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HERC: Metro New York & Southern Connecticut Facilities Superintendent -Yale Health in New Haven, Connecticut
Employer Name: Yale University
- Supervises the day-to-day custodial and/or maintenance operations of a unit, department, or school building within the University. 2. Participates in the development and implementation of policies and procedures for building maintenance and develops preventative maintenance schedules. 3. Conducts building inspections and coordinates repairs and maintenance to facility and physical plant. 4. Determines staff assignments, tool and equipment requirements, and procedures for projects and work requests. 5. Plans, estimates, coordinates, and follows-up on repairs, renovations, and trade projects. 6. Coordinates activities for service response with various trades; ensures timely delivery and completion of service work in assigned buildings and surrounding areas. 7. Develops detailed work plans and establishes daily assignment priorities and time schedules for staff. 8. Responsible for ensuring up to date maintenance programs and operating procedures are in place to meet all customer needs and regulatory requirements (e.g. building codes, OSHA etc). 9. Interacts with internal contacts to arrange for custodial or physical plan services and to discuss maintenance and renovation projects. 10. Interacts with outside contacts to discuss maintenance, renovation and construction plans to arrange for repairs or to obtain price quote information. 11. Manages a staff of non-exempt employees. 12. May perform other duties as assigned. Required Skill/ability 1: Comprehensive knowledge of Healthcare facilities management, with a particular emphasis in custodial and building operations, materials management and customer service. Required Skill/ability 2: Working knowledge of Joint Commission standards, infection controls standards and state and Federal codes and regulations governing healthcare facilities. Exposure to building systems, HVAC, Plumbing and/or electrical. Required Skill/ability 3: Proven ability to manage and coordinate activities of staff engaged in planning and scheduling of maintenance and repair work. Experience with performance feedback to direct customer focused teams providing cleaning and maintenance services. Required Skill/ability 4: Well-developed critical thinking skills and the ability to utilize sound independent judgement in order to resolve issues and rapidly respond to emergent situations. Well developed oral and written communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively, positively and respectfully with a diverse population. Required Skill/ability 5: Proven ability to maintain, manage and prepare scheduling, word processing, and spreadsheet documents and reports. Preferred Education: Experience in hospital/healthcare facilities environmental services management. Building management experience; Experience supervising unionized employees; experience with systems such as Oracle, SAP or People Soft applications. Experience in an academic institutional, research or medical facilities setting. Work Week: Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day) Posting Position Title: Supervisor 4, Facilities University Job Title: Facilities Superintendent -Yale Health Preferred Education, Experience and Skills: Experience in hospital/healthcare facilities environmental services management. Building management experience; Experience supervising unionized employees; experience with systems such as Oracle, SAP or People Soft applications. Experience in an academic institutional, research or medical facilities setting. Bachelor's Degree in a related field. Five years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.