coordinate department's activities with those of other departments and agencies outside the hospital, and promotes harmonious relations between them and his department.
  • Administer and directs program involving maintenance of hospital buildings and grounds, equipment, air-conditioning and ventilating systems, and distribution lines for steam, gases, hot water, plumbing, electricity, refrigeration and sanitation.
  • Advise the Vice President of Administration regarding any structural changes and additions.
  • Prepare departmental budget estimates and controls costs. Order or approves orders for equipment and supplies. Estimate needs, study specifications, interview sales representatives, and determine type and manufacture best suited to the hospital's needs.
  • May act as Fire Marshall and/or direct safety programs to detect, minimize and control fire and other hazards. Conduct monthly fire drills.
  • Maintain a bio-medical program of inspection, documentation and repair of electrical equipment.


Qualifications:

  • Seven (7) years' experience in maintenance required.
  • Hospital maintenance experience preferred.
  • Ability to read blueprints and specifications and to visualize installation.
  • Ability to analyze, organize, and delegate work assignments.
  • Ability to assume overall responsibility for engineering and maintenance of hospital utility services, buildings and grounds.
  • Ability to receive, comprehend, and carry out instructions; ability to work safely with equipment, supplies, and materials; ability to comply with attendance requirements; ability to comply with Personnel policies.
  • Must have a valid Pennsylvania driver's license.

Education Required:
  • Associates degree or completion of an accredited Apprentice Program or Education Agreement or Seven (7) years' experience in a large, fast-paced setting and High School diploma or equivalent or Military experience considered for requirement components as applicable.
    Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
  • PE, AIA, and CFM certifications preferred.
  • Driver's License
  • Act 34

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